American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United …
Read More >By Michael Dear, author of Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through Film Over the past two decades, there has been an explosion of film releases about the US-Mexico borderlands. Not surprisingly, …
Read More >By Ethan Blue, author of The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal The possibility of expedited resettlement in the US for some of the millions of Ukrainians displaced by …
Read More >By Ieva Jusionyte, author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border As news about migrant caravans traveling from Central America caught Washington’s attention last month, the government deployed over five thousand troops …
Read More >Depending on your intake of current event news, the wall—existing and potential—between the United States and Mexico has been a staple feature of this administration’s diet. Among other things it’s divisive, unrealistic, and …
Read More >This post is part of a blog series celebrating the College Art Association annual conference taking place in New York City from February 15–18. Please visit us at Booth 605 if you are attending, and otherwise stay tuned for …
Read More >Susan Terrio’s research on the unaccompanied children in U.S. immigration custody has led her to places few others witness. The Office of Refugee Resettlement granted Terrio rare access to 20 federal facilities …
Read More >Arizona’s new immigration law, which allows police to stop people they suspect to be in the US illegally and requires immigrants to carry documentation with them, has stirred up controversy and widespread …
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