Tag: Migration
Migration mayhem in 2017: 9 essential reads
Danielle Douez, The Conversation
President Donald Trump did not waste any time pushing strict immigration policies in 2017, as promised during his campaign. What resulted...
Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María?
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the...
Hurricanes drive immigration to the US
Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan
In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...
Educating children in Guatemala before they decide to migrate to the...
Carmen Monico, Elon University
On March 8, 40 girls were killed in a fire at a home for abused youth in Guatemala. More...
The rise of anti-immigrant attitudes, violence and nationalism in Costa Rica
Caitlin Fouratt, California State University, Long Beach
Costa Rica is often thought of as the “Switzerland of the Americas.”
With a stable...
How Trump’s immigration enforcement could affect families and communities
William D. Lopez, University of Michigan
When immigration officers forcibly remove individuals from their homes, it impacts the psychological, emotional and economic well-being of their...
Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational...
Peter Dixon, Victoria University and Maureen Rimmer, Victoria University
US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, which proved appealing to large...
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...
