[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 […]
New Resource List: Support for the Deported Community During the Coronavirus Outbreak
[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 […]
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 […]
American Children in Mexico: Young Lives Divided by the Border
[Guadalajara, Jal. April 30, 2019] Among the children we’re thinking of today as we advocate, promote, and celebrate children’s rights in Mexico, are the more than 600,000 American children whose lives cut across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. immigration laws continue to prevent undocumented parents from remaining in the United States with their minor, U.S.-born children. […]
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 […]
Summer Program Offering for California, Texas, and Illinois Law Students
[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. […]
The Reincorporation of Returned Migrants: A Challenge for Mexico’s Next President
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 […]
Return to the U.S. After Deportation or Removal
[Guadalajara, Jal. June 30, 2018] The Rhizome Center for Migrants (www.rhizomecenter.org) has partnered with Guanajuato-based Dream in México (http://dreaminmexico.org) to dispel immigration myths regarding legal reentry into the U.S. Dream in México is a Mexican nonprofit organization connecting immigrant youth with educational and employment opportunities in Mexico. “There is a lot of misinformation out there […]