Published by palabra on August 11, 2022.
Dives deeply into the story of CBP’s improper targeting of U.S. advocates and journalists whom the agency believed had some involvement with 2018-19 migrant caravans through Mexico.
Bad Intelligence
6 Reports tagged “Caravans”
Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
Caravanas 2021: Nuevos Retos para las Movilidades en México
Publicado por la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, 3 de junio de 2022.
The Mexican government’s human rights ombusdman reports on the human rights aspects of attempts to form migrant caravans in 2021. (Link at cndh.org.mx)
Internal CBP Documents Detail “Transnational Effort to Shut Down Asylum”
Published by the Intercept on March 22, 2022.
CBP documents and situation reports reveal extreme steps the agency, along with Mexican authorities, took to block “migrant caravan” participants’ attempt to seek asylum in early 2019.
La caravana migrante en la Ciudad de México 12-22 Diciembre de 2021
Publicado por la Universidad Ibero el 31 de enero de 2022.
A memoir of a migrant caravan whose members walked from Tapachula to Mexico City in late 2021.
Trusted Traveler Revocations for Americans Associated with the 2018-2019 Migrant Caravan
Published by the DHS Office of the Inspector-General on January 8, 2022.
CBP personnel “did not evaluate unsubstantiated information, and made unsupported conclusions” when they revoked the “trusted” status of two U.S. citizens whom they believed were aiding 2018-19 migrant caravans. (link at oig.dhs.gov)
CBP Targeted Americans Associated with the 2018–2019 Migrant Caravan
Published by the DHS Office of the Inspector-General on September 20, 2021.
Finds that CBP improperly targeted U.S. advocates whom the agency believed had some involvement with 2018-19 migrant caravans through Mexico. (link at oig.dhs.gov)