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.
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:
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
Special Weekend Comedy Edition
September 16, 2018
Because the "headlines on immigration, race, and related stories" that we cover are almost invariably bad news, we thought our loyal readers could use a bit of comic relief.
Update: Jean Henry Céant was confirmed as Haiti's new Prime Minister following votes in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, September 16.
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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 14, 2018
Update:
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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 13, 2018
Visit from Aunt Flo:
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A series in which we (will aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 12, 2018
Top Stories:
The last day called for the national prison strike was Sunday, September 9. As we’ve reported over the last couple of weeks, details on exact numbers and the kinds of actions that people incarcerated have participated in can be hard to verify. So, not a complete list, but organizers have confirmed 33 actions across 15 states and Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A series in which we (will aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 11, 2018
The Stakes:
“Desperate, hopeless, and alone”: Immigration attorney describes client’s experience in testimony against Brett Kavanaugh.
A series in which we (will aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 10, 2018
The Gridiron:
NFL backing down from its national anthem protest policy – for now.
