Last updated May 21, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Migrants from Haiti Encountered At and Between Ports of Entry
Tag: Asylum
Asylum Appointments (Title 42 Exemptions) Granted at U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry
Last updated May 17, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
10 Things to Know About the End of Title 42
Published by WOLA on May 9, 2023. (Español)
What might happen when the pandemic expulsions policy ends, how Title 42 changed migration, and what a better policy might look like.
Asylum Requests Made Before Mexican Authorities
Last updated May 7, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Asylum Requests in Mexico by Nationality
Last updated May 7, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
U.S. And Mexico Must End Policies That Expose Migrants to Death and Danger
Published by WOLA on March 29, 2023.
A response to the March 27, 2023 tragedy in a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Proposed Asylum “Transit Ban” Rule Violates Law, Endangers the Vulnerable, and Undermines U.S. Interests
Published by WOLA on March 22, 2023.
WOLA’s comment submitted on the Biden administration’s draft rule that would deny opportunities to apply for asylum to most migrants who passed through third countries en route to the U.S.-Mexico border.
How the Biden Administration May Keep Asylum out of Reach After Title 42
Published by WOLA on February 17, 2023.
Should Title 42 end, the Biden administration may reject asylum seekers using a “transit ban” and expedited removal procedures, if Mexico takes deportees. The blow would be softened by two currently flawed programs, humanitarian parole and use of the “CBP One” app.
All Migrants Encountered at U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry
Last updated February 17, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Children and Families Allowed to Present at Ports of Entry
Last updated February 17, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Leading by Example, Honoring Commitments: Recommendations for the Biden Administration to Uphold Refugee Law at Home
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.
Biden Administration Plan to Resurrect Asylum Ban Advances Trump Agenda
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.
Biden Administration Takes Fresh Steps to Limit Access to Protection in the United States
Published by WOLA on January 5, 2023.
A reaction to the Biden administration’s expansion of the scope of Title 42 expulsions into Mexico.
Title 42 Must End. Here are Five Reasons Why
Published by WOLA on December 20, 2022.
As an expected end date for Title 42 looms amid high-court actions, WOLA briefly lays out five reasons why prolonging the pandemic policy would do harm.
Few Ways Forward, No Way Back: Asylum Seekers’ Search for safety at the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Border
Published by WOLA on December 15, 2022.
A field research update, with embedded video, based on conversations with asylum-seeking migrants, many of them Venezuelan, stranded in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
Podcast: Unprotected at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Reporting Back from Texas and Arizona
Published by WOLA on December 6, 2022.
A report back from a mid-November visit to the border, from El Paso to Yuma. Focused on the challenges faced by protection-seeking migrants and the possible termination of Title 42.
Title 42 is (Probably) Over. The U.S. Still Needs a Responsible Approach to Migration
Published by WOLA on November 18, 2022.
What to expect following a U.S. district judge’s November 15 decision overturning the Title 42 pandemic expulsions policy.
Migration in the Americas: ‘There is a double standard at the U.S. border’
Published by WOLA on October 19, 2022.
WOLA staff discuss the latest trends in migration to the United States and the consequences of the U.S. focus on reducing the number of migrants arriving at the border.
Process for Venezuelans
Published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on October 18, 2022.
Explains the process, instituted on October 12, 2022, whereby up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants can apply to receive humanitarian parole in the United States.
Southwest Border: Challenges and Efforts Implementing New Processes for Noncitizen Families
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on October 17, 2022.
Examines Border Patrol’s rapid releases of asylum seekers without initiating immigration proceedings. 75 percent of those released did report to ICE offices. (Original link)
U.S. Border Policy Must Adapt to the Region’s New Migration Patterns
Published by World Politics Review on October 12, 2022.
The drastically changed profile of migration requires a much different response at the U.S.-Mexico border, argues WOLA’s Adam Isacson.
After Being Deported by U.S., Walter Cruz-Zavala Disappeared in Notorious Salvadoran Crackdown
Published by the Intercept on September 20, 2022.
A Salvadoran man, deported despite courts’ findings that he would face danger, disappears amid the Salvadoran government’s sweeping crackdown on suspected gang members.
U.S. Border Patrol Screened Migrants at the Southwest Border but Could Strengthen Processes
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 19, 2022.
“We found that Border Patrol did not issue A-numbers for 107 of 384 migrants, most of whom were paroled into the country or issued Notices to Report.” (Original link)
Fatally Flawed: “Remain in Mexico” Policy Should Never Be Revived
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.”
Drones, choppers, chases: How Texas DPS pursues migrants under $4B Abbott border effort
Published by the Dallas Morning News on September 1, 2022.
The Texas state government’s controversial border security deployment.