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Bracero

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• Originally published 11/17/2015

  Why Trump Is Wrong on Immigration and a Surprising Fact

  Alessandra Bazo Vienrich and Philip Kretsedemas

  The fact? “Operation Wetback” never ended.

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• Originally published 11/13/2015

  Fact Check: Did Ike deport over a million Mexican immigrants?

  Rick Shenkman

  Donald Trump made the claim in the GOP debate.  He's wrong. 

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• Originally published 11/13/2015

  The dark, complex history of Trump's model for his mass deportation plan

  "One day, my father didn't come home. My brother and I were left without a father. We never saw him again."

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• Originally published 10/19/2008

  Whatever Happened to Immigration as an Election Topic?

  Jose Angel Hernandez

  In 1929 more “legal residents” were deported to Mexico than those considered “illegal.” This is part of the immigration history we don't know.

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• Originally published 07/13/2008

  What's Different About the Immigration Problem We Face Today--And What Can Be Done About It?

  Phil Kretsedemas

  It is impossible to ignore the recent growth of the U.S. undocumented migrant population, which has almost tripled over the space of the past fifteen years.

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• Originally published 07/03/2006

  The Bracero Program: Was It a Failure?

  Philip Martin

  The background you need to know to decide whether Trump's plan to deport 11 million immigrants is feasible or just. 

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• Originally published 05/21/2006

  100 Years in the Back Door, Out the Front (Immigration)

  Nearly every immigrant group has been caught at that crossroads for a time, wanted for work but unwelcome as citizens, especially when the economy slumps. But Mexicans have been summoned and sent back in cycles for four generations, repeatedly losing the ground they had gained.

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• Originally published 05/09/2006

  David Montejano: Immigration issue is complex and requires bilateral solutions

  A historian dismisses some of the changes anti-immigration groups want as simplistic and ill-informed.