Renowned Historian Pablo Mijangos to Speak at Middle Tennessee State University on U.S.-Mexican Border Crisis

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Renowned historian and author& Pablo Mijangos will visit Middle Tennessee State University on& Monday, April 22, to deliver a free public lecture about the ongoing migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border.Mijangos, the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, will speak on “Migration and the Crisis of Mexican Democracy.” The lecture will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the State Farm Room of the Business and Aerospace Building, 1642 MTSU Blvd. on campus.Although the U.S. media has widely reported about the migration crisis at the border, Mijangos will home in on the viewpoint of the Mexican government and its people as they have grappled with decades of drug cartel violence, the erosion of the democratic system, and the militarization of the police forces.“Political disagreements arise over these issues, and the debate on migration is particularly charged on both sides of the border,” said Christoph Rosenmüller, a professor of Latin American history in the MTSU Department of History. “Dr. Mijangos will cast light on these issues, especially on Mexico’s contributions.”Trade between the two nations accounts for more than 15% of all U.S. goods. And some studies estimate...