A collaborative mapping session in Antofagasta, Chile, May 2019. (Pablo Seward Delaporte)

Navigating Apathy and Attacks in the Struggle for Migrant Rights in Chile

For one activist, Chile’s proposed constitution missed a historic opportunity to defend migrant rights amid a right-wing backlash that ultimately ...
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Obama in Mexico Amidst Demands for Migrant Rights

On Friday, May 3rd, President Obama gave a speech in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. Speaking to a ...
Delivery works on the job in Bogotá, Colombia, 2019. (Carlos Felipe Pardo / CC BY 2.0)

“They Give Us Work but They Abuse Us”

In Colombia’s booming gig economy, temporary immigration measures make little difference in the lives of vulnerable Venezuelan workers ...
Black Lives Matter demonstrators protest the Biden administration's immigration policies in Los Angeles, September 21, 2021. (Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock)

Why Haiti Advocacy Needs New Strategies

As the Biden administration continues to ignore Haitian civil society proposals for a pathway out of crisis, confronting white supremacy ...
People queue at the Proyecto Florecer community kitchen in Medellín, which offers free lunches to neighbors, many of whom are Venezuelan migrants. (Yennifer Dallmann Villa)

For Venezuelans in Colombia, the Long Path to Legal Residency

Although providing the 10-year residence permits promised last year has been a complicated process, many maintain hope for a more ...
Garifuna dancers celebrate their heritage on Caribbean Day in New York City ( maisa_nyc, Flickr)

A New Temporary Protected Status For Central America

Garifuna activists in New York are working to change the legal status and improve the lives of Central American immigrants ...
Representatives from the United States and Mexico with the with the director of the Panamanian National Border Service, SENAFRONT, visit a migrant shelter. (cropped from US Embassy Panama, Flickr)

A Perilous Journey Along the Darién Gap

The story of two Cubans through Central America illustrates the hardships migrants face trying to reach the United States ...
View from the El Paso bridge, where hundreds of migrants and would-be asylum seekers were held in deplorable conditions last week. (Photo by Patrick Timmons)

The Aid Paradox

U.S. security and development assistance has caused great harm in Central America. But Trump’s decision to cut it off is ...