CMSONAIR | Anna Gallagher on Supporting Immigrants and Their Lawyers
CMS’s communications coordinator Emma Winters interviews Josiah Heyman about an essay he authored with Jeremy Slack and Daniel E. Martínez titled “Why Border Patrol Agents and CBP Officers Should Not...
View ArticleThoughts from the First Floor: How Do We Move Forward?
It has been a remarkably interesting three months from the fourth floor at the Casa del Migrante in Tijuana. The virus has not disappeared, and to be honest, I doubt that it ever will. So, the...
View ArticleBorder Enforcement Developments Since 1993 and How to Change CBP
Executive Summary Enforcement along the US-Mexico border has intensified significantly since the early 1990s. Social scientists have documented several consequences of border militarization, including...
View ArticleForced to Flee – World Day of Migrants and Refugees – and a Remembrance of...
This Sunday, September 27th the Church celebrates the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. On this occasion, Pope Francis issued a timely letter entitled Like Jesus, Forced to Flee. In the letter,...
View ArticleTwo Scalabrini Priests Assist Vulnerable Groups during COVID-19 Pandemic
Two Scalabrini priests located at opposite ends of North America have worked to support vulnerable groups during the COVID pandemic. The post Two Scalabrini Priests Assist Vulnerable Groups during...
View ArticleCMSONAIR | Serving People on the Move Under Stay at Home Orders
The mission of the Scalabrinian order is to accompany people on the move. In the COVID-19 era, it is harder than ever to live out that mission. The post CMSONAIR | Serving People on the Move Under Stay...
View ArticleFear and Borders within the Casa del Migrante in Tijuana During the COVID-19...
“Let us dream as one humanity, as walkers of the same human flesh, as children of this same earth that shelters us all, each one with the richness of his faith or his convictions, each one with his own...
View ArticleMigration Management and Changes in Mobility Patterns in the North and...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, changes have occurred in the regional dynamics of international migration and in the ways governments manage human mobility. This...
View ArticleThe Local Church Needs to Protect the Lives of Migrants. Pope Francis Shows...
On July 22nd at about 2:40 p.m., a small group of police arrived at Centro de día para Migrantes “Jesús Torres” in Torreon Mexico, a shelter and community center for migrants run by the Jesuits. When...
View ArticleChild Maltreatment & Child Migration: Abuse Disclosures by Central American...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While gang violence, community violence, and domestic violence have been recognized as contributing factors to Central American migration, less is known about the intersection between...
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