AQ’s columnist visited the Brazil-Venezuela border region, and found both strains and a desire to help.
U.S. visas for foreign professionals are on the rise worldwide, but not when it comes to the Americas.
Two bills in Mexico’s Congress seek to help reintegrate deportees – and take advantage of their talent.
"We need cooperation with Mexico to address the flow of people from further south, [and] cooperation is not guaranteed," said AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth on tackling illegal immigration to the U.S.
For all the talk of deporting criminal immigrants, native-born men are twice as likely to be incarcerated than are foreign-born.
Many fear the impact of Trump’s win on the Mexican economy given both countries trade more than $1.4 billion in goods each day, says AS/COA’s Carin Zissis.
“[Trump’s victory] will energize politicians tapping into a traditional strain of anti-Washington feelings in Mexico,” points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
