Binational Migration Institute

Official website: https://bmi.arizona.edu/

• The Binational Migration Institute was established in 2004 within the Department of Mexican American Studies.
• Co-Director: Dr. Raquel Rubio Goldsmith

BMI scholars use multidisciplinary methods to conduct research on immigration that:
• Responds to community needs for information and research on immigration.
• Develops projects that focus on research needs as presented by residents, especially regarding the short and long term impacts of immigration policy and its enforcement.
• Promotes collaborative research with scholars from universities and activists in human rights non-governmental organizations in the United States and Mexico.
• Places the training of students at the center of research projects.

Community Groups working with BMI
• Coalición de Derechos Humanos
• Fundación Mexico
• Tucson Together
• Kino Initiative
• South Texas Human Rights Center

Mission: BMI’s mission is to generate binational collaboration to produce and disseminate social scientific data on how the implementation and enforcement of immigration policies affect the health, education, economic progress, and constitutional, civil, and human rights of communities, regardless of citizenship or national origin.

News Articles

(pdf) New report shows that migrant deaths remain high in Arizona (2013)

(pdf) Panel discusses migrant experience across the U.S.-Mexico border (2019)