My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
"His decision to stay behind had nothing to do with newfound job opportunities, or a belief in Mexico’s future, or even the possibility that he wouldn’t be able to find a job in Dallas, where he once worked as a cook. It was much more basic. He feared he wouldn’t get across the border alive. “The Zetas have done what no fence in the United States, or their billions, have been able to do, which is to stop the flow” of migrants, said Pedro “Toro,” who was afraid to give his real last name because the Zetas paramilitary drug cartel operates in the region. “I’m not afraid of the migra,” he said, referring to the Border Patrol, “but I am afraid of being decapitated.” At a time when the Mexican government is touting increased opportunities as the main reason for more Mexicans staying home, the reality on the ground in states like San Luis Potosí is that Mexicans are staying put largely because the journey is more perilous than ever, according to responses to a national poll and separate interviews." - Dallas Morning News, May 27, 2012.