{"id":39784,"date":"2015-02-02T01:29:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=39784"},"modified":"2015-02-02T01:31:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:31:02","slug":"the-garifuna-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=39784","title":{"rendered":"The Garifuna Exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Garifuna Exodus<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Latino USA<\/a>
\n2015-01-23<\/p>\n

Maria Hinojosa<\/strong><\/a>, Executive Producer & Anchor<\/p>\n

Marlon Bishop<\/strong><\/a>, Producer<\/p>\n

For centuries, the Garifuna<\/a> people \u2014 descendents of both Africans and indigenous Arawak<\/a> people from the Caribbean \u2014 have lived peacefully in seaside towns on the North Coast of Honduras<\/a>. There\u2019s always been a trickle of migration from the community to the United States \u2013 especially the Bronx<\/a>, where the largest Garifuna community outside of Central America<\/a> lives.<\/p>\n

But starting last spring, the trickle of migrants became a flood. Hundreds of Garifuna from each town left, thousands all together, embarking on the dangerous journey through Central America and Mexico to the U.S. border. It was mostly mothers with small children. They showed up in places like the Bronx, seeking refuge with family members, wearing GPS ankle monitors<\/a> placed on them by U.S. immigration officers who detained them. They await court dates in limbo, unsure if they will be forced to go back to the homes they fled…<\/p>\n