By: Savin Mattozzi ~Copy Editor~ Despite the increasingly hostile climate for immigrants in the U.S., especially from Middle Eastern and Latin American countries, Xavier’s Alternative Breaks program sent students to the U.S.- Mexico to better understand the happenings on both sides of the border. In Dec. of 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center recorded 1,094 hate crimes between Nov. 9 and Dec. 12. Of those, nearly 30 percent were directed at immigrants or perceived immigrants. In February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)conducted raids in multiple states that resulted in the arrest of more that 680 people in less than one … Continue reading Timely border trip discusses immigration