Solo Éramos Niños Explicit

by Shelby and Angel Lopez

On December 12, 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest single day immigration enforcement action taken in United States history. This action targeted six Swift & Co. meat packaging plants across the country and resulted in nearly 1,300 arrests. Hundreds of people without documentation were deported in connection to the raids, and although the raid was over in a day the fracturing of families and communit ...   ...  Read more
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Be The Change

    Be The Change

    S01 E06
    44:54

    On December 12, 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid in Swift & Co. facilities across the nation. This podcast has sought to tell that story and now it’s time to do something about it. Hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez, along with their guest Professor Yvette Romero Coronado, breakdown four major ways to get involved in your community. Including avenues to build community capacity for action, and to start conversations for healing and change. Follow Solo Éramos Niños to keep up with future stories about the Latine community, immigration, and first generation experiences. Sources/Resources: Asset Mapping by UCLA Center For Health Policy ResearchRole of Sheriffs and the arrest-to-deportation pipeline by Immigrant Legal Resouces CenterImmigration in Utah by PBS NewsHour Extra Classroom Video CollectionWhat is Mutual Aid? (Classroom Version) by Dean Spade

  • The Community

    The Community

    S01 E05
    43:28

    In a small, rural town, from one day to the next, 145 people were taken away. How does a town come together in the wake of such sudden upheaval to support broken families and knit together communities, all while under continued threat? Through interviews with community members and leaders, including a professor of social work from Utah State University, this episode seeks to meet this question. Explore community solidarity, community tension, and the grassroots efforts and resources that have since been created to support those in the Valley. Article by Matthew LaPlante: Swift Justice | Cover Story | Salt Lake City Weekly

  • The Impact pt. 2

    The Impact pt. 2

    S01 E04
    39:00

    Imagine: A father saying goodbye to his child, making a quick detour to drop his child off at school before going to turn himself into immigration agents. After that, this child is now expected to go and learn and ensure that his father's sacrifice was worth it. In part 2 of the impact of the Swift and Co. raids, we walk alongside Gloria, Francisco, and Jonathan as they retell their story of how the 2006 immigration enforcement shook their lives. Trauma within the Latine community often goes silenced due to fear and outright mistrust of those around them. Walk with us as we bring life to the challenges and hardships highlighted in part 1 through their difficult and heart wrenching stories.

  • The Impact pt. 1

    Explicit

    The Impact pt. 1

    S01 E03
    30:52
    Explicit

    How do you measure the impact of immigration enforcement and family separation? First, we must understand what it means to be impacted. In part one, hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez explore trauma, what it is and how it can shape the way people see themselves and the world around them. Trauma within the Latine and immigrant community carries even more nuance. To further understand these layers, the hosts discuss issues of trauma specific to migration, intergenerational and historical trauma, and culturally relevant healing principles for Latine people. Listen to stories of migration and subscribe to continue to explore the impact.

  • The Valley

    Explicit

    The Valley

    S01 E02
    31:57
    Explicit

    In episode two of Solo Éramos Niños, we center our story on the sleepy Cache Valley community, as it was shaken to its core on December 12th, 2006 when Immigration Customs Enforcement Agents arrested and deported 145 immigrants who had been working at the Swift & Co. Meat packaging facility in Hyrum, Utah. Step into the shoes of the Children, Employees, Teachers, After School Program Directors who recall the events of that day and the impact it had on them, their friends, families, and the community. Cover Art by Alexis Rausch Music by Chillig (Chris Illig) Logan, ¡Somos tus Vecinos! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCwo3hqzZdE Welcome to Cache Valley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoI8HWAUAPM