The majority of persons trafficked in Central America are underage girls.
Immigration
Weekly Chart: Human Trafficking in the Americas
Immigrants Are Dying in U.S. Detention Centers. And It Could Get Worse.
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Brendan O'Boyle
Trump’s push for more detentions with fewer protections will endanger more lives, advocates say.
How Venezuelan Refugees Are Surviving in Brazil
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Oliver Stuenkel
AQ’s columnist visited the Brazil-Venezuela border region, and found both strains and a desire to help.
Weekly Chart: Latin Americans and H-1B Visas
U.S. visas for foreign professionals are on the rise worldwide, but not when it comes to the Americas.
This Is How Mexico Is Preparing for a Wave of Deportations
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Brendan O'Boyle
Two bills in Mexico’s Congress seek to help reintegrate deportees – and take advantage of their talent.
Why Mexico Is Trump's First Line of Defense on Immigration
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Jeremy C.F. Lin, Eric Martin, Michael McDonald and Cedric Sam
"We need cooperation with Mexico to address the flow of people from further south, [and] cooperation is not guaranteed," said AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth on tackling illegal immigration to the U.S.
Weekly Chart: Get the Facts on Immigration and Crime in the United States
For all the talk of deporting criminal immigrants, native-born men are twice as likely to be incarcerated than are foreign-born.