[Guadalajara, Jal. April 5, 2019] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) invites law students to study migration in Guadalajara, Mexico, this August 9-16, 2019, and is excited to announce that our successful alternative immigration law program has now expanded to include students at California and Illinois schools. Guadalajara is Mexico’s second largest city and home […]
Application Process for 2019 Winter Program Now Open
[Guadalajara, Jal. October 15, 2018] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) will now begin accepting applications for its 2019 Winter Educational Program. The program will take place January 4-10, 2019, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where law students will have ample opportunities to hear from migrants, asylum seekers and deportees, as well as migration experts, government officials […]
RCM Welcomes Law Students to Guadalajara
[Guadalajara, Jal. September 24, 2018] This winter, The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) will host Texas law students in Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara is Mexico’s second largest city and home to many of the images we associate with Mexican culture. Mariachi, tequila, the Jarabe Tapatio (“Mexican hat dance”), and Mexican rodeo all have their roots here. […]
Post-Deportation Legal Aid Clinic Opens Its Doors to the Community
[Guadalajara, Jal. June 7, 2018] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) has partnered with Casa Scalabrini (http://www.migrante.com.mx/guadalajara.html) to provide post-deportation legal aid services to returned migrants in Guadalajara, Jalisco, one of the states most affected by repatriation. The weekly legal aid clinic opened today in response to the surge in long-term resident deportations under the […]
Texas-Based Organization Centralizes Efforts in Mexico in Support of Deportees
[Guadalajara, Jal. June 1, 2018] In response to the surge in deportations under the Trump Administration, as well as the lack of reintegration support for returnees in their home country, The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) has partnered with Mexico-based Centro Pastoral Migratoria (http://www.migrante.com.mx/guadalajara.html) to provide direct services to returning Mexicans, the single group most […]