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Border Crackdowns Feed a Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Fear and Backlash (Published 2019)

In the United States and Europe, efforts to control unauthorized arrivals can heighten perceptions of chaos at the border.

The Amparo Experience Tells the Cuban Exile Story in an Immersive Theater Production

On the corner of NE Second Avenue and 17th Street in downtown Miami stands an old villa enclosed by wrought-iron gates. On one side, there’s a hardware store, and on the other there’s a modern-day...

Anyone Speak K’iche’ or Mam? Immigration Courts Overwhelmed by Indigenous Languages (Published 2019)

As more migrants arrive from Central America, the system is ill-equipped to handle the influx of those speaking indigenous languages.

Opinion | I Am an Immigrant. Someday You Might Be One, Too. (Published 2019)

Increasingly, people are being forced to flee their homes not just by war and poverty, but also by climate change. It’s time we rethink our antiquated ideas about immigrants.

What Immigration Restrictionists Can’t Foresee

When the government has tried to control demographics with immigration policy, it hasn’t gotten what it wished for.

Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted (Published 2019)

As fertility rates across the United States continue to decline, some of the largest drops have been among Hispanics. One big reason: generational difference.

Claiming the History in Family Names (Published 2019)

My immigrant father thought adopting an American name was a prudent measure to avoid mispronunciations. To me it felt like admitting defeat.

Little Partisan Agreement on the Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.

NBC's Tom Brokaw apologizes for statements widely criticized as troubling stereotypes of Latinos

His remarks reflected assumptions about Latinos, language and assimilation that are not borne out by the facts.

3 men get at least 25 years in prison in Kansas plot to kill Somali Muslims | CNN

Three men were sentenced Friday to at least 25 years in federal prison for attempting to blow up an apartment complex in western Kansas where Somali Muslims lived, a plot that unnerved that refugee...