Author: Maria Alejandra Medina Cartagena

Journalist and historian. She is the editor of the International section, editorial director of Impacto Mujer and a columnist for Gazapera in El Espectador.

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Eyes on the U.S. In The News Migrant Lives

On The Trail In Mexico, With The Last Would-Be Migrants Left After Trump’s Crackdown

A female migrant fixes a young girl's hair at a shelter in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Dec. 11, 2024.

Far fewer Latin American migrants are trying to reach the United States under the Trump administration, but is this a “problem solved”? For now?

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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics Migrant Lives

Migrant Crackdowns At The Mexico-U.S. Border: How To Build A Death Trap

Migrant Crackdowns At The Mexico-U.S. Border: How To Build A Death Trap
A migrant man carries a child on his shoulders into the water as hundreds of migrants cross the Rio Grande river, in an attempt to cross into the U.S. David Peinado/ZUMA

Since U.S. immigration laws were tightened in the 1990s, at least 8,000 people have died trying to cross from Mexico to the United States. Of those, more than 4,000 died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. While authorities call for migration through legal channels, NGOs argue that regulatory barriers are pushing people to make this dangerous journey.

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