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As Migrant Crisis Hits U.S. Border, Texas Town Keeps It Classy, Rick Brunson
As Migrant Crisis Hits U.S. Border, Texas Town Keeps It Classy, Rick Brunson
UCF Forum
It’s a sweltering summer Sunday night in El Paso, Texas, at the city’s new downtown baseball stadium, where the local Triple-A team, the Chihuahuas, is leading the visiting Tacoma Rainiers at the seventh-inning stretch.
Misperceptions And Challenges With Immigrant Kids: Taking A Closer Look At The Border Crisis, Barbara L. Loach
Misperceptions And Challenges With Immigrant Kids: Taking A Closer Look At The Border Crisis, Barbara L. Loach
English, Literature, and Modern Languages Faculty Publications
Why are so many unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children showing up in the United States? What should be done about them? In this guest column by Cedarville University professor Barbara Loach, she argues that this crisis shows illegal immigration is not a domestic issue, but rather is an international issue that must be addressed by cooperation of all nations involved.
Problems Faced By Mexican Asylum Seekers In The United States, Anna Cabot
Problems Faced By Mexican Asylum Seekers In The United States, Anna Cabot
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Violence in Mexico rose sharply in response to President Felipe Calder6n's military campaign against drug cartels which began in late 2006. As a consequence, the number of Mexicans who have sought asylum in the United States has grown significantly. In 2013, Mexicans made up the second largest group of defensive asylum seekers (those in removal proceedings) in the United States, behind only China (EOIR 2014b). Yet between 2008 and 2013, the grant rate for Mexican asylum seekers in immigration court fell from 23 percent to nine percent (EOIR 2013, 2014b). This paper examines-from the perspective of an attorney who represented …