Gerardo joined The Rhizome Center for Migrants’ legal team in Guadalajara in May 2022, from St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, where he is a rising 3L. After visiting Mexico for the first time in over 20 years, and just six weeks into his legal internship, Gerardo, a DACA recipient since 2015, […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. August 4, 2022] More than 4 million Mexican migrants have been deported from the United States since 2008. During the same period, a significant number of Mexican migrants returned, forcibly or voluntarily, to Mexico as a result of family obligations, unfavorable economic and labor market conditions in the United States, and stricter enforcement […]
[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 […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. April 10, 2020] We’ve gathered useful information to help the deported community in Guadalajara stay safe during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Our COVID-19 Community Resources list includes community, city, state, and federal resources for those currently residing in the Guadalajara metropolitan area. Information includes resources on housing options, health services, worker support, as […]
[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 […]
This piece was originally published in the Spanish-language online publication, Animal Político, on August 29, 2018. With permission from the author, we are providing a copy of the complete English version, below, which features our work in Guadalajara, Mexico. By: Savitri Arvey (@SavitriArvey) As Mexican president elect Andres Manuel López Obrador defines his policies in the […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
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