Published by WOLA on December 20, 2022.
As an expected end date for Title 42 looms amid high-court actions, WOLA briefly lays out five reasons why prolonging the pandemic policy would do harm.
Title 42 Must End. Here are Five Reasons Why
420 Reports
Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
Podcast: Unprotected at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Reporting Back from Texas and Arizona
Published by WOLA on December 6, 2022.
A report back from a mid-November visit to the border, from El Paso to Yuma. Focused on the challenges faced by protection-seeking migrants and the possible termination of Title 42.
Title 42 is (Probably) Over. The U.S. Still Needs a Responsible Approach to Migration
Published by WOLA on November 18, 2022.
What to expect following a U.S. district judge’s November 15 decision overturning the Title 42 pandemic expulsions policy.
Migration, country by country, at the U.S.-Mexico border
Published by WOLA on November 23, 2022.
Brief overviews of the top 17 countries of citizenship of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Plaintiff States’ Reply in Support of Their Motion for Order to Show Cause
Published by the U.S. Western District of Louisiana District Court on November 22, 2022.
In their suit to preserve Title 42, Republican state officials argue against the Biden administration’s granting of humanitarian exceptions to the pandemic expulsion authority. (Original link)
Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families
Published by the Texas Observer on November 21, 2022.
From the start of the Biden administration to August 2022, “U.S. authorities have reported at least 372 cases of family separation,” but Observer reporters found additional cases.
A Girl Loses Her Mother in the Jungle, and a Migrant Dream Dies
Published by the New York Times on November 9, 2022.
On a journey through the Darién Gap, a girl is separated from her mother for three days.
Political theater vs. daily survival: Inside the dire situation facing migrants bused across US
Published by USA Today on November 2. 2022.
Many migrants bused to New York from the border “step onto the buses with the promise of a new life in a new city and step off instantly homeless.”
The Opioid Epidemic Demands Public Health Solutions, Not False Claims About Immigration
Published by the Center for American Progress on October 31, 2022.
A study of approaches to the opioid epidemic finds no link to immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Spotlight on the Borderlands: How Militarization and Border Control Impact Migrants and Border Residents on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Published by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights on October 27, 2022.
Articles and analyses from “frontline leaders and organizers with direct experience, both in theory and practice, of migrant human rights.”
Congress Can’t Even Do This One Thing
Published by the Atlantic on October 27, 2022.
Laments the failure to pass a law outlawing separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Migration in the Americas: ‘A root causes strategy only for Central America falls far short of addressing the type of migration we are seeing’
Published by WOLA on October 20, 2022.
The U.S. approach to migration seems to be shifting, with the Biden administration seeking to work with other governments in the region to find shared solutions.
Perla was his boss. He was her ace. Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights
Published by the Miami Herald on October 20, 2022.
Reveals new details about the Florida state government operation that sent dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in September 2022.
Quarterly Mixed Migration Update: Latin America and the Caribbean, Q3, 2022
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on October 19, 2022.
A quarterly update on countries affected by the Venezuelan migration crisis.
Migration in the Americas: ‘There is a double standard at the U.S. border’
Published by WOLA on October 19, 2022.
WOLA staff discuss the latest trends in migration to the United States and the consequences of the U.S. focus on reducing the number of migrants arriving at the border.
Process for Venezuelans
Published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on October 18, 2022.
Explains the process, instituted on October 12, 2022, whereby up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants can apply to receive humanitarian parole in the United States.
Southwest Border: Challenges and Efforts Implementing New Processes for Noncitizen Families
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on October 17, 2022.
Examines Border Patrol’s rapid releases of asylum seekers without initiating immigration proceedings. 75 percent of those released did report to ICE offices. (Original link)
Surviving Deterrence: How Us Asylum Deterrence Policies Normalize Gender-Based Violence
Published by Oxfam America and the Tahirih Justice Center on October 12, 2022.
Finds that U.S. asylum deterrence policies engender conditions that cause gender-based violence to proliferate at the U.S. southern border.
The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment
Published by the Intercept on October 12, 2022.
A report from Kinney County, Texas, along the border between Del Rio and Eagle Pass, where local leadership enthusiastically backs the Texas state government’s anti-migrant measures.
Death on the Border: Were Twin Brothers Hunting Migrants or Wildlife?
Published by the New York Times on October 12, 2022.
Investigates a September 27, 2022 incident in which twin brothers, one the warden of a jail that has housed detained immigrants, shot at a group of migrants in Hudspeth County, Texas, killing one.
Is Biden to blame for the border crisis? How U.S. policies aren’t keeping up with global migration trends
Published by Grid on October 12, 2022.
“The federal government is tasked with executing dated and dysfunctional laws,” contends this analysis of the current state of U.S. immigration policy.
U.S. Border Policy Must Adapt to the Region’s New Migration Patterns
Published by World Politics Review on October 12, 2022.
The drastically changed profile of migration requires a much different response at the U.S.-Mexico border, argues WOLA’s Adam Isacson.
In Record Numbers, Venezuelans Risk a Deadly Trek to Reach the U.S. Border
Published by the New York Times on October 7, 2022.
Reporters traversed the Darién Gap along with numerous migrants, including a large number of Venezuelan citizens.
Desperation in the Desert: The Industrialization of Migrant Smuggling on the US-Mexico Border
Published by InsightCrime on October 5, 2022.
A report from Altar, Sonora, Mexico, an organized crime-dominated town through which many migrants pass en route to Arizona.
Arizona Border Patrol Sectors’ Practice of Forcing Migrants to Relinquish Their Personal Belongings During Processing
Published by several organizations on October 3, 2022.
Finds that, particularly in Border Patrol’s Yuma sector, “CBP is failing to comply with its own internal operating guidelines and unreasonably confiscating the personal property of individuals in its custody.”