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Call me by my name: And no, I’m not NAFTA

Dallas Business Journal Originally Posted: April 4, 2019 Luisa del Rosal, executive director of the SMUMission Food Texas-Mexico Center, is quoted in this Dallas Business Journal article. Call it USMCA, NAFTA Redux, NAFTA 2.0, or “The Trade Agreement formerly known as NAFTA.” You can even call it by its name: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. But […]

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Rafael Anchia to Receive Distinguished Hispanic Alumni Award

Haynes Boone Originally Posted: March 7, 2019 Congratulations to SMU Dedman College alumnus, Rafael Anchia! He graduated from SMU in 1990 with a triple major in Spanish, anthropology and Latin American studies. Rafael Anchia, of counsel at Haynes and Boone, LLP and Texas State Representative, will receive the 2019 Distinguished Hispanic Alumni Award from Southern Methodist University […]

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Video: Campus experts weigh in on senatorial debate at SMU

SMU News Originally Posted: September 24, 2018 See what SMU faculty and staff experts have to say about the 2018 Texas and U.S. mid-term elections. https://youtu.be/FN4Tjx77_NM https://youtu.be/eSm0rxKhEpk https://youtu.be/xDVec0W97Ps

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Immigration reform is rooted in Texas views, pollsters conclude

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: September 12, 2018   The Bipartisan Policy Center says results of a survey to be released Friday support the view that Texas and its historic, pragmatic views on immigration are key to pushing for future reform. As the national debate over immigration rages on, conservative-leaning Texas is seen as an […]

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My Roots: Luisa del Rosal

D Magazine Originally Posted: June 2018 The executive director of Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center on her youth in Chihuahua, Mexico. BY LUISA DEL ROSAL AS TOLD TO DANIELLE ABRIL PUBLISHED IN D CEO JUNE 2018  PHOTOS COURTESY OF LUISA DEL ROSAL “I grew up in Chihuahua, Mexico. The reason I’m so attracted to Texas is because Chihuahua has […]

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In conversation series, two Mexican-Americans compare what made them the leaders they are today

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: June 13, 2018 What does it mean to live in the hyphen? Two Mexican-Americans spent an hour Monday night tackling the question in the second round of “Duets,” the quarterly event series hosted by the Arts & Life team of The Dallas Morning News. Alfredo Corchado, Mexico Border correspondent for […]

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Mexicans help create, not take jobs away from Texans, SMU study says

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: April 19, 2018 Far from taking jobs away from Texans, Mexicans are helping create additional employment opportunities, providing valuable labor for a growing economy and helping the deepening integration with Mexico, according to the Texas-Mexico Center at Southern Methodist University. The findings of the first research study by the center […]

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Mexico holds presidential elections this year, and voters in Dallas could hold the key

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: January 7, 2018 Luisa del Rosal is executive director of the Tower Center at SMU and founding executive director of the Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center on its campus. Mexico’s presidential election this year is expected to be violent, dirty and fiercely combative, with high stakes on both sides of the […]

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Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center awards first research grants to shape economic, migration policies

SMU Research Originally Posted: November 8, 2017 Research findings will be presented at the second annual Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center Symposium to be held in Mexico City April 6, 2018. The Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center at SMU has awarded grants to four scholars from both sides of the border who aim to support the Center’s goal of […]