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Guadalupe Chavez

Guadalupe Chavez

Guadalupe Chavez is a DPhil student in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include the politics of post-deportation in Latin America, comparative citizenship regimes, and border politics. Guadalupe holds an M.A from the New School for Social Research and was also a recipient of the 2018-2019 Fulbright-García Robles research fellowship in Mexico City.

Joe Biden’s presidential victory has brought temporary relief for many undocumented and mixed-status families in the US. Biden promised to reverse several of Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugee policy within his first 100 days in office including reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, ending the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) also known as “Remain in Mexico,” and creating a “road map” to citizenship for the approximate 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the US. While Biden’s immigration agenda contains federal and local level priorities, little emphasis has yet been placed on the bilateral scale with the US’s southern neighbour, Mexico. Yet, bilateral immigration negotiations should be a priority for administrations on both sides of the border. In …