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 Studies, UCSD, 2004).…
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 income from tourism,…
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. citizenship, such as…
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 Center (IRC) www.americaspolicy.org…
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 project is to…
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 for undocumented workers,…
a n a l y s i s Mexico’s New Border Commission: A First Look by David A. Shirk | April 2001 For years, Mexico’s northern border region was regarded in Mexico City’s corridors of…
