There are an estimated 11.5 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., and, as Marco’s story demonstrates, there are many more who have lived in the States but are now back in their home countries. With U.S. Comprehensive Immigration Reform high on the current congressional agenda, it is crucial that we ground our understanding of the issue in people’s stories and lived experiences.

A report on the consequences of DR-CAFTA on Nicaraguan workers.

An overview of how free trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA drive immigration to the United States.

A short two-part documentary on food insecurity created by Mike Nuess, a Witness for Peace delegate to Nicaragua.

See what a New York police officer learns about the roots of migration when he travels to Mexico in this WFP documentary.

A combination of economic policies promoted by the United States and stringent requirements mean that many families are separated indefinitely.

Hailing from Oaxaca, Mexico, Galindo holds a degree in Indigenous Law and focuses on the impact of migration on identity and family in Oaxacan indigenous communities. In this article she explains how immigration affects her home community.

Watch Nicaraguan coffee farmer Eddy Gutierrez Zavala share his experiences on a Witness for Peace speaker's tour.

An estimated 4.13 million people have left Mexico since the decimation of over ten million farming jobs due to NAFTA and related economic reforms. This is one man's story.

How was NAFTA has failed to live up to its promises of bringing growth and prosperity to Mexico?

In Nicaragua, delegate Val Fillenwarth met people whose daily lives are affected by U.S. economic policy.

CAFTA has increased Nicaragua's dependence on the United States. As dozens of textile factories move operations to Asia, tens of thousands of young Nicaraguan mothers find themselves suddenly unemployed and defenseless in the face of a global economic crisis.

A report from the Nicaragua-based International Team.

An account of how U.S. economic policies have failed impoverished Nicaraguans.

Why are people like Fidel Santiago Martinez risking their lives to immigrate to the U.S.?

An overview of the impacts of NAFTA in Mexico and the threat of the expanding free trade model in the hemisphere.

An analysis of the labor rights crisis in the maquila industry, using Nicaragua as a case study.

Multinational corporations have taken advantage of and participated in Colombia's long and complicated conflict to ease resource extraction.

If you stop and smell the roses, you'll find they smell like pesticide poisoning and poverty wages.

From food insecurity to labor exploitation to increased migration, a report on the impacts of CAFTA in Nicaragua.

An report by Robert Saper, a Witness for Peace International Team member based in Mexico.

A Spanish-language guide to the connections between U.S. economic policy and immigration from Mexico to the United States.