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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.”
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
Published by the New Yorker on January 28, 2022.
Profiles Andrea Flores, one of several immigration reform advocates who have left the Biden administration after being outmaneuvered by more political, centrist officials.
Published by USA Today on November 12, 2020.
A policy-by-policy overview of what it would take for the Biden administration to undo the Trump administration’s hardline border and migration policies.
Published by Reuters on September 29, 2020.
Migrants in limbo have hope for change if Donald Trump loses the election, but walking back many of the Trump administration’s anti-asylum policies will be difficult.
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.
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.
Published by National Public Radio Latino USA on May 27, 2020.
A two-part audio series looks at the impact of the Trump administration’s crackdown on asylum, reporting from Ciudad Juárez and Tapachula.
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.
Published by The Guardian on February 21, 2020.
The plight of migrants forced to wait in Mexican border towns for a chance to seek asylum on the U.S. side.
Published by ProPublica on January 31, 2020.
An investigation into the human consequences of giving broad discretionary powers to an agency with insufficient training and capacity.
Published by Politico on January 5, 2020.
U.S. policies like metering and Remain in Mexico have created a large community of stranded asylum seekers, from many countries, in Tijuana.
