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The Demographic and Economic Impacts of DACA Recipients: Fall 2021 Edition
By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka and Trinh Truong Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients live across the United States, raise 300,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $9.4 billion in taxes each year. In 2012, the Obama administration created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect certain young undocumented immigrants from deportation. ... -
International students return to U.S. in higher numbers, but still below pre-COVID levels
Los Angeles Times | BY COLLIN BINKLEY AND PHILIP MARCELO International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year’s historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange, according to a new survey. Nationwide, American colleges and ... -
U.S. Dreamers Meet with Mexican Ambassador, Other Officials
Ambassador Moctezuma-Barragan agrees to advocate for Dreamers and essential workers in the U.S. -
Historic Immigration Reform Included in House-passed Spending Bill
By RAFAEL BERNAL and REBECCA BEITSCH for The Hill The social spending bill approved by the House Friday in a 220-213 vote includes the most extensive immigration reform package reviewed by Congress in 35 years, albeit in a much reduced version from what proponents originally sought. If the provision is approved ... -
Mexico on the Rebound
By Swarnali Hannan and Kevin WisemanIMF Western Hemisphere Department November 8, 2021 Mexico’s economy is rebounding from its steepest recession in decades. Raising productivity and tackling poverty remain key challenges. Manufacturing and exports are above pre-pandemic levels, services are re-opening, and employment is recovering. However, the pandemic has taken a severe toll ... -
Every American needs to take a history of Mexico class
By Gabriela Soto Laveaga / The Washington Post Learning the history of Mexico can help Americans better understand themselves. The recent backlash over a new book on the history of The Alamo is not about partisanship nor misapplied critical race theory. It is, however, about denying who we are as ... -
El reto para Norteamérica en la Era post Trump
Por Gonzalo Santos, Norteamérica – Ene. 8, 2021 Las circunstancias domésticas en las que termina su mandato el régimen de Donald Trump en medio de una aguda pandemia, profunda crisis económica, y caos político desbordado al extremo del atentado fallido contra el Capitolio con turbas leales al empecinado presidente reflejan ... -
Biden's leadership will enhance relations with Mexico and Canada
By: Earl Anthony Wayne, The Hill ~ Nov. 12, 2020 A Biden administration can be expected to put U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada relations back into a strategic framework for solving problems and strengthening long-term cooperation. This would include pursuing a more consistent approach to Mexico and Canada, less driven by individual ... -
Mexico emerging as a foreign policy challenge for Biden
BY: RAFAEL BERNAL , THE HILL – NOV. 9, 2020 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has refused to recognize the results of the U.S. presidential election, foreshadowing an early foreign policy challenge for President-elect Joe Biden. López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, said Monday his government will ... -
Open Letter to Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador and Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard
By Profesor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President and Founder of The California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc. – June 25, 2020 Read this article in Spanish here With all due respect, I am writing to give you some advice: Do not come to meet with the nefarious and racist President Donald Trump for any ...