Dr. Margath Walker was interviewed by Forward Radio about the current migrant caravan approaching the US border.
Dr. Margath Walker, Geography-Geoscienes Department, University of Louisville
Whether myth or reality, America's origin story is that of pilgrims arriving in search of a better life and receiving an uncertain but generous welcome from the prior inhabitants. Is that what today's pilgrims can expect when they arrive?
It's the Thanksgiving episode of Ethics Forward, and host Avery Kolers speaks to University of Louisville Geography Professor Maggie Walker, an expert on Central America and the geography of borders, about what is driving the current migrants' caravan and how those who live in the US may be connected to the situation facing residents of the countries of the "Northern Triangle" -- Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. What responsibilities do North Americans have to Central Americans? What would a just policy with respect to migration and borders look like? What is a border, anyway?