As the countdown begins to the implementation of Arizona’s new controversial immigration law, both sides of the border are making preparations for its impact. In Mexico, government officials quietly are bracing for an increase in deportations as shelters along the border prepare for more arrivals. In Nogales, Sonora, on the Arizona border, Maria Isabel Arvizu, […]
Guest Blogger Series: Roy Germano on “The Other Side of Immigration”
July 16, 2010 By
The Other Side of Immigration is an hour-long documentary film that I shot and directed in the Mexican countryside while collecting data for my doctoral thesis. Based on over 700 interviews, the film poses some basic questions to the residents of various “high-emigration” Mexican communities: Why do so many people from your town leave to […]
Brewer Cancels Mexico Border Governors Conference
July 7, 2010 By
For nearly 30 years, the governors of the states that line both sides of the United States-Mexico border have gathered together annually to issue proclamations and pledges to work together and address concerns. This year the 28th annual conference coincides with Arizona Governor Jan Brewers’ rotation as chairwoman and host of this year’s conference. The […]
Guest Blogger Series: Albert Morales on “Reform Mexico First”
May 18, 2010 By
As featured in The Hill: During the next several months, pro- and anti-immigration reform advocates will return for a battle royale over the status of millions of undocumented immigrants. We will hear a common theme that comprehensive immigration reform is the single most important issue facing the Hispanic community. Much like the rhetoric of death […]
Mexican President to Visit U.S.
May 18, 2010 By
A little more than a year after they first met, President Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderón will meet again, this time in Washington, to continue the dialogue on the complex issues facing the two nations. On Wednesday, the two leaders will participate in a joint press confrence in the Rose Garden. Later that evening, […]
Mexican President Condemns Arizona Immigration Law
April 27, 2010 By
According to the Associated Press, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has condemned Arizona’s new immigration law and called it discriminatory and warned that relations with the U.S. border state will suffer. In a statement, Calderón said that the new state law “opens the door to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement.” The controversial immigration […]
First Lady Visits Mexico in First Solo International Trip
April 12, 2010 By
Drawing comparisons to her famed predecessor, Jaqueline Kennedy, first lady Michelle Obama will kick off what aids call her “international agenda” by traveling to Mexico City this week. While there, Mrs. Obama is expected to meet children, tour an anthropology museum and dine at Los Pinos, the president’s residence. According to the Mexican Ambassador to […]
Earthquake Strikes U.S.-Mexico Border
April 5, 2010 By
On Sunday evening, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, jolting millions of people from Los Angeles and San Diego to Phoenix and scattering destruction along the U.S.-Mexico border. It was the region’s most powerful earthquake in decades, but damage was limited in part because the temblor had a shallow depth of […]
Clinton Leads Delegation to Mexico to Discuss Drug Violence
March 24, 2010 By
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton led a high-level U.S. delegation to Mexico on Tuesday to discuss the growing drug violence. She was joined by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen. The visit […]
Americans Killed in Ciudad Juárez
March 17, 2010 By
On Sunday, three people associated with the US Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, including two US citizens, were murdered in what is believed to be a targeted attack against Americans in this border city. According to Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz, the murders were carried out by a local gang known a Los Aztecas, which is […]
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