Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
Published by the Border Chronicle on May 26, 2022.
A discussion of U.S. policy toward Central America and “root causes” with Jorge Cuellar of Dartmouth University.
Published by WOLA on May 26, 2022. (Español)
A look at migration beyond the U.S.-Mexico border, examining recent trends in human mobility and the challenges migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are facing throughout the hemisphere
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on May 25, 2022. (Español)
Proposes alternatives to the perilous journey across Mexico for protection-seeking Central American migrants.
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on May 25, 2022.
A look at the history and recent increase in maritime migration to the United States, mainly of Cuban and Haitian citizens.
Publicado por la Fundación para la Justicia y otras organizaciones el 24 de mayo de 2022.
A multimedia microsite about the increasing use of military force to confront migration in Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere in the region.
Published by WOLA on May 23, 2022.
A look at what might happen next, now that a Louisiana judge has kept the Title 42 expulsions policy in place past its expected termination date.
Published by U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, on May 20, 2022.
The 47-page ruling by District Court Judge Robert Summerhays prohibiting the Biden administration from terminating the Title 42 pandemic expulsion authority. (Link at courtlistener.com)
Published by the New York Times on May 19, 2022.
Asylum seekers remain stranded in Mexican border cities waiting for a chance to seek protection in the United States, which Title 42 prevents them from doing.
Published by the Washington Office on Latin America on May 18, 2022.
Notes from an early May visit to San Diego and Tijuana as the border prepares for a possible lifting of the Title 42 pandemic restriction on asylum.
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on May 16, 2022.
A monthly update provided to the U.S. District Court judge who ordered a restart of the Remain in Mexico program; includes statistics about migration at the border in April. (Link at documentcloud.org)
Published by the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics on May 16, 2022.
Presents statistical information about the asylum-seeking migrants placed in the Biden administration’s revived “Remain in Mexico” program between December 2021 and April 2022. Presents data separately in an Excel (.xlsx) file. (Link at dhs.gov)
Publicado por Contra Corriente el 16 de mayo de 2022.
Mexico is increasingly becoming the final destination for Central Americans fleeing misrule by increasingly authoritarian governments.
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on May 13, 2022.
The DHS Inspector-General responds to questions about his office’s decisions either not to publish, or to soften the findings of, troubling reports about sexual harassment and domestic abuse. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Published by the Los Angeles Times on May 13, 2022.
“Patriots for America,” a conservative Christian militia, is intercepting migrant children in mid-Texas while Border Patrol and local authorities look on.
Publicado por BBC Mundo el 12 de mayo de 2022.
A detailed account of a Venezuelan woman’s journey across Mexico and to the United States with her young daughter.
Publicado por el Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes – México el 11 de mayo de 2022.
A troubling record of the Jesuit Refugee Services’ work seeing to find or identify more than 1,200 missing migrants in Mexico since 2007.
Published by the Nation on May 11, 2022.
Concerns about surveillance technologies that the Biden administration is increasingly installing along the border.
Published by the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology on May 10, 2022.
An investigation reveals that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has built a surveillance apparatus that gathers personal information about a majority of U.S. citizens.
Published by the New Humanitarian on May 10, 2022.
A multimedia presentation recounts the route that a Cuban asylum seeker took through Panama’s dangerous Darién Gap jungles, and on through Central America and Mexico.
Published by the New York Times on May 9, 2022.
An alarming story of far-right activists waiting by the borderline in Arizona and intercepting unaccompanied migrant children.
Published by Vox on April 29, 2022.
An explainer about Title 42, the public health measure used since March 2020 to expel migrants without even the chance to ask for protection in the United States.
Published by CBP on April 29, 2022. (Español)
Maps and environmental plans for border wall construction, using funds appropriated for 2020, in and around Laredo, Texas. (Link at cbp.gov / enlace en cbp.gov)
Published by Refugees International on April 28, 2022.
An investigation, based on interviews, of the conditions Haitian migrants face in Mexico and, in some cases, after crossing into the United States.
Published by the Washington Office on Latin America on April 28, 2022.
The commentary that WOLA published to accompany the launch of this database. (Español)
Published by ProPublica, the Texas Tribune, and the Marshall Project on April 27, 2022.
Finds seven examples in which Texas’s state government has been less-than-forthcoming, to say the least, about the results of Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) state border crackdown.
