Tag: Immigration
Is cutting Central American aid going to help stop the flow...
Carmen Monico, Elon University
President Donald Trump has long made blocking the thousands of Central Americans who head to the southern U.S. border, most of...
Thousands of asylum seekers left waiting at the US-Mexico border
Savitri Arvey, University of California San Diego and Steph Leutert, University of Texas at Austin
Over the past three months, the number of Central Americans...
Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico –...
Aileen Teague, Brown University
Just a week ago, President Donald Trump appeared poised to take the drastic step of closing the U.S.-Mexico border to both...
The truth about St. Patrick’s Day
James Farrelly, University of Dayton
In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study...
Republican ads feature MS-13, hoping fear will motivate voters
Anthony W. Fontes, American University School of International Service
Campaign advertisements appearing for this year’s midterm elections include a stream of Republican campaign ads linking...
Hiring highly educated immigrants leads to more innovation and better products
Gaurav Khanna, University of California San Diego and Munseob Lee, University of California San Diego
Much of the current debate over immigration is about what...
What exactly is the point of the border?
Michael Blake, University of Washington
The past few weeks have seen widespread outrage over the Trump administration’s now-defunct policy of separating migrant families at the...
Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you’re...
Michael Blake, University of Washington
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced last week that the 2020 census will include a question about citizenship. Ross argued that...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
