Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
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.”
Published by the Arizona Republic on July 25, 2022.
Profiles threatened Mexican journalists who have had to seek refuge in Arizona.
Published by the Washington Post on July 8, 2022.
A report from Yuma and Nogales, where two very different populations of migrants have been arriving in large numbers.
Published by the New York Times on May 9, 2022.
An alarming story of far-right activists waiting by the borderline in Arizona and intercepting unaccompanied migrant children.
Published by the Geographical Journal on March 22, 2022.
Finds that border policies, more than climate conditions, are responsible for the sharp rise in migrant deaths in southern Arizona’s deserts.
Published by the Arizona Office of the Attorney General on February 7, 2022.
Arizona’s Republican attorney general requests a legal opinion on whether the state has been “invaded” by hostile non-state actors, which in his view would justify the state defending itself with its militia (the Arizona National Guard). (Link at azag.gov)
Published by the University of Arizona Binational Migration Institute in April 2021.
An analysis of numeric trends and demographic characteristics of the remains of at least 3,356 border crossers recovered in Arizona between 1990 and 2020.
