Category: Migration

Migrant Deaths and the New Disappeared on the South Texas Border

June 21, 2013

Migrant border deaths are at an all-time high in the state of Texas according to a new report. Over the past two decades thousands of men, women, and children have died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Even as the number of migrants crossing the border falls, members of the U.S. Congress are pushing for an increase in border “security”, pouring more and more public money into the very enforcement policies that produce the deaths.

Senate Bill a Step Backwards for Immigrant Rights

June 6, 2007

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 […]

Deportation Feeds a Cycle of Violence in Central America

March 14, 2006

Since the early nineties, criminal gang networks operating across the border between the United States and Central America have exploded in power and number. […]

Which Side Are the Republicans On?

March 8, 2006

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 […]

The Deepening Dimensions of the U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis

February 3, 2006

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 […]

Building Civil Society Among Indigenous Migrants

October 5, 2005

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 […]

In the Crossfire: Mesoamerican Migrants Journey North

September 26, 2005

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, […]

Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona Leads to Calls for a State Boycott

September 26, 2005

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 […]

Líderes migrantes abogan por una reforma de la política migratoria

July 13, 2004

Serie Acción Ciudadana en Las Américas, no. 10 julio de 2004 Líderes migrantes abogan por una reforma de la política migratoria Publicado por […]

The Nixon Tapes

September 12, 2003

With this article, the Americas Program continues a new series in conjunction with the National Security Archive in Washington, DC. As Mexico Project Director […]