immigration

Filmmaker Alex Rivera Challenges the Borders of the Imagination

By Madeline Townsend
October 20, 2016
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On February 11, University of Pittsburgh students and faculty had the unique pleasure of meeting the award-winning, Peruvian-American filmmaker Alex Rivera. He attended a public and several private classroom screenings of his feature film, Sleep Dealer (2008). Rivera’s presence provoked many thoughtful questions and conversations. He discussed topics ranging from the original inspiration of his film to the future of civil society protest.

Latinos Continue to Shy from Obamacare Enrollment

By Madeline Townsend
October 20, 2016
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Although The Affordable Care Act seeks to provide medical insurance to the uninsured at affordable rates, those who could perhaps benefit the most from this program have not been enrolling. Every one in three Latinos is uninsured, making this the ethnic group with largest number of uninsured people residing in the United States.1 Several factors contribute to this lack of enrollment including fear of deportation, general lack of awareness about the program, language barriers, and restricted internet access.

The Visa Waiting Game

By Lorraine Keeler
October 20, 2016
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I think almost everyone who studies abroad imagines themselves going back someday. Some people dream of it, some people make a firm promise that they'll make it happen. There are the examples of people who did it--the girl who married her foreign boyfriend, or the woman who moved to Brazil to become a yoga instructor--but in reality, we all know the chances are slim we will get another opportunity to live abroad for an extended period of time.

CUANDO NO SE MIGRA POR DINERO: Un análisis de las migraciones femeninas por motivos extraeconómicos

By Jesús Sanz Abad and Cristina García-Moreno
October 20, 2016
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GRAFICO 1 – MOTIVACIONES ENCONTRADAS PARA MIGRAR

En los últimos decenios se ha producido una modificación sustancial de las migraciones internacionales tanto a nivel cuantitativo como cualitativo. A nivel cuantitativo, porque el número de personas que residen en un país diferente al de nacimiento sigue aumentando año tras año. Según Naciones Unidas el número de migrantes a nivel mundial alcanzaba en 2015 los 244 millones de personas, habiéndose producido un aumento del número de migrantes de un 41% en los últimos quince años.

Obama Pledges Unilateral Action to Combat the Central American Child Immigration Crisis

By Danielle Scalise
October 13, 2016
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As the one year anniversary of the Democrat-dominated Senate passing a comprehensive immigration bill commenced this week, President Obama announced his willingness to pursue unilateral action toward addressing the steadily rising influx of Central American children crossing the southern border sans guardians.1 He has declared the issue a “humanitarian crisis.” Nearly 52,000 unaccompanied minors, most of them girls under the age of 13, have crossed the Rio Grande since October, a number over double the usual annual statistic.2 The law that currently stands

Of Violence, Migration, and the Nicaragua Exception

By Scott Morgenstern
October 13, 2016
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The US immigration crisis is the result of a violence crisis in Central America.  But the violence has not reached all parts of Central America, and thus the migrants are primarily coming from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. In these countries, a LAPOP study[1] (using UN data) shows murder rates much higher than in the rest of the region and in Honduras that rate has reached almost 10 times that of Panama, Costa Rica, and most surprisingly, Nicaragua. What explains the Nicaraguan exception?

Mexico Finds Itself In the Middle of the Immigration Scandal

By Sophia Winston
October 13, 2016
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Recently, a group of seven cuban immigrants found themselves on the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.1 This group of seven was attempting to traverse the 90-mile stretch of ocean from Cuba to Florida, but instead ended up in Mexico. Due to this longer than expected journey, two died, while the rest were in critical condition upon rescue by the Mexican Navy who found them off the coast of the peninsula. After recovery, the Cubans were deported back to Cuba, while their hopes of making it to the United States remain unfulfilled.

The Multiple Causes of the Border Crisis

By Dinorah Azpuru
October 13, 2016
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Much was written and discussed in the Summer of 2014 about the causes of the migration of thousands of undocumented minors and women with young children from Central America’s Northern Triangle region (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras) to the United States.1 Many analysts focused on finding "the culprit", the one single cause that provoked the dramatic increase in the number of children arriving at the border and turning themselves to US authorities. 

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