As I write this article, the U.S. Senate is engaged in a major policy debate about how to reform the obsolete, unjust, and deeply dysfunctional immigration policy currently in effect in the
Since the early nineties, criminal gang networks operating across the border between the United States and Central America have exploded in power and number. The gangs take advantage of loopholes in international
The anti-immigrant tide, stirred up by policy institutes like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the Center for Immigration Studies and by right-wing populists like CNN’s Lou Dobbs, caught the
Long resentful at what they regard as second-class treatment by Washington, Mexicans across the political spectrum are blasting the Bush administration”s border and immigration policies. Stinging criticisms, diplomatic tiffs, street protests, and
Ed.’s note: This essay was excerpted with permission from the book Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States, edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado (Centers for U.S.-Mexican Studies and Comparative Immigration
The 16.6 billion dollar figure that Mexicans in the United States remitted home during 2004 is equivalent to US$45.5 million per day entering Mexico, overtaking the amount invested by foreign corporations, or
Reacting to a barrage of anti-immigrant messaging and misinformation, Proposition 200 was approved by 56% of Arizona voters on November 2, 2004. Prop. 200 forces all Arizonans to present proof of U.S.
Serie Acción Ciudadana en Las Américas, no. 10 julio de 2004 Líderes migrantes abogan por una reforma de la política migratoria Publicado por el Programa de las Américas, del Interhemispheric Resource
With this article, the Americas Program continues a new series in conjunction with the National Security Archive in Washington, DC. As Mexico Project Director Kate Doyle explains: “The main objective of the
Citizen Action in the Americas, No. 5 March 2003 Mexican Hometown Associations Americas Program, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) www.americaspolicy.org by Xóchitl Bada September 2000 rally to support a new legalization program