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Tijuana call centers are a refuge for some deportees

  • by joannah1
  • March 21, 2023
GMC Deputy Director, Robert McKee Irwin, was featured on KPBS San Diego by Gustavo Solís. Solís published a two part story focusing on the stories of migrants from the Humanizing Deportation archive including comments made by Irwin. In the second part, it talks about how call centers in Tijuana provide decent jobs and wages but also an environment for deportees to comfortably be themselves and be welcomed. 

Read more here. 

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Some deportees make it back, but the shadow stays with them

  • by joannah1
  • March 21, 2023

GMC Deputy Director, Robert McKee Irwin, was featured on KPBS San Diego by Gustavo Solís. Solís published a two part story focusing on the stories of migrants from the Humanizing Deportation archive including comments made by Irwin. In the first part, pertains to the lasting trauma that remains and the misconceptions about deportees. 

Read more here. 

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Family detentions? Why Biden is tacking right on immigration.

  • by joannah1
  • March 15, 2023

GMC affiliate, Brad Jones was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor in a story about Title 42 and the Biden Administration's handling of border policies. What is being seen now is that the Biden Administration might be seeing a struggle in balancing the U.S-Mexico border. Professor Jones “suggests increasing the number of shelters at the border and connecting local governments with nongovernmental organizations that can provide assistance.” 

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La narrativa digital como método de investigación: Saberes migrantes en tiempos de pandemia

  • by joannah1
  • February 27, 2023
This Wednesday at 1:00 PM, GMC Deputy Director Robert McKee Irwin will present “Saberes migrantes en tiempos de pandemia: La narrativa digital como método de investigación” at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF). This is the result of a PIMSA (Programa de Investifacion en Migracion y Salud) grant funded by UC Berkeley's Health Initiative of the Americas. Co-PI Juan Antonio Del Monte of el COLEF will be respondent. This is open to the public from el COLEF on Facebook Live.    Find the link here.
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La voz de los migrantes

  • by joannah1
  • February 27, 2023
Humanizando la Deportación was featured in an op-ed in Milenio (Mexico), “La voz de los migrantes," by Yuliet Bedoya Rangel. She is a postdoctoral scholar at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Monterrey and has been a Humanizando la Deportación research team member since 2018. Read more here.
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New USCIS Data Show H-1B Denial Rates Remain Low

  • by joannah1
  • February 13, 2023

GMC Director Giovanni Peri, was featured on Forbes. This feature pertains to recent data on the denial rates with H-1B at its lowest marking just around 2%. Citing his research saying that by “maintaining the H-1B annual numerical limits harms job growth for U.S.-born professionals.

Listen/Read here.

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