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.
Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families
24 NGO Reports tagged “Public Health”
Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
The psychological effects of forced family separation on asylum-seeking children and parents at the US-Mexico border: A qualitative analysis of medico-legal documents
Published by PLoS ONE on November 24, 2021.
Finds evidence of long-lasting mental disorders among migrants whose families were forcibly separated at the border during the Trump administration
Unresolved Complaints of CBP Misconduct Require Immediate Attention and Accountability
Published by the ACLU on March 3, 2021.
A memo to the incoming Biden administration’s new Homeland Security secretary details numerous unresolved cases of CBP and Border Patrol misconduct and abuse. Accompanied by a 207-page appendix of complaints issued in 2019 and 2020.
Appendix of Unresolved Complaints
Published by the ACLU on March 3, 2021.
A collection of ACLU complaints about CBP and Border Patrol misconduct and abuse in 2019 and 2020, accompanying a memo to the incoming Biden administration’s new Homeland Security secretary.
New Asylum Ban, Recycled Pretext: Proposed Rule Would Illegally, Unjustly Bar Many Asylum Seekers on Public Health Grounds
Laying out the strong case against the Trump administration’s proposed July 9, 2020 rule that would make permanent restrictions on asylum first implemented as a COVID-19 response.
The Hidden Curve: Estimating the Spread of COVID-19 among People in ICE Detention
Published by the Vera Institute of Justice on June 30, 2020.
An epidemiological model of COVID-19 in ICE detention centers finds that “by day 60 of the simulation—corresponding to May 15, 2020—the estimated number of cumulative COVID-19 cases would be 15 times higher than the number of cases ICE reported.”
ICE Air: 1,677 Flights While Covid-19 Rages (Jan-April 2020)
Published by Witness at the Border on May 29, 2020.
“This report will quantify, in stark terms, the likely transmission of COVID through ICE Air flights shuffling detainees between detention centers.”
Family Separation 2.0: “You aren’t going to separate me from my only child.”
Published by Amnesty International on May 21, 2020.
A report on ICE’s new practice, during the COVID-19 pandemic, of giving migrants in family detention the choice of either separating from their children or staying together in indefinite detention.
Explainer on U.S. Deportations and Expulsions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
An overview of the dangers and illegality of the Trump administration’s quick expulsions of asylum seekers during the COVID-19 border closure.
Public Health Measures to Safely Manage Asylum Seekers and Children at the Border
Published by several organizations on May 15, 2020.
A memo explaining how, even in a public health emergency, U.S. border authorities c0uld be attending to asylum seekers and unaccompanied children instead of expelling them.
Pandemic as Pretext: Trump Administration Exploits COVID-19, Expels Asylum Seekers and Children to Escalating Danger
Published by Human Rights First on May 13, 2020.
A current overview of how the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response, including blanket expulsions of asylum-seeking Mexicans and Central Americans, including unaccompanied children, is worsening the humanitarian situation along the border.
Individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Custody Face Grave Risk of Death and Harm During COVID-19 Pandemic
Published by the Immigration Justice Campaign on May 7, 2020.
An oversight complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Office of the Inspector General highlighting ICE’s failure to protect those in its custody during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICE Air Deportations: Has COVID-19 Changed Anything?
Published by Witness at the Border on May 7, 2020.
An analysis of ICE deportation flights and the certainty that they are spreading COVID-19.
Recommendations for Safe Release Procedures from Immigration Detention during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guidelines for how to safely and responsibly release detainees from ICE custody during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Justice-Free Zones: U.S. Immigration Detention Under the Trump Administration
The report documents the growth of immigrant detention, inhumane conditions, poor quality of health care, and difficulty of obtaining parole.
Modeling COVID-19 and impacts on U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, 2020
Published by the Government Accountability Project on April 27, 2020.
Study finds “that 72% of individuals are expected to be infected by day 90 under the optimistic scenario, while nearly 100% of individuals are expected to be infected by day 90 under a more pessimistic scenario.”
Expelling Asylum Seekers is Not the Answer: U.S. Border Policy in the Time of COVID-19
Published by Refugees International on April 27, 2020.
A brief making a legal argument against the Centers for Disease Control Rule and Order closing the border to asylum seekers on public health grounds.
COVID-19 and the Remaking of U.S. Immigration Policy? Empirically Evaluating the Myth of Immigration and Disease
Published by the University of California San Diego US Immigration Policy Center on April 22, 2020.
This study finds no past relationship between a migrant’s documentation status at the border and a migrant’s infection with flu-like disease.
Coronavirus Border Expulsions: CDC’s Assault on Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Minors
Published by Just Security on April 13, 2020.
A thorough legal analysis, by Lucas Guttentag of Stanford University, of the Trump administration’s use of an old quarantine statute to shut down the right to seek asylum at the border.
There is No Public Health Rationale for a Categorical Ban on Asylum Seekers
Published by Just Security on April 17, 2020.
An analysis of the Trump administration’s claim that it can expel asylum seekers in the name of limiting the spread of COVID-19.
Carta al gobierno de México: es imperativo proteger los derechos de personas migrantes durante la pandemia COVID-19
Publicado por WOLA y varias otras organizaciones el 15 de abril de 2020.
A research-based letter expressing concern about migrants’ rights and health in Mexico in light of the coronavirus emergency.
U.S. Deportations During Global Pandemic Risk Spreading COVID-19
Published by WOLA and other organizations on April 9, 2020.
A statement from numerous organizations expressing alarm at the expulsions of protection-seeking migrants at the border resulting from the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response.
Metering & COVID-19
The latest in a series of reports documenting the status of asylum seekers forced by metering to wait in Mexico for a chance to approach U.S. border ports of entry.
U.S. deportations during global pandemic risk spreading COVID-19, returning migrants and asylum seekers to danger and instability
Published by the Latin America Working Group on April 8, 2020.
A statement from 61 organizations objecting to the Trump administration’s harsh border, asylum, and deportation measures during the COVID-19 emergency.