Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
Finds significant evidence of climate migration from more than 3,600 responses and firsthand accounts of migrants and displaced people seeking safety in the United States.
Published by the UN Refugee Agency on September 23, 2024.
Emphasizes that refugees should not be penalized for irregular entry or presence if they meet certain conditions, and any restrictions on their movements should be proportional and limited. (Link at refworld.org)
Published by the Pan-American Health Organization on September 19, 2024.
Finds serious public health needs among the migrant population in the Darién Gap.
Published by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas on September 18, 2024.
Finds that immigration enforcement severely limits undocumented people’s access to abortions in Texas.
Published by the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project on September 12, 2024.
Interviews with children in Border Patrol custody find a surprisingly high proportion suffering verbal or physical abuse.
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on September 12, 2024.
Finds that despite some successes, such as increased access to resettlement, structural challenges limit the effectiveness of SMOs in addressing broader migration dynamics.
Published by the National Immigration Project on September 11, 2024.
A chart showing how asylum seekers might be processed following implementation of two Biden administration rules limiting asylum access between border ports of entry.
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on August 30, 2024.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Published by the American Immigration Council on August 16, 2024.
A fact sheet about the $409 billion that the U.S. government has spent on border and immigration enforcement since 2003.
Documents U.S. border officials executing a new asylum restriction in such a way that even people who badly need protection are refused a hearing.
Documents people who have faced “insurmountable due process violations” after trying to seek asylum at the border after the Biden administration’s June 2024 asylum ban went into effect.
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on July 11, 2024.
Focuses on migrant deaths in South Texas and the Missing Migrant Program’s death prevention activities.
Documents systemic abuse against LGBTQ and HIV-positive individuals in ICE and CBP custody.
Published by several organizations, and hosted by Human Rights First, on June 14, 2024.
A report to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances alleges that U.S. authorities’ treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in custody at the border is tantamount to enforced disappearances.
Published by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on June 12, 2024.
Challenges the Biden administration’s June 2024 rule restricting access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at aclu.org)
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on May 30, 2024.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Published by the International Refugee Assistance Project on May 28, 2024.
Provides difficult-to-obtain information about the implementation of the U.S.-initiated Safe Mobility Offices program for some migrants in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
Published by the International Refugee Assistance Project on March 29, 2024.
Consensus-based recommendations for regional approaches to ensure the rights and well-being of climate-displaced people.
Published by TRAC Immigration on March 20, 2024.
“Troubling is the almost total lack of transparency on where and why these DHS failures occurred. Equally troubling is the lack of solid information on what happened to these many immigrants when DHS never rectified its failure”
Local law enforcement agencies like the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) often work in concert with USBP agents in constructing a dragnet that serves as a force multiplier for USBP to funnel immigrants—most of whom have no criminal history—into deportation proceedings.
Published by No More Deaths on March 18, 2024.
Researchers and journalists have extensively shown how CBP’s migrant death data—cited by scholars, journalists, and those who make the policies that most affect migrant mortality in the borderlands—is an undercount of the true number of recovered migrant remains.
Published by the Mixed Migration Centre on March 15, 2024.
This paper explores the use of smugglers by Latin American and Caribbean migrants on their journeys to North America. It is based on responses to more than 3,000 4Mi surveys conducted in Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico in 2022 and 2023.
Publicado por la Universidad Ibero el 14 de marzo de 2024.
Informe sobre las implicaciones de la militarización del INM en las violaciones a derechos humanos de las personas migrantes.
Publicado por ACNUR y varias organizaciones el 6 de marzo de 2024.
Surveys of migrants in Mexico find that about 66% of respondents feared for their life, security, or freedom if returned to their country of origin, with 54% facing direct threats. (Link at mexico.un.org)
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on March 1, 2024.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
