“Excelente persona, de gran sensibilidad social y agudeza en el análisis de la situación de derechos humanos de las personas refugiadas.”
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Seasoned leader with years of experience in civil rights, human rights, public policy and…
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Democracy or Bust. How many American Immigration Lawyers Association members are working with clients naturalizing this month? Mom will be there…
Democracy or Bust. How many American Immigration Lawyers Association members are working with clients naturalizing this month? Mom will be there…
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Very proud of our #ReuniteUS community and leadership. They were deported by the Trump administration after building lives in the US for decades…
Very proud of our #ReuniteUS community and leadership. They were deported by the Trump administration after building lives in the US for decades…
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Citizen or Subordinate: Permutations of Belonging in the United States and the Dominican Republic
Journal on Migration and Human Security
The Dominican Republic and the United States have both experienced tensions arising from migratory flows from poorer, less stable neighbors. Until recently, both countries had constitutions which conferred citizenship by birth with very limited exceptions. Despite these similarities, their respective discourses around jus soli citizenship, particularly for the children of unauthorized migrants from the poorer neighboring countries, have manifested in different ways. The identity of the United…
The Dominican Republic and the United States have both experienced tensions arising from migratory flows from poorer, less stable neighbors. Until recently, both countries had constitutions which conferred citizenship by birth with very limited exceptions. Despite these similarities, their respective discourses around jus soli citizenship, particularly for the children of unauthorized migrants from the poorer neighboring countries, have manifested in different ways. The identity of the United States as a nation of immigrants has limited the success of campaigns to revoke jus soli citizenship for the children of unauthorized immigrants, but the persistent articulation of this idea as a response to illegal migration has shifted the parameters of the immigration debate. In the Dominican Republic, the historical construction of national identity and anti-Haitian discourse has led to an evolution in Dominican law which codifies already established practices that deny citizenship to children of Haitian migrants. In both cases, movements that support more inclusive understandings of societal belonging, like the DREAMers in the United States and youth movements in the Dominican Republic, may offer the most effective way of protecting universal jus soli citizenship regimes.
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A Brewing Storm: U.S. Immigration Policy on the Border
America Magazine
Examining the exponential increase in immigration detention in the United States.
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Hope on the Horizon
National Jesuit News
Examining U.S. assistance to Colombia from the perspective of grassroots communities of the internally displaced.
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Unintended Consequences: Refugee Victims of the War on Terror
Georgetown University Journal of International Law
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The Refugee Voice
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
The Refugee Voice is a series of occasional papers describing forced migration and the major issues that underlie them. More than simply presenting abstract problems, it provides first-hand experiences from the refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and other vulnerable populations with whom Jesuit Refugee Service works around the world.
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English
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Spanish
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