The Rhizome Center for Migrants
    Migrants
    August 13, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    MORE Act Could Protect Families and Immigrants Against Deportation

    [Guadalajara, Jal. August 13, 2020] The Rhizome Center for Migrants and a coalition of more than 220 national advocacy organizations, and more than 125 national, state, and local drug policy, criminal justice reform, and civil rights organizations signed a letter of support for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. In 2013, simple marijuana […]

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    Migrants wait in line for food distribution at the Matamoros camp March 19. Food was previously given out in a centralized tent but is now distributed at separate locations in the camp to prevent large gatherings. Ivan Flores for Foreign Policy
    July 21, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    Regional Groups Call on IACHR to Respond to Systemic Human Rights Violations in the Hemisphere

    [Guadalajara, Jal. July 21, 2020] Today The Rhizome Center for Migrants joined a regional coalition of 41 organizations in requesting a multi-country thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The request calls on the Commission to protect human rights in the American hemisphere by addressing the wide-ranging impacts of recent U.S. migration policies […]

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    Older Persons
    June 3, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En News, Press Release

    The UN Should Strengthen Recognition and Inclusion of Older People, and Older Migrants, Within the UN System

    [Guadalajara, Jal. June 3, 2020] The Rhizome Center for Migrants and more than 100 organizations worldwide have joined with HelpAge International to call for the UN to ensure that, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we build back better and set the stage for a more inclusive and equitable society that considers older people’s rights across […]

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    COVID-19
    May 25, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    U.S. and Mexico Must Urgently Address Impact of Deportations and Expulsions During COVID-19

    [Guadalajara, Jal. May 25, 2020] The Rhizome Center for Migrants and 35 U.S. and Mexican organizations call on the Trump and Lopez Obrador administrations to urgently address the impact of ongoing deportations and expulsions of children, asylum seekers, and migrants during COVID-19. As organizations representing civil society in the region, we are alarmed by the […]

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    May 22, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    Joint Statement: U.S. And Mexico Must Urgently Address Impact of Ongoing Deportations and Expulsions During COVID-19

    Binational Joint Statement Click here to view this statement in Spanish. As organizations representing civil society in the region, we object to and are alarmed by the offensive public health risk created by ongoing U.S. deportations and expulsions amid a global health crisis. We urgently call on the Trump and Lopez Obrador administrations to cease […]

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    May 22, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    Declaración Conjunta: Estados Unidos y México deben abordar de manera urgente el impacto de las deportaciones y expulsiones que se llevan a cabo durante el COVID-19

    Declaración conjunta binacional Haga clic aquí para ver esta declaración en inglés. Como organizaciones que representan a la sociedad civil en la región, nos alarma y nos oponemos al ofensivo riesgo de salud pública creado por las deportaciones y expulsiones de Estados Unidos que se están llevando a cabo en medio de la crisis de […]

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    LPR
    April 15, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En News, Press Release

    Former U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: Retired Without Benefits

    [Guadalajara, Jal. April 15, 2020] An increasing number of Mexican lawful permanent residents (LPRs) may potentially lose access to their U.S. contributions as a result of deportation, forming part of a growing number of legal immigrants who contributed to social security but cannot later benefit from or receive their contribution. Owing to the interposition of […]

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    ICE Air
    March 18, 2020  |  By RCM Admin  |  En News, Press Release

    Interior Repatriation Initiative: 90-Day Update from Guadalajara

    [Guadalajara, Jal. March 18, 2020] The Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI), which the United States and Mexico resumed at the end of 2019, allows the United States to deport Mexican nationals to the Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport of Guadalajara in Western Mexico. The first 2019 repatriation flight of 132 Mexican nationals departed Tucson International […]

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    Senor Juan
    July 30, 2019  |  By RCM Admin  |  En News, Press Release

    Population At Risk: Elderly Undocumented Mexican Workers

    [Guadalajara, Jal. July 30, 2019] Each year, undocumented workers in the United States contribute billions to the U.S. Social Security system. However, when they retire, because of their undocumented status in the U.S. workforce, they will not have access to the federal public benefits of retired workers. Their inability to draw from their contributions, and the […]

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    Jorge Announcement
    April 21, 2019  |  By RCM Admin  |  En Press Release

    The Rhizome Center for Migrants Announces New Technology Strategist

    [Guadalajara, Jal. April 21, 2019] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) is excited to announce Jorge Ramirez’s addition as Technology Strategist and newest member of the Advisor Council. Jorge is a Mexican media artist and technologist based in Guadalajara. Since 2004, Jorge has developed an intermedia body of work traversing architecture, art, sound, science, and […]

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    The Rhizome Center for Migrants

    The Rhizome Center for Migrants

    🥢 Many journeys, one table.A few weeks ago, a roomful of strangers gathered around a Guadalajara table to learn the surprisingly tricky art of rolling Vietnamese spring rolls — and to support migrants and refugees rebuilding their lives in Mexico.The evening was hosted by immigrant chef Alice Liu and her husband, Miguel, of @speakeasycocina, as a fundraiser for The Rhizome Center for Migrants. Along the way, we heard powerful stories about migration, deportation, belonging — and what it means to create home in a new place.Read the story in the Guadalajara Reporter: theguadalajarareporter.net/index.php/featured/64936-many-journeys-one-table-guadalajara-restaurat…And a longer, more personal version in The Esperanza Project: esperanzaproject.com/2026/mx/many-journeys-one-table/O si prefieres el español: elproyectoesperanza.com/2026/migracion/muchos-caminos-una-sola-mesa/❤️ And you can join the fun tomorrow night. Vietnamese-American chef, Charlie Huynh, of @letsphogdl is taking over Alice and Miguel’s kitchen for another special benefit, with Vietnamese food, community and a preview of dishes from a new street-food concept he’s developing.Proceeds support The Rhizome Center for Migrants’ holistic legal, humanitarian, and community support to migrants, refugees, returnees, and deported people rebuilding their lives in Mexico.📅 Wed, Aug 26th📍 Speakeasy Cocina / Alice & Miguel’s home* Reservations Speakeasycocina@gmail.com or WhatsApp +52 33 1146 2188. Limited seating available.⏰7pm-9pm🎟️ 400 pesos Come hungry. Come curious. Come help build community across borders. 🌏❤️

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    The Rhizome Center for Migrants

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    On the final day of our "Frontlines and Fault Lines" immigration program, law students from Mexico and the U.S. put a week of learning into practice.At @teccampusgdl’s Guadalajara campus, students from TEC de Monterrey, @uwschooloflaw and @utexaslaw joined forces for a binational immigration law simulation facilitated by Rhizome Center founder, Tran Dang, Prof. Javier Contreras of TEC de Monterrey, and Prof. Georgina Olazcon of UW.Their client was fictional, but his circumstances were drawn from realities playing out every day: “José,” a 68-year-old Cuban national, had lived in the U.S. since age 2 before being deported to Mexico. His children and grandchildren remain in the U.S. He speaks little Spanish, has no meaningful ties to Mexico, lacks stable housing and documentation, and has urgent medical needs. His overriding goal: to get back home to his family.Working in mixed Mexican-U.S. teams, participants had to look simultaneously at both countries’ legal systems—and beyond the law. What needed to happen in the next 48 hours? Could José get his insulin? Food? Safe housing? Identification? Access to his money? What legal status could protect him in Mexico while attorneys pursued all possibilities for his return to the United States?The exercise kept returning to a principle at the heart of the Rhizome Center’s work: holistic representation starts with the person, not the legal claim.Students wrestled with conflicting laws, missing information and imperfect options, consulting across borders and disciplines before presenting their strategies.One participant captured another lesson from the day: in today’s rapidly shifting immigration landscape, creativity in legal strategy is essential—and “that’s only doable when we’re talking to one another, sharing ideas and working in a team.”Because deportation crosses borders, meaningful advocacy must cross them too.

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    Four experts. Four different windows into Mexico’s rapidly changing migration landscape. During our 14th “Frontlines and Fault Lines: Migration, Resistance, and Resilience” immigration program, participants heard from Heriberto Vega, UdG professor; Javier Contreras, Law Program Director at TEC Campus Guadalajara; Nancy Estrada, ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados Guadalajara; and César Rodríguez, FM4 Paso Libre legal director.Dr. Vega placed today’s moment in a longer history of migration through Mexico and of the civil society movement that fought to change how migrants are understood and treated. Mexico’s 2011 Migration Law established a human-rights framework, including recognition that people in irregular status are still rights-holders and that humanitarian aid should not be criminalized.Javier showed just how powerful that framework is: under Mexico’s Constitution, fundamental rights belong to people, not only citizens. Even as immigration authorities repeatedly violate protections guaranteed under Mexican law, amid intense pressure to enforce U.S.-driven migration containment, migrant advocates can win when they challenge abuses in court.Nancy described another historic shift: Mexico is no longer simply a country of transit. For the first time in UNHCR’s monitoring, Mexico has become the principal intended destination for many people on the move. At the same time, its refugee-protection system is being asked to do more with dramatically fewer resources, while documentation barriers leave people exposed to exploitation, exclusion and organized crime.Cesar brought those contradictions into the present political moment. As U.S. migration enforcement is increasingly pushed southward, people are contained or returned to Mexico at precisely the moment when government agencies and civil society have less capacity to provide the legal, medical, humanitarian and psychosocial support they need. For many, that means prolonged uncertainty or legal limbo.Their combined takeaway: Migration, refuge, deportation and integration are increasingly regional realities, demanding cross-border knowledge, accountability and collaboration.

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    The Rhizome Center for Migrants is an independent, secular 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our Mexico Project, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, supports deported and returned migrants through legal aid and reintegration services.

     

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    The Rhizome Center for Migrants is an independent, secular 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our Mexico Project, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, supports deported and returned migrants through legal aid and reintegration services.

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