Following the electoral earthquake in November 2012, the prospects for immigration reform are looking favorable.1 Republicans are increasingly concerned about alienating America’s biggest and most rapidly growing minority group while Democrats feel obligated to deliver the goods to the Hispanic voters who have been part of a loyal electoral bloc in the two last presidential [...]

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The North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS) in Guadalajara earlier this week (August 9–10, 2009) dealt with both political and economic challenges facing the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—United States, Canada, and Mexico. The headlines focused on what to do about Honduras, how to prepare for the next wave of the [...]

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One of the bigger questions in this recession, which has been marked by the steepest increase in unemployment of any downturn since World War II,1 has to do with the impact on immigration. Theoretically, we would expect an influx from south of the border as the recession hits Mexico and other Latin American countries, but [...]

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