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Many people's spirits were lifted by the inauguration of President Obama last January 20th. Now comes the challenging work of making the promised change real.

Organizing support for a pragmatic U.S. policy toward Mexico that benefits the U.S. economy and reduces migration pressures is critical.

During the last two years, Global Exchange has worked to forward the simple truth that any successful U.S. immigration policy must include genuine commitment to developing economic opportunities in Mexico that sustain communities and keep families intact and at home.

The Right to Stay Home: Alternatives to Mass Displacement and Forced Migration in North America seeks to begin a common sense conversation about the more than six million men, women, and children from Mexico who live in the undocumented legal twilight of American society.

This report brings together experts from Mexico and the United States who look closely at the roots of expanding Mexican migration to the United States and offers a wealth of ideas and proposals for addressing the profound social and economic imbalances that drive it.

The analysis, on-the-ground reporting, photographs, and proposals found in The Right to Stay Home aim to shed light on the origins of Mexico's displacement crisis. Each of the individually authored selections provides context for current conditions and offers ideas on what we can do to move toward a continental economic equilibrium in which Mexicans have more real opportunities to prosper while staying home.

The Right to Stay at Home is part of a broad effort to refocus our badly skewed national priorities. How we respond to this challenge will have a dramatic impact on our future and on generations to come.

We hope our readers use this report as a tool to help focus attention on the urgent need to make Mexico, Immigration, and NAFTA reform front and center priorities of the new administration.