Iván Francisco Porraz Gómez

A member of Mexico’s National Guard watches for migrants on the Rio Suchiate between Guatemala and Mexico at sunrise on July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Idalia Rie)

July 14, 2019

As Mexico appeases Trump, migrants bear the brunt

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg, Wilfrid Laurier University; Diana Correa Corrales, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey; Iván Francisco Porraz Gómez, ECOSUR, and S. Richelle Monaghan, Wilfrid Laurier University

The U.S. will likely continue to threaten Mexico with trade tariffs due to Central American migrants, and Mexico will respond with more drastic, inhumane measures. None of it will stop migration.

Central American migrants crossing Suchiate River on makeshift boats. (Iván Francisco Porraz)

March 13, 2019

Mexico’s frontera sur: Life carries on in this place of permanent mobility

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg, Wilfrid Laurier University and Iván Francisco Porraz Gómez, ECOSUR

As migrant caravans become commonplace, life goes on along the frontera sur where tumultuous Central America and the poorest part of Mexico meet.

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