Life at the Tijuana Border in the Era of President Trump
Since early February 2017, we have been bombarded at the Casa del Migrante by press coming from all corners of the world basically focused on a single question: How has life changed at the border since...
View ArticleLife at the Border Six Months into 2017
The year is half over and it is a good time to reflect on what has been happening at the border. We started off with a whimper in terms of the threat of massive deportations. In the first four months...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Trump: Principles,...
This paper introduces a special collection of 15 articles that chart a course for long-term reform of the US immigration system. The papers look beyond recent legislative debates and the current era of...
View ArticleCMSOnAir | Ron Nixon
CMSOnAir features an interview with Ron Nixon, a Washington correspondent for the New York Times who covers homeland security issues, including immigration, border and aviation security; cyber security...
View ArticleCorrection on CMS Mortgage Statistics Related to Households with Undocumented...
The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) has become aware of a coding error that affected its reported statistics related to the number of mortgages held in immigrant households, as reported...
View ArticleThe Future of the DACA Program and the Interests at Stake
Ten state attorneys general have announced that they intend to sue the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program if the Trump administration does not rescind...
View ArticleA Sad Day for Dreamers and US Citizens
In the past weeks, communities in Texas and Louisiana suffered the loss of life and property to a degree that most of us will never experience. This seemed like an once-in-a-lifetime disaster. Yet, on...
View ArticleGendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics
Stefan Vogler of Northwestern University reviews Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics, by Sara L. McKinnon. Professor McKinnon exposes racialized rhetorics of violence in...
View ArticleTemporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in Peril
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) faces a November 23, 2017, deadline to determine whether to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haiti, first granted following a devastating earthquake...
View ArticleLife at the Border: Celebrating 30 Years of Mission at the Casa del Migrante...
On April 30, 2017 the Casa del Migrante – Centro Scalabrini in Tijuana celebrated its 30th anniversary. During the 30 years of mission, the Casa has offered hospitality to over 254,000 people. It is...
View ArticleThe Mixed Motives of Unaccompanied Child Migrants from Central America’s...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A growing body of literature has argued that the distinction between forced and voluntary migration can be, in practice, unclear. This literature points out that each individual...
View ArticleDHS Overestimates Visa Overstays for 2016; Overstay Population Growth Near...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For years, noncitizens who fail to abide by the terms of their nonimmigrant (temporary) visas were not widely recognized as major contributors to the US undocumented population. Yet...
View ArticleReflections from the Border: Entering a New World
In many ways the city of Tijuana has become the epicenter of the challenges presented by the migrants arriving in waves just about every week at the border. In 2018, six migration-related phenomena...
View ArticleFamily Matters: Claiming Rights across the US-Mexico Migratory System
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) created an immigration system favoring the immigration of spouses, children, and parents of US citizens, thereby establishing family...
View ArticleBlockading Asylum Seekers at Ports of Entry at the US-Mexico Border Puts Them...
Although the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has insisted that asylum-seekers pass through ports-of-entry (POEs), rather than between them, it has denied potential non-Mexican asylum seekers...
View ArticleNew from IMR: Determinants of Anti-immigrant Sentiment and the Economic and...
The Spring 2018 edition of the International Migration Review (IMR) is now available online for free until the end of 2018 and in print through paid or institutional subscription. This edition includes...
View ArticleMi Padre: Mexican Immigrant Fathers and Their Children’s Education
Adrienne Lee Atterberry of Syracuse University reviews Mi Padre: Mexican Immigrant Fathers and Their Children’s Education by Sarah Gallo. Sarah Gallo examines the promise of parent involvement...
View ArticleVoces de la Repatriación: La Sociedad Mexicana y la Repatriación de Mexicanos...
Adam Goodman of the University of Illinois at Chicago reviews Voces de la Repatriación: La Sociedad Mexicana y la Repatriación de Mexicanos de Estados Unidos 1930-1933 by Fernando Saúl Alanís Enciso....
View ArticleCommunities in Crisis: Interior Removals and Their Human Consequences
DOWNLOAD REPORT My oldest son asks, ‘Where are my rights as a US citizen? Where is my right to live with my family and have a home?’ – Mother of three US citizen children and wife of detained...
View ArticleReflections from the Border: Violence, Caravans, Troops at the Border, and Hope
The last couple of months of 2018 are shaping up to be some very interesting times in Tijuana. Several converging themes lead me to paraphrase the great Charles Dickens: “These are the best of times...
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