New Migrant Narrative: “Effects of Policies of Deterrence on Contemporary Migration Experiences”

New Migrant Narrative:  “Effects of Policies of Deterrence on Contemporary Migration Experiences” by Robert McKee Irwin

Professor Robert McKee Irwin cites Haitian and Honduran migrants who have shared their emotionally intense stories with the Humanizando la Deportación project, documenting the real life consequences of the U.S.’s ongoing policies to deter migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. These sagas, often extending for years, entail intense journeys complicated by deportations, family separations, coyotes, kidnapping, and death in the Darien jungle.

Students would find these narratives illuminating.  I sure did!

KJ