Quixote Center recognizes migration as a fundamental human right under international law. In the United States, migrants strengthen our economy, enrich our culture, and strengthen our social fabric. We are a nation built by migrants for migrants.
The Quixote Center’s principal international partnership is with the Franciscan Network for Migrants (FNM). FNM connects Franciscan-run shelters and other humanitarian assistance programs for migrants who are making the dangerous trek through Mexico, Central America, and South America. We serve as the fiscal sponsor for the FNM within the United States, and coordinate advocacy efforts with their staff. We provide on-going financial support to FNM programs in Panama, a particularly strategic and dangerous migrant crossing point. We offer capacity-strengthening funding to FNM teams, so far supporting teams in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Quixote Center and FNM organize Solidarity Trips approximately every six months since 2022 as part of our advocacy and education mission, bringing U.S. based migrant justice activists and other professionals to Southern Mexico and Panama to see firsthand how the U.S. border policies impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homelands to seek a new life, in the United States or elsewhere.
Find out more about our Solidarity Travel Program HERE.
Read the Red Clamor statement February 2025 in English HERE y en Español AQUI.
Read the Red Clamor Panama statement February 2025 HERE y en Español AQUI.
Read January 21st, 2025 Joint Statement with our partners at the Franciscan Network on Migration here
Read November 22nd, 2024 statement from the Franciscan Network on Migration's National Assembly in Mexico here.
Participants from our March 2025 trip to Panama hosted a webinar titled Stranded and Forgotten. You can listen to it HERE.
Participants from the March 2024 trip wrote the report: Danger in the Darién Gap: Human RIghts Abuses and the Need for Human Pathways to Safety to denounce US efforts to further externalize US border to Panama.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 16, 2018
Democratic Process:
55 days left to post your comments on the proposed “public charge” rule that doctors say pose public health threats.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 15, 2018
Democratic Process:
56 days left to post your comments on the proposed “public charge” rule that doctors say pose public health threats.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 12, 2018
Top Story:
The gruesome story of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment inside a diplomatic facility will not impact lucrative U.S.-Saudi arms deals because the reporter was an immigrant with permanent residence and not a US citizen.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 10, 2018
“Zero tolerance” is costing the government so much money that they’ve even started diverting funds from Trump’s border wall to pay for it.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 9, 2018
Breaking:
Nikki Haley resigns position as UN Ambassador. Reason behind the decision yet unknown.
ICE:
Dear Loyal Readers,
You’ve surely been wondering about the radio silence not emanating from the Quixote Center over the past couple of weeks.
Well, don’t worry.
We weren’t raptured, we were just switching web hosts.
Our site was down for a bit, but we’re back up and running now – so… time to get back to business.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 8, 2018
The Courts:
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 20, 2018
Florence:
Evacuation and transfer of ICE detainees in Florence’s path amplify dehumanizing treatment.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 19, 2018
Déjà vu:
1,500 kids lost – AGAIN! Out of the 11,254 unaccompanied migrant children that HHS has placed with sponsors in 2018, investigators reveal that HHS “could not determine with certainty the whereabouts of 1,488.” Similarly, HHS lost track of 1,457 of kids it placed in 2017.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 18, 2018
Making America White Again:
Miller Trumps Pompeo: Drastic cuts to refugee program – lowering cap from 110,000 to 50,000 to 45,000 and now to 30,000 – a priority of Miller’s Make America White Again agenda, despite pushback from Pompeo and the Pentagon.
Happy “Constitution and Citizenship Day”!
Over the past 606 days, Trump and his appointees have waged a relentless campaign of psychological warfare on refugees and immigrants of every stripe and status. In the process, the administration has violated international human rights laws, basic norms of human decency, and the Constitution – the very document that the President has sworn an oath to defend.
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 17, 2018
ICYMI:
