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As Mexico “Absorbs” Central American Refugees, Record Numbers Reach the U.S.
By Dennis Stinchcomb The meeting of world leaders that President Obama convened on Tuesday to rally support for refugee resettlement and inclusion across the globe was good diplomacy but contradicts...
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Deciding Asylum: Challenges Remain As Claims Soar
By Dennis Stinchcomb and Eric Hershberg Graphic credit: Nadwa Mossaad / Figure 3, “Refugees and Asylees 2015” / Annual Flow Report, November 2016 / Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of...
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U.S. Immigration Policy: New Obstacles to Asylum
By Jayesh Rathod* U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. / Glenn Fawcett / U.S. Customs and Border Patrol / Flickr / Creative Commons The Trump administration’s decision to reverse established U.S....
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U.S.-Central America-Mexico: Migrant Caravan Shaking up Relations
By Fulton Armstrong Honduran migrants meet with Mexican police in Chiapas. / Pedro Pardo / AFP Photo / Creative Commons The underlying drivers of Central American migration remain the same as always –...
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Guatemala: Mortal Doubt and Transnational Gangs
By Anthony W. Fontes* Family members of slain gang member at his gravesite (Guatemala, 2005) / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Central America’s maras, or transnational gangs, are symptoms of...
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Challenges to “Safe Country” Strategy in Central America Mounting
By Fulton Armstrong Processing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry/ U.S. Customs and Border Protection/ Flickr/ U.S. Government Works Challenges to the U.S. government’s “Asylum Cooperation Agreements”...
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Executive Action, Central American Presidents and the Fate of the...
By Eric Hershberg Image courtesy of Center for Latin American and Latino Studies Speculation abounds in Washington as to the content of the long-awaited Executive Actions that the Obama administration...
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CICIG: Model for Northern Triangle
By Fulton Armstrong and Héctor Silva Photo Credit: Mike Gifford and Nicolas Raymond / Flickr / Creative Commons Guatemalan President Pérez Molina’s announcement two weeks ago that he would seek another...
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U.S. Immigration: Lacking Lawyers, Newcomers Join the Undocumented
By Dennis Stinchcomb Pending cases from the Northern Triangle in U.S. immigration courts. These cases now account for over 53% of the total backlog. / Note: FY 2018 data is through July 31. / Data...
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Latin America: Drug Traffickers Vary Routes as Circumstances Warrant
By Carolina Sampó Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offload nearly 660 kilograms of narcotics, Feb. 2, 2015 / Coast Guard Compass / Creative Commons /...
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