Published by The Arizona Republic on October 28, 2020.
ICE deported back to Guatemala hundreds of people who tested positive for COVID-19.
‘They were sending the virus’: Guatemala reels after U.S. deports hundreds of deportees with COVID-19
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Mexicanos desplazados que buscan asilo en EU, atrapados y sin ayuda en un campamento en Matamoros
Publicado por Animal Político el 22 de septiembre de 2020.
Some Mexican families are among the hundreds of mostly Central Americans awaiting their turn to seek asylum on the U.S. side of the border in Matamoros, Mexico.
‘We sent 500 tests. They don’t answer calls’: Inside ICE’s coronavirus testing disaster
Published by Reveal on September 10, 2020.
ICE repeatedly rebuffed New Mexico state health officials’ offers to help control a worsening outbreak of COVID-19 at its Otero County Processing Center.
“There Is No Mercy”: As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum
Published by The Intercept on September 5, 2020.
How the pandemic and the Trump administration’s crackdown on asylum are being experienced in southern Arizona.
The US detained hundreds of migrant children in hotels as the pandemic flared
Published by CNN on September 3, 2020.
Details ICE’s practice of holding migrant families and children under contractors’ custody in border-town hotels before expelling them under measures put in place due to COVID-19.
Her Rapist Threatened to Make Her “Disappear.” Instead of Asylum, ICE Put Her in a Hotel and Sent Her Back.
Published by ProPublica on August 4, 2020.
Over 3,000 unaccompanied children have been summarily expelled back to Mexico or Central America, with no way even to track what’s happened to them. Some first spend days in hotels guarded by unlicensed contractors.
Denied, Deported And Abandoned — Assault On U.S. Asylum
Published by Texas Public Radio on July 24, 2020.
An audio report and accompanying text, reported from the Rio Grande Valley, El Paso, and Mexico City, about the impact of the Trump administration’s virtual ending of the right to asylum at the border during the pandemic.
Border wall, touted as health protection, was useless as COVID-19 surged in region
Published by The Arizona Daily Star on July 19, 2020.
As Arizona coronavirus cases soar, the state’s extensive border wall system was irrelevant to stopping its spread.
Between Borders
Published by The Texas Observer on June 30, 2020.
A look at the severe impact of COVID-19 on the Texas borderlands, especially on asylum seekers.
Matamoros: un botadero de migrantes en plena pandemia
Publicado por El Faro el 24 de mayo de 2020.
A photo-filled report from the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where thousands of mostly Central American asylum-seekers are stranded by “Remain in Mexico” and the COVID-19 border closure.
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus
Published by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune on May 18, 2020.
Under cover of COVID-19 response, the Trump administration has been moving aggressively to deport unaccompanied children who are already in the system—in addition to those already being expelled at the border.
‘Like Petri Dishes for the Virus’: ICE Detention Centers Threaten the Rural South
Published by Politico on May 5, 2020.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ICE continues to transfer migrants across its network of detention centers, spurring concerns in small towns like Natchez, Mississippi and Lumpkin, Georgia.
In ICE Detention, Forced to Pay for Soap
Published by The Nation on April 30, 2020.
An investigation reveals private detention centers’ practice of charging for basic hygiene—a potential public health threat in the coronavirus era.
The Women Asked ICE for Soap. They Got Pepper-Sprayed Instead.
Published by Mother Jones on April 22, 2020.
A harrowing account, using testimonies from detained migrant women, of abuse amid COVID-19 fears in a privately run Louisiana ICE detention center.