The comeback story of ‘the fastest mouse in all of Mexico’ reveals how audiences – not cultural gatekeepers – shape the meaning of representation.
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The New World screwworm parasite can infest livestock, pets and even humans.
Militarized immigration enforcement used to be confined to near the US-Mexico border, far away from most Americans’ front lawns.
New research on Venezuelan migrants being forced back south from the U.S.-Mexico border raises key questions about safety and security for these migrants.
The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights violations in the region.
Reducing rainfall and droughts are causing problems between the US and Mexico because of a historic agreement to deliver water between them.
Drowning, blunt force trauma and exposure to extreme weather are among the risks that migrants face making the dangerous journey across the US-Mexico border.
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does Texas qualify?
Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.
Trump’s efforts to stop a so-called ‘invasion’ of migrants could imperil relations with the US’s biggest trading partner, Mexico.
While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.
Splits are already appearing between the factions of Donald Trump supporters.
For many Americans, stricter immigration policy is not enough. Many would justify civilian and government violence against immigrants to seal the southern US border.
The Canadian government’s announcement of the expansion of border security and surveillance measures could place more asylum seekers at risk.
Fluctuating rates of illegal migration to the US over the past few decades show that the government’s approach of trying to stop migrants with more security has not worked.
Conservatives say the U.S. immigration system is broken, but it was never fixed. More than 100 years ago, white migrants invaded Indigenous territory — but they had
the power to change laws.
Some militia groups may see it as their duty to assist with immigration-control efforts. Some may even be deputized for this purpose by local law enforcement agencies.
Created in 1924 to enforce draconian new immigration quotas, Border Patrol recruited its first agents from the Texas Rangers militia, giving it a kind of rogue, cowboy culture that persists today.
Immigration has become a central issue of the 2024 presidential election for Trump and the Republicans. How did Republican rhetoric change so dramatically on the issue?
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Professor, History and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Human Security, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Joe and Teresa Endowed Chair in Social Sciences, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University
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Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney