Irwin County Detention Center

Stop CBP From Destroying Its Own Records

[Guadalajara, Jal. September 30, 2020] This week, The Rhizome Center for Migrants joined over 100 organizations in requesting that the National Archives and Records Administration reconsider its recent approval of CBP’s request to destroy internal records of misconduct.  The Rhizome Center for Migrants interviews Mexican nationals deported through the Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI) program to […]

Immigrants

Over 170 Organizations Offer Blueprint to Undo Damage Wrought by Trump, Transform America’s Immigration System

[Guadalajara, Jal. August 18, 2020] Today The Rhizome Center for Migrants joined over 170 U.S. leading immigration and advocacy organizations in releasing the 2021 Immigration Action Plan, laying out a blueprint for the next administration to restore human dignity to a system weaponized by the Trump administration, reinforce core American values, and power the economic […]

COVID-19

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 […]

ICE Air

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 […]