Abstract
Based on an investigation already completed and a resurgence of migration policies and border control over the past four decades, this dossier exposes the emergence, action and contribution of organized civil society in the promotion and human rights protection of the human rights of migrants and refugees in the western border region of Mexico and the United States. In exposing the main intrinsic and extrinsic factors of the participation of different civil society organizations (CSO) on both sides of the border, it has been found that their emergence and humanitarian actions are mainly motivated by religious values and international solidarity and that regardless of being assistance-oriented or anti-establishment, they go through an institutionalization process that allows them to form networks and alliances and make a greater political impact. Revisiting the object of study, the “humanitarian reason” of the French sociologist-anthropologist Didier Fassin was taken into account. Thus, forms of "humanitarian government" could be observed from the bottom up. This is due to the fact that the CSO were formed from different social movements and/or due to the lack of attention from the State and local governments with respect to the migrants.
Keywords
Civil Society Organizations; Human Rights of Migrants; US-Mexico Border Region; Humanitarianism; Political Incidence
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