Laura Carlsen

Laura Carlsen is director of the CIP Americas Program.

Op-Ed

Human Rights

Open Borders and Trump’s False Narrative

It's time to embrace open borders.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

February 10, 2018

News Analysis

Both Parties Are Playing the Mexico Card

From immigration to the drug war, there's a lot that needs fixing in the US-Mexico relationship. But border walls, hate speech and deportations won't do it.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

July 29, 2016

Interview

Ayotzinapa and Beyond: Human Rights Violations in Guerrero, Mexico

Human rights abuses have been widespread in Guerrero for decades.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

September 29, 2015

News

On Government Lies, Human Bonfires and the Search for Truth

It was always too cut-and-dried to believe.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

September 25, 2015

News

Deportation, Detention and Abuse on the Mexico-Guatemala Border

Official figures reveal that Mexico now surpasses the United States in the deportation of Central American migrants.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

September 13, 2015

News Analysis

“Biden Plan” for Central America Continues the Crackdown on Kids

The "Biden Plan" for Central America treats refugee children as a national security threat.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

April 3, 2015

Op-Ed

Mexico’s Youth Under Siege

The war on drugs is a war against young people; nation's resources and life itself are at stake.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

February 17, 2015

Op-Ed

Obama Should Not Prop Up Mexico’s Corrupt President

If Obama gives Pena Nieto the expected pat on the back, it will be a stab in the back to the Mexican movement for justice and transparency.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

January 8, 2015

News

The Mass Shooting in Mexico

The murder and disappearance of students from Ayotzinapa is raising questions once again about the complicity of law enforcement and public officials in Mexico's drug wars.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus/TheNation

November 6, 2014

News

Pena Nieto on Indigenous Rights: Praise Abroad, Protest at Home

Many indigenous and peasant organizations have pointed out that Mexico's energy reform is irreconcilable with the rights of the nation's indigenous peoples and small farmers.

By: Laura Carlsen ,; CIPAmericasProgram

October 9, 2014

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