April 7, 2023
- Luis Chaparro, “Migrants Died in Detention Fire Because They Couldn’t Pay $200 Bribe to Be Released” (VICE, April 7, 2023).
The facility operated as an “extortion center,” according to three survivors and two guards who spoke to VICE World News
- “Entrega Inm 2 Mil 320 Tarjetas por Razones Humanitarias a Migrantes Extranjeros Que Acampaban en la Plaza Giordano Bruno en Cdmx” (Instituto Nacional de Migración (Mexico), April 7, 2023).
- Rick Jervis, “Vigilantes Along Us-Mexico Border? Texas Bills Would Shift Border Patrol to State Hands” (USA Today, April 7, 2023).
Texas leaders hope new bills allow state-run groups to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, challenging the federal government’s role in border enforcement
- Stef W. Kight, “Biden’s Immigration Policies to Be Tested When Title 42 Ends Next Month” (Axios, April 7, 2023).
Changes to U.S. immigration policy threaten to inject even more chaos at the Southwest border
- “San Diego Sector Border Patrol Warns of the Dangers of Crossing the Border Illegally” (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, April 7, 2023).
- Salvador Rivera, “Russian Asylum-Seekers Secure Most Cbp One Appointments in San Diego” (Border Report, April 7, 2023).
- Stef W. Kight, “Share of Global Migrants Heading to U.S. Through Latin America Soars” (Axios, April 7, 2023).
Migrants are increasingly making treacherous journeys from faraway nations to seek asylum