Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations on September 29, 2022.
“To stave off climate-induced instability in Central America,” the report recommends measures for “both immediate crisis response and long-term instability mitigation.”
Published by the Border Chronicle on May 26, 2022.
A discussion of U.S. policy toward Central America and “root causes” with Jorge Cuellar of Dartmouth University.
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.
Explores the factors that drive people to migrate from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, along with the costs and economic implications of that migration.
Published by the Migration Policy Institute in November 2021.
Options for the U.S. government to build employment-based pathways for Central American migrants.
Published by the White House on July 29, 2021.
A five-pillar approach to alleviating the causes of migration from Central America. (Link at whitehouse.gov)
Published by The Arizona Republic on October 28, 2020.
ICE deported back to Guatemala hundreds of people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Published by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic staff, October 13, 2020.
Finds that State Department-funded CBP personnel operating on the ground in Guatemala apprehended Honduran migrants and transported them back to Honduras in unmarked vans. (Link at foreign.senate.gov)
“Highlights ways the United States can restore and advance protections for migrants and refugees and use principled diplomacy to stand with civil society forces for change.”
Published by the Georgetown Law Human Rights Initiative on June 10, 2020.
Documents how the Guatemala “safe-third country” agreement is effectively denying Salvadorans and Hondurans a chance to seek asylum.
Published by Refugees International and Human Rights Watch on May 19, 2020.
Based on fieldwork in Guatemala, researchers piece together what happened to 939 Salvadoran and Honduran asylum-seekers whom U.S. authorities sent to Guatemala between November 2019 and March 2020 under a “safe third country agreement.”
