Neither Here nor There: An Immigration Case Study on the Juárez-El Paso Border

Abstract

Over the course of the Trump administration, the flow of migrants from Latin America has ticked up. Correspondingly, Americans have become increasingly xenophobic. This pattern of foreign immigration and anti-immigrant sentiment is a recurring one. Calls for the need for immigration reform are made and often drastic actions ensue. Thus, what we are presently witnessing is simply a new verse in the ongoing immigration chronicle. This condensed report of findings extends from a research project that investigated the local responses to record numbers of immigrants seeking asylum at the Juárez-El Paso border.