Last updated April 11, 2024. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Asylum Requests in Mexico by Nationality
Tag: Asylum
In Nogales, an asylum bottleneck forces a choice: Monthslong wait or dangerous desert crossing
Published by Arizona Luminaria on March 7, 2024.
More migrants are crossing in the Tucson sector than anywhere else along the U.S.-México border, but there is only one port-of-entry to schedule appointments for an asylum claim through the CBP One app
El impacto del desplazamiento forzado en la movilidad humana
Publicado por ACNUR y varias organizaciones el 6 de marzo de 2024.
Surveys of migrants in Mexico find that about 66% of respondents feared for their life, security, or freedom if returned to their country of origin, with 54% facing direct threats. (Link at mexico.un.org)
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2024
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on March 1, 2024.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Jenny L. Flores, et al. v. Merrick Garland, et al. Exhibit Index to Plaintiffs Motion to Enforce re Open-Air Detention Sites
Presents a troubling picture of the conditions faced by migrants, including children and families, detained between the primary and secondary barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Backlog of Pending Cases in Immigration Courts
Last updated February 28, 2024. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
In Line at St. Brigid
Published by Curbed on February 26, 2024.
Interviews with migrants outside a New York City shelter “reticketing center” reveal asylum seekers’ struggles, trauma, and lack of institutional support.
“Nos secuestran y nos roban la cita con Migración en EE.UU.”: la nueva modalidad de los carteles mexicanos para extorsionar a los migrantes en la frontera
Publicado por BBC Mundo el 19 de febrero de 2024.
A family of Venezuelan asylum seekers who missed their CBP One appointment because they were kidnapped for ransom in Mexico’s violent border state of Tamaulipas.
A Family Ranch, Swallowed Up in the Madness of the Border
Published by the New York Times on February 18, 2024.
Arizona borderland ranchers Jim and Sue Chilton’s remote desert land, long traversed by smugglers and migrants seeking to avoid detection, has now become a destination for asylum seekers.
U.S. Border and Asylum Policies Harm Black Asylum Seekers
Published by Human Rights First on February 12, 2024.
Documents prolonged waits, discrimination, poor healthcare access, targeted violence, and other harms suffered by Black asylum seekers.
Cuando los cruces ilegales a Estados Unidos superan las citas por CBP One
Publicado por La Verdad de Juárez el 8 de febrero de 2024.
Waits for increasingly scarce CBP One appointments are growing longer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
To Resolve the Humanitarian and Administrative Border Crisis, the U.S. Must Fix the Broken Asylum System, Help Stabilize the Western Hemisphere, and Provide Robust, Orderly Migration Pathways
Published by the Center for American Progress on February 5, 2024.
A set of policy recommendations for fixing the U.S. asylum system and helping stabilize countries in the Americas.
Five Questions and Answers About the Senate Border Deal
Published by WOLA on January 31, 2024.
A bill under negotiation in the Senate continues the tradition of attempting deterrence policies, even though the numbers show that this has failed
A Dead Cellphone, $27 in Cash and Nowhere to Turn
Published by Capital and Main on January 23, 2024.
The dire situation of asylum seekers who are released onto U.S. streets after spending time in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities.
Podcast: Understanding Regional Migration in an Election Year
Published by WOLA on January 23, 2024.
A podcast about current migration trends at the U.S.-Mexico border and in the Americas.
San Diego’s remote border region is now a destination for US-bound migrants from around the world
Published by iNewsource on January 12, 2024.
A photo narrative about asylum seekers arriving and seeking to turn themselves in at Jacumba Springs, California.
The U.S. Needs Better, Not Less, Access To Asylum
Published by WOLA on December 18, 2023.
Report-back from a field visit to the Arizona-Sonora border, notes a humanitarian crisis and people having great difficulty accessing the U.S. asylum system.
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: November 2023
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on November 29, 2023.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Children and Families Allowed to Present at Ports of Entry
Last updated November 19, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
All Migrants Encountered at U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry
Last updated November 19, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
U.S. Congress Must Not Gut the Right to Asylum at a Time of Historic Need
Published by WOLA on November 14, 2023.
Warns that congressional Republicans’ border and migration demands, a condition for 2024 supplemental budget funds, could spell a historic end to the right to seek asylum in the United States.
Migration Can’t and Shouldn’t Be Blocked. But it Can be Managed.
Published by WOLA on October 12, 2023.
A statement recalling and highlighting some of the basic principles underlying WOLA’s border and migration work.
Setting the Record Straight on 10 Misconceptions about Migration and Asylum at the US-Mexico Border
Published by the Women’s Refugee Commission on September 14, 2023.
Recalls 10 facts that often get overlooked in heated U.S. debates over the border and migration policy.
Accompaniment at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Conditions Report and Policy Recommendations
Published by Jesuit Refugee Service on September 12, 2023.
A situation report, mainly on conditions for asylum seekers, from El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
Migrants Desperate for Jobs Trapped in Asylum Maze
Published by the Marshall Project on September 8, 2023.
Asylum seekers need incomes, employers need workers, but the asylum system is getting in the way.