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 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 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 Human Rights First, the Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Al Otro Lado on April 27, 2022.
An investigation of the human toll of Title 42 expulsions on migrants in San Diego and Tijuana.
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.
Published by the New Yorker on April 26, 2022.
National Guardsmen assigned to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) “Operation Lone Star” are seeking to exercise a new federal right to form a union.
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on April 26, 2022.
DHS publishes a six-pillar plan for managing a likely post-Title 42 increase in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the Dallas Morning News on April 22, 2022.
Examines whether the Department of Homeland Security will be ready to process an increased arrival of asylum-seeking migrants after the likely lifting of the Title 42 pandemic expulsion policy.
Published by BuzzFeed on April 22, 2022.
Explores the double-standard between nationalities at the Tijuana-San Diego border: Ukrainians are being admitted at ports of entry, but all other nationalities have Title 42 applied to them.
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on April 21, 2022.
A compendium of recent data and statistics on migratory movements around the hemisphere.
Published by Human Rights First on April 21, 2022.
Finds that DHS under the Biden administration has detained tens of thousands of asylum seekers, placing them in miserable conditions and making it difficult to pursue their claims.
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on April 20, 2022.
The congressional oversight agency finds that Border Patrol has failed to collect, record, or report to Congress data about migrant deaths at the border. (Link at gao.gov)
Published by the White House on April 19, 2022.
Reviews the Biden administration’s efforts so far to mobilize investment, create economic opportunity, combat corruption, and other priorities in Central America. (Link at whitehouse.gov)
Published by Propublica, the Texas Tribune, and the Marshall Project on April 18, 2022.
A look back at 17 years of Texas governors’ border security operations, usually launched in the run-up to elections, none of which appears to have had any lasting impact on security or migration.
Published by the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics on April 18, 2022.
Presents statistical information about the asylum-seeking migrants placed in the Biden administration’s revived “Remain in Mexico” program between December 2021 and March 2022. Presents data separately in an Excel (.xlsx) file. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on April 15, 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 March. (Link at courtlistener.com)
Published by CBP on April 14, 2022.
Finds that CBP took 3,995 formal disciplinary actions against members of its 64,000-person workforce in fiscal year 2021, up from 2,021 actions in 2020. (link at cbp.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector-General on April 14, 2022.
Unannounced September 2021 visits to three facilities in Yuma found Border Patrol generally meeting national standards on transport, escort, detention, and search for all populations except single adult men, who were held in crowded conditions and high temperatures. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Published by the Houston Chronicle on April 14, 2022.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “disaster” declaration at the border has allowed the state to engage in contracts without a formal solicitation process.
Published by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law on April 11, 2022.
A series of legal complaints details cases of physical and verbal abuse of children in CBP custody.
Published by the New York Times on April 9, 2022.
A thorough account of the Biden administration’s infighting around border and migration policy, with the President reportedly demanding in March 2021, “Who do I need to fire to fix this?”
Published by the Project on Government Oversight on April 7, 2022.
Newly obtained documents point to the DHS Inspector-General suppressing, delaying, and watering down information about serious sexual harassment and domestic abuse patterns within the Department’s law enforcement agencies, including CBP and ICE.
Published by the Government Accountability Project on April 5, 2022.
Government whistleblowers voice alarm about conditions for unaccompanied migrant children being held at Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities, especially a site at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Published by WOLA on April 5, 2022.
A brief report from fieldwork at the Texas-Mexico border finds that Title 42 has been a boon to the cartels that control much of daily life on the Mexican side of the border.
