NSF REU Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities (2018-21):
Summary of Community Partner Organizations and Projects
| Title | 2018 | 2019 | 2020-21 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
American Civil Liberties (ACLU) - Regional Center for Border Rights (Las Cruces) |
Court observations of Operation Streamline | Court observations of Operations Streamline; Know Your Rights trainings received and given, in Spanish; Interviews with community leaders regarding sanctuary policies | |
| Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), El Paso and Las Cruces | History of BNHR; responses to separation of children under Zero Tolerance | ||
| Hope Border Institute (El Paso and Ciudad Juárez) | Asylum policy research; court observation of asylum hearings | Accompaniment of asylum seekers at El Paso/Juárez border; observation of MPP hearings | Analysis of root causes of migration from Central America; Creating an educational program for migrant shelter in Cd. Juárez, Mexico |
| NM Comunidades en Acción y de Fe (CAFe) (Las Cruces) | Accompaniment in community organizing and outreach work of CAFe in southwest New Mexico | ||
| Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) (Las Cruces) | Analysis of conditions in local ICE detention centers during pandemic; analysis of borderland newspaper coverage of immigrant detention; analysis of ICE center inspection reports | ||
| Las Américas Immigrant Advocacy Center (El Paso) | Wellness Check: Conditions of Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| El Paso Immigration Collaborative (EPIC) | Immigration Detention Trends under the Biden Administration |