1. A Closer Look at
Immigration
By: Nathalia Trujillo

2. La Casita (Casita Refugiados)
• Community building
• Semana Intercultural
• Peace Education
• Integration

3. Cafemin
• Refugee center for
Women and children
• Centers are coming
under attack by Maras
and crime groups
• Special Workshops

4. Casa Tochan
• Migrant Shelter
• Tochan’s 1st anniversary Celebration
• Police raids on shelters
• Underfunded
• A place away from
home

5. Casa Tochan

6. Discrimination Against Immigrants
• The perils of crossing the border
o La Bestia
o Border between Guatemala and Mexico
• Afro-Colombians discriminated in Mexico
because of the color of their skin
• Violence in Central America (Maras)
o Leads to a large influx of Central American Migrants
coming to Mexico
o Predominantly teenage and young men