Right-Wing Media’s New Favorite Immigration Statistic Reflects Misguided Policy

Right-Wing Media’s New Favorite Immigration Statistic Reflects Misguided Policy

NewsTaco April 20, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because it re-frames the tired right-wing narrative about immigrants. Because in this case there’s a fuzzy line between what Trump says and what he does. […]

Border apprehensions are down, but White House boasts may be empty chest thumping

NewsTaco March 10, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco  (3.5 minute read)   found two stories this morning that are at odds with each other, or better said, they’re two different sides of the same […]

U.S. border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows

NewsTaco January 2, 2015

*This is the result of several things. Mexican undocumented immigration is significantly down since a peak in 2000. Also, other-than-Mexican crossings along the U.S. southern border have increased in the […]

What New Border Patrol Statistics Reveal about Changing Migration to the United States

NewsTaco July 22, 2014

By Adam Isacson, Washington Office on Latin America This week, the U.S. Border Patrol released statistics about its activities in 2013, including its apprehensions of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. This allowed WOLA to update […]