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The United States has always had mixed feelings about its immigrants. The country and its people take pride in their history as…
Laura Carlsen
Laura Carlsen is director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a member of the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders’ Initiative. Before joining the Americas Program, Carlsen worked in Equipo Pueblo, was a correspondent for Latin Trade magazine, editor of Business Mexico, and a freelance writer. She has been a gender and communications consultant with Just Associates (JASS) and the Nobel Women’s Initiative, and policy consultant and writer for the International Organization for Migrations.
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With the exception of one stubborn nation that insisted to the end on an agreement that would meet minimum scientific standards for…