2018: Year of borders, walls and resistances
March 4, 2019
2018 in our America was a year of contradictions that make any single reading or even search for trends impossible. But the issue of borders was a recurring theme.
Category: Migration
“What does the program ‘Remain in Mexico’ mean and how does it differ from ‘Mexico as safe third country’”
November 28, 2018
The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration has the support of the upcoming Mexican administration headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to drive a plan entitled “Remain in Mexico”. This plan would consist of the applicants for exile who arrive to the Southern Border being returned to Mexico to wait for a resolution in their case in the United States’ courts.
A Global Movement of Mothers of the Disappeared
November 13, 2018
This year the Caravan of Central American Mothers arrived in Mexico City to participate in the first World Summit of Mothers of the Disappeared with mothers, other relatives of the missing and allies from Mexico, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Morocco, Mauritania, Spain, Italy and the United States to compare notes and gain a deeper understanding of the problem, across borders.
Security that kills
August 28, 2018
Claudia is not the first migrant murdered by the Border Patrol, nor will she be the last. The Border Patrol kills people with impunity in the name of “border security”.
Secretive Kushner and Nielsen Missions Complicate Troubled US-Mexico Relations, as Pre-Electoral Tensions Mount
March 27, 2018
It’s utterly absurd to present Jared Kushner as the White Knight who rides in to save US-Mexico relations.
Trump is Using the Mara Salvatrucha Gang to Justify Anti-Immigrant Policies
March 15, 2018
In an effort to stain the reputation of thousands of Latinos living in the United States and justify his anti-immigrant policies, Trump is exploiting the fear that the MS generates.
200,000 Salvadoran Families at Risk After Trump Cancels Temporary Protected Status
January 10, 2018
Salvadorans protected by TPS in the United States were hit with a low, hard blow. The administration of Donald Trump canceled the program, a move that impacts more than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the country for more than 15 years.
Open Borders and Trump’s False Narrative
January 5, 2018
Instead of demonizing the idea of open borders, it’s time to embrace it, to demonstrate with facts the benefits of migration and migrants, in addition to remedying the causes of forced migration. To do this we have to understand what worked about the Trump narrative as we reject it, and propose alternatives, in addition to denying the lies.
How We Handle Migrations Will Define the 21st Century
January 4, 2018
As the humanitarian crisis deepens, states debate between a model of national security and a model of human security. In many countries, racism and xenophobia take over state decision-making bodies. And tragedies multiply every day.
Why So Much Violence against Migrant Women?
December 7, 2017
Violence against women is on the rise in our region, measured by the killing of women, attacks on female defenders, reports of domestic violence, and almost any other index. It is concentrated on—but not limited to—sectors of the most vulnerable women, among them the migrants.