Ernesto Castañeda

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Venezuelan immigrants, whom the Trump White House says are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, arrive in El Salvador on March 31, 2025. El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.

While foreign terrorist organizations typically have a political or religious ideology, transnational criminal organizations are driven by profit.
La investigación académica desempeña un papel importante para ayudar a disipar los mitos y las ideas erróneas sobre la migración. Spencer Platt/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Los inmigrantes son solo 3,5 % de la población mundial y su impacto negativo es exagerado

La inmigración es algo que celebrar, no algo que temer. Existen muchas más oportunidades que problemas derivados de ella y son algunos políticos quienes más daño hacen a los inmigrantes con sus discursos.
New York City is one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities, with 37 percent of its population foreign-born. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz

How cities help immigrants feel at home: 4 charts

A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here’s what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.

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