Annie joined The Rhizome Center for Migrants’ education program for U.S. immigration advocates, academics, and law students in Guadalajara, August 5-12, 2022. As the recipient of La Michoacana Foundation’s scholarship award for law students interested in pursuing immigrant rights work, we asked Annie to share her thoughts about the program and her experience with us […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. October 24, 2022] The Rhizome Center for Migrants is a U.S. nonprofit based in Guadalajara, Mexico, where we serve the needs of people impacted by return or deportation. Through intervention, we transform the lives of Mexican migrants and their families to build a better North America for everyone. Among those we serve here in […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. September 21, 2022] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) is thrilled to announce Abigail Thornton’s addition as the newest member of our board. Abigail “Abi” is an expert on migration, education, and community development with extensive field experience along the U.S.-Mexico border. From 2015-2020, Abi conducted ethnographic research at Casa del Migrante Tijuana’s […]
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. September 1, 2021] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) is thrilled to announce Jessica Billedo’s addition as the newest member of our board. A native of Chicago, where many overseas Jaliscienses live, Jessica is the Director of Mexico Operations for Coyote Logistics here in Guadalajara and has volunteered with us since 2018. We’re […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. August 15, 2021] In early July, the Biden Administration announced it is formalizing a new process to allow deported veterans to return to the country legally. In anticipation of the President’s new initiative, The Rhizome Center for Migrants hosted a citizenship and benefits workshop this Sunday, in collaboration with Public Counsel, Immigrant Defenders Law […]
[Guadalajara, Jal. January 11, 2021] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) is excited to announce our newest team member, César Miguel Rivera Vega Magallón. César joins the organization as our Mexico Advocacy Fellow. As a formerly undocumented immigrant rights advocate in California, he worked on various campaigns, including #Not1More, the implementation of drivers licenses for […]
[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 […]
[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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