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In a study published on September 12, the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found the backlog in naturalization applications has ballooned and wait times have doubled in the last three years.

The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America.

As a scholar of immigration law, I can state with authority that —unlike other policies— this particular move will likely result in the death, kidnapping and torture of individuals seeking safety from persecution and torture in their home countries.

The prospects of slowing deforestation remain dim, an issue that matters to people around the world.

There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago.

Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in Palo Verde, El Salvador.

The scale of this climate emergency very much depends on the level of effort the global community puts into mitigation.

How did Colombia’s fragile peace unravel?

Trump’s hardline immigration policies seem to have spurred a broader population of Christians into action. And their civil disobedience crosses racial, ethnic and even party lines in new ways.

Despite the official ceasefire peace agreement signed by the government and FARC leaders in 2016 after 50 years of civil war, criminal armed groups have re-ignited the violence in areas previously occupied by FARC.

The alleged police rape has hit a nerve in Mexico, where women face extremely high rates of violence and incessant catcalling.

By Sam Halvorsen, Queen Mary University of London Argentines were stunned in mid-August when the center-left candidate Alberto Fernández won the national primary elections for the presidency, surpassing all predictions with a whopping 15-point lead over the incumbent Mauricio Macri. The primaries, known as the “PASO”, serve to winnow down the number of presidential candidates, […]

Canada is centrally involved in the life-and-death struggle for migrant justice in the United States.

The governor’s corruption further compromised the post-disaster recovery of Puerto Ricans,

The Milliken decision recognized “de facto” segregation—segregation that occurs as a result of circumstances, not law.

Churches are considered “sensitive locations” where U.S. immigration officers are hesitant to make arrests.

President Donald Trump keeps trying to change immigration law and the courts keep blocking him.

Mexican estimates suggest that each month the Sinaloa cartel trades two tons of cocaine and 10,000 tons of marijuana plus heroine, methamphetamine and other drugs.

Despite years of government desegregation efforts and the proven benefits of integrated schools, our recently published research shows that U.S. school segregation is higher than it has been in decades.

By Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross The Trump administration will stop accepting asylum applications from migrants who could have claimed asylum in a different country before entering the U.S., it announced on July 15. The new interim immigration rule upends a 60-year-old policy that protects refugees from war, political persecution and targeted violence. […]

The President’s politics of control and fear toward Mexico and other Latin American countries has resulted in serious consequences.