The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating people around the world, and rather than take steps to provide for public health, governments are using the crisis to justify xenophobic, anti-immigrant policies aimed at restricting our collective freedom to move, live and thrive. The United States and Israel in particular--along with their allies--are militarizing borders and further colonizing land in the process--impacting Palestinians and other Indigenous peoples, refugees, undocumented people, and other migrants. Join the institute for policy studies for a conversation on how the US and Israel are using COVID-19 as a pretext to militarize borders, and restrict the wellbeing of Indigenous and undocumented people. Presenters:

• Josue De Luna Navarro is the New Mexico Fellow at IPS,
• Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at IPS
• Sumaya Awad is a New York City-based Palestinian writer and organizer
• Erika Perez is an Indigenous Mayan-Mam woman and activist

“Borders in Moments of Crisis” is part of the IPS webinar series, Progressive Politics and the Time of Pandemic: Registration is required.