Book Launch | Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration
Join us for a discussion with the author of "Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration" and a panel of experts on the nature of U.S.-Mexico immigration and the role of Mexican migrants in the United States.
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Overview
Today, immigration politics are at the forefront of U.S.-Mexico relations. Prize-winning journalist Alfredo Corchado explores the past and future of the immigrant story in his new book, which merges the political and the personal, telling the story of the last great Mexican migration through the eyes of four friends.
Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration examines the complicated, symbiotic relationship between the United States and Mexico, and how it has affected Mexican-Americans over the last several decades.
Join us for a discussion with the author and a panel of experts on the nature of U.S.-Mexico immigration and the role of Mexican migrants in the United States.
Author
Alfredo Corchado
Border-Mexico Correspondent, Dallas Morning News
Commentators
Duncan Wood
Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center
Andrew Selee
President, Migration Policy Institute
Author, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Global Fellow, Wilson Center
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The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute. Read more
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