Ideas change everything

El derecho fundamental a buscar asilo

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Melanie Nezer |

TEDxMidAtlantic

• March 2019

Melanie Nezer, abogada de los derechos de los refugiados e inmigrantes, comparte una perspectiva histórica que se necesita con urgencia sobre la crisis en la frontera sur de EE. UU. "Un país muestra que es fuerte a través de la compasión y el pragmatismo, no a través del uso de la fuerza y el miedo", dice.

Melanie Nezer, abogada de los derechos de los refugiados e inmigrantes, comparte una perspectiva histórica que se necesita con urgencia sobre la crisis en la frontera sur de EE. UU. "Un país muestra que es fuerte a través de la compasión y el pragmatismo, no a través del uso de la fuerza y el miedo", dice.

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Melanie Nezer is a national leader in efforts to inform and educate individuals, institutions, elected officials and communities about refugees and asylum seekers.

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