Publicado por Chiapas Paralelo el 31 de marzo de 2022.
A multimedia essay about the waves of migration that have marked the history of Mexico’s southern border-zone city of Tapachula.
Tapachula migrante, la ciudad que somos
13 Media Reports in March 2022
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Asylum-Seekers Forced To Wait In Mexico Face Horrid Conditions In Shelters, Legal Aid Groups Say
Published by BuzzFeed on March 30, 2022.
Finds that asylum-seeking adults sent back to Mexican border cities are facing danger and precarious shelter conditions under the Biden administration’s court-ordered revival of “Remain in Mexico.”
El temor al secuestro no detiene el éxodo de un país atormentado
Publicado por Agencia Ocote el 29 de marzo de 2022.
On-the-ground reporting documents the continued severity of the push factors forcing Hondurans to migrate, even after a change of government.
How these teen immigrants are acclimating to life in Montgomery County
Published by Bethesda Magazine on March 28, 2022.
Profiles Central American children who arrived at the border unaccompanied and are now trying to adjust to life and school in Montgomery County, in suburban Washington, DC.
“Los santitos”: migrantes como moneda de cambio del crimen organizado
Publicado por Pie de Página el 27 de marzo de 2022.
Near the cargo train junctions north of Mexico City, criminal groups lie in wait, looking for migrants to kidnap or forcibly recruit.
Biden promised to stop the border wall. It still is being built
Published by the San Antonio Express-News on March 27, 2022.
CBP plans to build up to 86 miles of new levee wall along the border in south Texas. Community members respond.
Internal CBP Documents Detail “Transnational Effort to Shut Down Asylum”
Published by the Intercept on March 22, 2022.
CBP documents and situation reports reveal extreme steps the agency, along with Mexican authorities, took to block “migrant caravan” participants’ attempt to seek asylum in early 2019.
Estados Unidos es el nuevo destino urgente de los nicas que huyen de la represión
Publicado por Divergentes y Revista Factum el 21 de marzo de 2022.
Nicaraguans facing the Managua regime’s repression are increasingly fleeing to the United States instead of Costa Rica.
Texas’ Governor Brags About His Border Initiative. The Data Doesn’t Back Him Up.
Published by ProPublica on March 21, 2022.
An investigation finds that Texas’s state government has been using dubious statistics to inflate results from its costly border deployment.
Hondureños, del sueño americano al tapachulteco
Publicado por Chiapas Paralelo el 17 de marzo de 2022.
Profiles Honduran migrants who have decided to settle in the relative safety of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico after seeing their efforts to reach the United States blocked.
National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of border mission
Published by the Texas Tribune on March 16, 2022.
A new investigation of Texas’s troubled National Guard border deployment finds that some Guardsmen have been ordered to station themselves outside some of the wealthiest private ranches in south Texas, where they have little to do.
The Long History of the U.S. Immigration Crisis
Published by Foreign Affairs on March 14, 2022.
Ana Raquel Minian of Stanford University contends that urging Mexico to serve as a bulwark against migration is a longstanding U.S. practice
Haitian Odyssey: 10,000 Miles in Search of Home
Published by the Houston Chronicle on March 9, 2022.
A richly illustrated feature recounts Haitian migrants’ arduous journey from South America to the Texas-Mexico border.