Food sovereignty promotes agroecological farming methods and the reduction of food insecurity thr... more Food sovereignty promotes agroecological farming methods and the reduction of food insecurity through changing political relations between people, land and food policy. Market orientations to land ...
In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically r... more In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically restrict immigration as part of its response to the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This included Title 42, which deported asylum seekers immediately and prevented them from applying for asylum. These measures worsened an already precarious situation at the US–Mexico border for an estimated 60,000 asylum seekers who were prevented, by the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ (aka MPP) policy enacted in January 2019, from remaining in the United States while they awaited their asylum hearings. In-depth interviews, participant observation, and social media analysis with humanitarian and legal advocates for asylum seekers living in a camp at the border in Matamoros, Mexico reveal that COVID-19’s impacts are not limited to public health concerns. Rather, COVID-19’s impacts center on how the Trump administration weaponized the virus to indefinitely suspend the asy...
Summary, materials and outcomes of the 2018 IX REP Conference held in Austin, Texas from October ... more Summary, materials and outcomes of the 2018 IX REP Conference held in Austin, Texas from October 22-25, 2018.
Page 1. 63 As international migrants increase throughout the world, so does the amount of money t... more Page 1. 63 As international migrants increase throughout the world, so does the amount of money they send home to their families. The inflow of remittancesmoney and goods that international migrants send to their home ...
Parts of chapter 5 originally appeared in Irene Bloemraad,&am... more Parts of chapter 5 originally appeared in Irene Bloemraad," The Limits of de Tocqueville: How Government Facilitates Organisational Capacity in Newcomer Communities," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 31, no. 5 (2005): 865-87. Reprinted by permission of Taylor and ...
In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically r... more In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically restrict immigration as part of its response to the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This included Title 42, which deported asylum seekers immediately and prevented them from applying for asylum. These measures worsened an already precarious situation at the US–Mexico border for an estimated 60,000 asylum seekers who were prevented, by the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ (aka MPP) policy enacted in January 2019, from remaining in the United States while they awaited their asylum hearings. In-depth interviews, participant observation, and social media analysis with humanitarian and legal advocates for asylum seekers living in a camp at the border in Matamoros, Mexico reveal that COVID-19’s impacts are not limited to public health concerns. Rather, COVID-19’s impacts center on how the Trump administration weaponized the virus to indefinitely suspend the asy...
In August 2005, rising waters from Hurricane Katrina compromised several of New Orleans' levees, ... more In August 2005, rising waters from Hurricane Katrina compromised several of New Orleans' levees, causing extensive flooding that, in the face of government inaction, resulted in the deaths of 1,400 people and a large-scale evacuation of the city. As long-term residents of the city evacuated, New Orleans witnessed an influx of new Latino/a immigrants who arrived to demolish irreparable structures, clear toxic debris, and rebuild. Disaster recovery work draws on construction and low-skilled service sectors, which are already niches for undocumented Latinx labor in the United States. Migration to disaster recovery sites is an opportunity for undocumented migrants, who use a regional mobility strategy to seek
With child migration on the rise, there is a critical need to understand how migrant children exp... more With child migration on the rise, there is a critical need to understand how migrant children express their agency. To date, popular narratives cast migrant children as either victims or criminals, an unhelpful binary that does little to further efforts to develop effective interventions to help migrant youth. Drawing from 32 indepth interviews and participatory activities with Mexican and Central American children in Mexican youth immigration detention centres, this paper seeks to reconceptualise current understandings of migrant children’s agency. In this paper, we explore how youth express their motivations, assert their will, develop pragmatic dependencies, employ strategic parroting and guard information to achieve their goals. We also examine how state and non-state actors both support and suppress young people’s agency as they try to navigate their way to the U.S./ Mexico border. In doing so, we argue for a more nuanced approach to child migrants’ agency. A non-binary approach recognises the development of agency as a process, embracing children and young people’s rights and vulnerabilities, while acknowledging their resiliencies, competencies, goals and strengths. We conclude by proposing a transdisciplinary research agenda to promote this non-binary approach.
Since the implementation of post-Soviet economic reforms, remittances have had a strong influence... more Since the implementation of post-Soviet economic reforms, remittances have had a strong influence on the Cuban economy and society. While economic and social influences of remittances from permanent migration have been examined, the same cannot be said of remittances from temporary migration. As part of an expansion of professional service exports over the past decade, tens of thousands of Cuban professionals (internationalistas) have worked abroad, remitting their earnings and often returning with substantial savings and a broadened global perspective. the expansion of professional service exports across more than 65 countries in the global south has extended the influence of remittances far beyond miami and the USA. Using first-hand accounts of returned internationalistas interviewed in Havana in 2010 and 2011, this article explores the socioeconomic influences of the remittances from Cuban internationalism.
Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integrat... more Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integration, especially in large West Coast metropolitan areas. They have also shown in limited studies that integration, or at least declines in separation, occur with increases in socioeconomic status. The results of this study, using recently released 2000 census data for metropolitan areas with large numbers of foreign born, show that indeed separation does decline with increases in socioeconomic status though it also varies by geography, education, and income and is significantly variable across different ethnic groups in the large immigrant cities. The research in this study also documents the continuing hierarchy of greater integration of Whites with Asians and Whites with Hispanics than with African Americans. It is clear that the changing patterns of separation have moved beyond Black-White contexts. Still, class clearly matters, as integration is greater at higher education levels, and suburban areas in general are more integrated than urban cores.
Food sovereignty promotes agroecological farming methods and the reduction of food insecurity thr... more Food sovereignty promotes agroecological farming methods and the reduction of food insecurity through changing political relations between people, land and food policy. Market orientations to land ...
In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically r... more In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically restrict immigration as part of its response to the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This included Title 42, which deported asylum seekers immediately and prevented them from applying for asylum. These measures worsened an already precarious situation at the US–Mexico border for an estimated 60,000 asylum seekers who were prevented, by the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ (aka MPP) policy enacted in January 2019, from remaining in the United States while they awaited their asylum hearings. In-depth interviews, participant observation, and social media analysis with humanitarian and legal advocates for asylum seekers living in a camp at the border in Matamoros, Mexico reveal that COVID-19’s impacts are not limited to public health concerns. Rather, COVID-19’s impacts center on how the Trump administration weaponized the virus to indefinitely suspend the asy...
Summary, materials and outcomes of the 2018 IX REP Conference held in Austin, Texas from October ... more Summary, materials and outcomes of the 2018 IX REP Conference held in Austin, Texas from October 22-25, 2018.
Page 1. 63 As international migrants increase throughout the world, so does the amount of money t... more Page 1. 63 As international migrants increase throughout the world, so does the amount of money they send home to their families. The inflow of remittancesmoney and goods that international migrants send to their home ...
Parts of chapter 5 originally appeared in Irene Bloemraad,&am... more Parts of chapter 5 originally appeared in Irene Bloemraad," The Limits of de Tocqueville: How Government Facilitates Organisational Capacity in Newcomer Communities," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 31, no. 5 (2005): 865-87. Reprinted by permission of Taylor and ...
In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically r... more In March 2020, the United States government began a series of measures designed to dramatically restrict immigration as part of its response to the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This included Title 42, which deported asylum seekers immediately and prevented them from applying for asylum. These measures worsened an already precarious situation at the US–Mexico border for an estimated 60,000 asylum seekers who were prevented, by the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ (aka MPP) policy enacted in January 2019, from remaining in the United States while they awaited their asylum hearings. In-depth interviews, participant observation, and social media analysis with humanitarian and legal advocates for asylum seekers living in a camp at the border in Matamoros, Mexico reveal that COVID-19’s impacts are not limited to public health concerns. Rather, COVID-19’s impacts center on how the Trump administration weaponized the virus to indefinitely suspend the asy...
In August 2005, rising waters from Hurricane Katrina compromised several of New Orleans' levees, ... more In August 2005, rising waters from Hurricane Katrina compromised several of New Orleans' levees, causing extensive flooding that, in the face of government inaction, resulted in the deaths of 1,400 people and a large-scale evacuation of the city. As long-term residents of the city evacuated, New Orleans witnessed an influx of new Latino/a immigrants who arrived to demolish irreparable structures, clear toxic debris, and rebuild. Disaster recovery work draws on construction and low-skilled service sectors, which are already niches for undocumented Latinx labor in the United States. Migration to disaster recovery sites is an opportunity for undocumented migrants, who use a regional mobility strategy to seek
With child migration on the rise, there is a critical need to understand how migrant children exp... more With child migration on the rise, there is a critical need to understand how migrant children express their agency. To date, popular narratives cast migrant children as either victims or criminals, an unhelpful binary that does little to further efforts to develop effective interventions to help migrant youth. Drawing from 32 indepth interviews and participatory activities with Mexican and Central American children in Mexican youth immigration detention centres, this paper seeks to reconceptualise current understandings of migrant children’s agency. In this paper, we explore how youth express their motivations, assert their will, develop pragmatic dependencies, employ strategic parroting and guard information to achieve their goals. We also examine how state and non-state actors both support and suppress young people’s agency as they try to navigate their way to the U.S./ Mexico border. In doing so, we argue for a more nuanced approach to child migrants’ agency. A non-binary approach recognises the development of agency as a process, embracing children and young people’s rights and vulnerabilities, while acknowledging their resiliencies, competencies, goals and strengths. We conclude by proposing a transdisciplinary research agenda to promote this non-binary approach.
Since the implementation of post-Soviet economic reforms, remittances have had a strong influence... more Since the implementation of post-Soviet economic reforms, remittances have had a strong influence on the Cuban economy and society. While economic and social influences of remittances from permanent migration have been examined, the same cannot be said of remittances from temporary migration. As part of an expansion of professional service exports over the past decade, tens of thousands of Cuban professionals (internationalistas) have worked abroad, remitting their earnings and often returning with substantial savings and a broadened global perspective. the expansion of professional service exports across more than 65 countries in the global south has extended the influence of remittances far beyond miami and the USA. Using first-hand accounts of returned internationalistas interviewed in Havana in 2010 and 2011, this article explores the socioeconomic influences of the remittances from Cuban internationalism.
Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integrat... more Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integration, especially in large West Coast metropolitan areas. They have also shown in limited studies that integration, or at least declines in separation, occur with increases in socioeconomic status. The results of this study, using recently released 2000 census data for metropolitan areas with large numbers of foreign born, show that indeed separation does decline with increases in socioeconomic status though it also varies by geography, education, and income and is significantly variable across different ethnic groups in the large immigrant cities. The research in this study also documents the continuing hierarchy of greater integration of Whites with Asians and Whites with Hispanics than with African Americans. It is clear that the changing patterns of separation have moved beyond Black-White contexts. Still, class clearly matters, as integration is greater at higher education levels, and suburban areas in general are more integrated than urban cores.
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