Links to long-form information produced by non-governmental organizations (other than WOLA)
Published by Human Rights First on January 26, 2023.
Takes stock of the Biden administration’s border and migration policies after two years, with a strong human rights critique.
Published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 19, 2023.
“UNHCR considers that the situation prevailing in Nicaragua may be characterized as a massive violation of human rights.” (Original link)
Published by Human Rights First on January 17, 2023.
Lays out arguments against the Biden administration’s proposed asylum transit ban, comparing it to a similar measure pursued by the Trump administration.
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.
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.”
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on October 19, 2022.
A quarterly update on countries affected by the Venezuelan migration crisis.
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.
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 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 Interagency Group on Mixed Migratory Flows on September 28, 2022.
Monitoring migration patterns in Colombia’s northwestern region of Urabá, the beginning of the treacherous journey through the Darién Gap.
Published by Human Rights First on September 13, 2022.
As the Remain in Mexico “2.0” policy comes to an end, “a vanishingly small number of the mainly Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans subjected to the policy were granted asylum.”
Published by TRAC Immigration on September 9, 2022.
Contends that, contrary to official claims, implementing Title 42 did not clearly increase repeat border crossings.
Published by the Center for Biological Diversity on September 8, 2022.
Reproduces documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, indicating that the Army Corps of Engineers used “a narrow emergency exemption” to resume some border wall construction after President Biden called a halt to wall-building in 2021.
Published by the University of Texas at Austin Strauss Center on August 31, 2022.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on August 11, 2022.
A letter to congressional committee chairs about further activities of Border Patrol’s controversial Critical Incident Teams, which are to be abolished at the end of September 2022.
Published by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 10, 2022.
A new filing from the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to end the Title 42 pandemic expulsions policy.
Published by Human Rights First on August 3, 2022.
Warns that the Biden administration’s plans to expand use of expedited removal “would result in the illegal return of refugees to persecution and torture.”
Published by ACLU of Arizona on August 1, 2022.
Finds that Border Patrol agents in Yuma had confiscated at least 64 turbans from asylum seekers of the Sikh faith so far in 2022, including at least 50 in the previous 2 months.
A complaint to the Justice Department about racial profiling and dangerous vehicle pursuits carried out by Texas state law enforcement personnel within the framework of the so-called “Operation Lone Star.”
Published by the Tech Transparency Project on July 26, 2022.
interviews with 200 migrants offer a glimpse into how they get information about their routes to the United States, including the role of social media and smugglers.
Published by the Wildlands Network on July 25, 2022.
Details sites along the U.S.-Mexico border that are in most dire need of environmental restoration following border wall construction.
Among other findings, a survey reveals that “three-quarters of voters do not fully trust border agents to respect the constitutional rights of everyone, or to be held accountable when they violate those rights.”
Published by the Mixed Migration Center on July 20, 2022.
A quarterly update on countries affected by the Venezuelan migration crisis.
Published by the ACLU on July 18, 2022.
A collection of previously unreleased records from CBP, ICE, and other Homeland Security agencies showing their purchase of large amounts of people’s cell phone location information.
Published by Lawfare on July 7, 2022.
An explanation of the legal implications of the Supreme Court’s June 30, 2022 “Remain in Mexico” decision, and likely next steps, by Peter Marguiles of Roger Williams University School of Law.
