Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
Published by the Women’s Refugee Commission on September 14, 2023.
Recalls 10 facts that often get overlooked in heated U.S. debates over the border and migration policy.
Published by Jesuit Refugee Service on September 12, 2023.
A situation report, mainly on conditions for asylum seekers, from El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on August 31, 2023.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
A report from organizations monitoring asylum seekers’ limited access to land-border ports of entry in the month after the Title 42 policy’s termination.
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on May 13, 2023.
A complaint to the DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office about Border Patrol’s practice of penning asylum seekers between layers of the border wall south of San DIego for days before processing them.
Published by Human Rights First on January 26, 2023.
Takes stock of the Biden administration’s border and migration policies after two years, with a strong human rights critique.
Published by Human Rights First on January 17, 2023.
Lays out arguments against the Biden administration’s proposed asylum transit ban, comparing it to a similar measure pursued by the Trump administration.
Published by Human Rights First on September 13, 2022.
As the Remain in Mexico “2.0” policy comes to an end, “a vanishingly small number of the mainly Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans subjected to the policy were granted asylum.”
Published by the University of Texas at Austin Strauss Center on August 31, 2022.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Published by Human Rights First on August 3, 2022.
Warns that the Biden administration’s plans to expand use of expedited removal “would result in the illegal return of refugees to persecution and torture.”
Published by ACLU of Arizona on August 1, 2022.
Finds that Border Patrol agents in Yuma had confiscated at least 64 turbans from asylum seekers of the Sikh faith so far in 2022, including at least 50 in the previous 2 months.
Published by Lawfare on July 7, 2022.
An explanation of the legal implications of the Supreme Court’s June 30, 2022 “Remain in Mexico” decision, and likely next steps, by Peter Marguiles of Roger Williams University School of Law.
Published by Human Rights First on June 16, 2022.
The organization’s latest accounting, with statistics and anecdotal examples, of human rights abuses against asylum seekers that have resulted from U.S. government policies or actions.
Published by Human Rights Watch on May 31, 2022.
Documents the especially dangerous conditions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender asylum seekers face in Mexican border towns after U.S. policies like Title 42 block them from seeking protection in the United States.
Published by the Kaiser Family Foundation on May 26, 2022.
Explains Title 42’s impact on migrant families’ health and well-being, and the implications of lifting the pandemic measure.
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on May 25, 2022. (Español)
Proposes alternatives to the perilous journey across Mexico for protection-seeking Central American migrants.
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on May 25, 2022.
A look at the history and recent increase in maritime migration to the United States, mainly of Cuban and Haitian citizens.
Publicado por la Fundación para la Justicia y otras organizaciones el 24 de mayo de 2022.
A multimedia microsite about the increasing use of military force to confront migration in Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere in the region.
Published by the University of Texas at Austin Strauss Center on May 2, 2022.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
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 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 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 UNHCR in March 2022.
A set of best practices for states to adopt to meet the challenge of processing asylum-seeking migrants upon arrival. (Link at refworld.org)
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on March 31, 2022.
Looks at possible outcomes once the Title 42 expulsions policy is lifted, and how the U.S. asylum system might work more smoothly at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Published by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance on March 29, 2022.
Documents examples of U.S. and Mexican personnel abusing and mistreating Haitian migrants during and after a large-scale September 2021 migration event in Del Rio, Texas.
