AS/COA co-hosted a panel at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, discussing fragile judicial systems, high rates of inequality, and unemployment as obstacles to enforcing security policy in Central America.

Does the increased presence of Indigenous and Afro-descendant representatives in Latin American legislatures make a difference in policy outcomes and laws for those populations? This white paper presents findings across four countries in select national congresses and assemblies from 1986 to 2012.

Influential city legislators from Birmingham, Nashville, and New York City gave first-hand accounts of how immigrants and immigration policy are affecting their communities.