Viewfinder: Hondurans Head North to the U.S.
Migrants carry the flag of Honduras while on a caravan of immigrants en route to the Mexican border on October 18th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
U.S.-Mexico Border
The Sudden Release of Asylum Seekers Highlights the Trump Administration's Failure to Respond to a Surge in Family Arrivals
Hundreds of family asylum seekers were released in Arizona this week without shelter, overwhelming churches and non-profits as communities scrambled to accommodate them.
How Trump's Immigration Policies Are Provoking Insecurity at the U.S.-Mexico Border
The administration's mass deportations and refusal to take in escapees from disaster may be fueling organized crime in Tijuana and other border towns.
Advocacy Groups React to a Report That the U.S. Is Denying Passports and Detaining Latinx Citizens
Advocates respond to the Washington Post's reports that Hispanic people with American birth certificates were being treated as non-citizens.
A Federal Court Rules That U.S. Constitutional Protections Apply to a Mexican Teen Shot by Border Patrol
In a potentially landmark decision, a circuit court judge ruled that the Fourth Amendment should protect Elena Rodriguez, who was a Mexican national killed on Mexican soil.
Following Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Migrants Are Taking More Dangerous Routes Into the U.S.
The president continues to mold his anti-immigrant rhetoric into the most restrictive American border policy to date. Experts and advocates worry this double-down on deterrence will make 2018 an especially deadly year for migrants in search of refuge.
The Government May Have Deported 463 Migrant Parents Whose Children Remain in the U.S.
A progress reports shows that hundreds of migrant parents whose children remain in United States shelters may have been deported.
Five Key Takeaways From the Letter Mexico's New President Sent to Trump
Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador tells Trump there will be "many changes."
RAICES Offers to Cover Bail for Mothers Detained at the Border
The Texas-based legal non-profit will offer the Trump administration $20 million to cover the bail bonds of detained migrant mothers separated from their children at the border.
The Trump Administration Is Preparing to Hold Migrant Children on Military Bases
The Trump administration is preparing to warehouse immigrant children on military bases after they have been separated from their parents while attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
California Attorney General Plans Lawsuit Over Tijuana River Sewage Flowing Into U.S.
Over 12 million gallons of untreated wastewater has flowed into California from Mexico since 2015.
Taking Freedom: 'Build That Wall!': A Local History
On how politics and fear, rather than the day-to-day risks and realities of life at the U.S.-Mexico border, have historically shaped border policies.
Viewfinder: Praying for Dreamers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Activists pray at the wall between Mexico and the United States in Baja California, Mexico, during a protest against the possibility of deportation of those included in the DACA program on September 4th, 2017.
Border Enforcement Policies Are Backfiring
New research shows that tightened border enforcement policies likely increase the number of undocumented migrants in the United States.
Media as Both Weapon and Defense in the Mexican Drug War
The impact of social media and the press on the drug war, and vice versa.
The Border Between Mexico and the United States Is Already Secure
If fixing the U.S.-Mexico border is the hold-up on comprehensive immigration reform, then there is no hold-up.
Why Mexican Immigrants Can't Get Ahead
The real wages of Mexicans in the U.S. have declined since 1970, and Princeton sociologists say a “perfect storm” of anti-immigrant laws is to blame.
Viewing Illegal Immigration Through Desert Debris
In the litter scattered across the desert floor, professor Jason De León finds truths about the miserable business of illegal immigration.
Report: U.S.-Mexico Border More Secure Than Ever
Despite cries to crack down on illegal immigration, a new analysis suggests that border crossings from Mexico have been falling for years and border crimes are less common than national average.
Polling of Opinion on Immigration Suggests a Lot of People Lie
UC Berkeley sociologist Alexander Janus says social desirability pressures cause some liberals to lie about their true opinion on immigration — even when asked in an anonymous poll.
Find a New Immigration Perspective
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
PAC Fights for Undocumented Immigrants
ImmigrationPAC hopes to leverage the Hispanic faith community and help elect federal candidates who support "an earned pathway" to citizenship for undocumented migrants.
Caution: NAFTA at Work
How Europe's trade model could solve America's immigration problem.