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Cristina Ibarra has created a range of award-winning films chronicling the Mexico-US border, Mexican traditions, and coming-of-age stories, with the border serving as a muse for her work

Portraits & interviews

Filmmaker Cristina Ibarra on her movie The Infiltrators, coming to theaters today

The docu-thriller tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol on purpose to expose the injustices of the system. Interview by Elizabeth Dickson Cristina Ibarra grew up along the Mexico-United States border in El Paso, Texas, and in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico,“straddling both cities between two nations”, as she recounts. Initially studying Law, she discovered Chicana and media studies, and quickly realized that her passion laid in filmmaking. Since moving to New York City 16 years...

Features & analyses

The consequences of DACA repeal, especially for women

Written by Lumi Zogaj On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, implemented via executive order by President Obama in 2012. As of early February 2018, the fate of DACA remains up in the air, with both Democrats and Republicans pledging to continue working toward new legislation to resolve the issue. The main objective of the DACA program is to shield Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who came into...

Portraits & interviews

March 2015 Immigration News At a Glance

Written by Kara DeDonato In honor of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year, the March news digest focuses on women immigrants in the US before turning to local immigration news here in New York.   Women immigrants in the US On March 20, the Migration Policy Institute published a ‘Spotlight’ report, entitled “Immigrant Women in the United States.” The report notes that the number of women immigrants in the United States has steadily increased over the past...