Last updated November 20, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Backlog of Pending Cases in Immigration Courts
Tag: Asylum
Asylum Requests in Mexico by Nationality
Last updated November 20, 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 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.
Asylum or Other Relief Grant Rates in U.S. Immigration Courts FY 2022
Last updated September 4, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: August 2023
Published by the University of Texas Strauss Center on August 31, 2023.
The latest in a series of updates detailing asylum waitlists and shelter capacity in Mexican border cities.
Podcast: Advocacy for Migrants at a Challenging Time: The View from Mexico
Published by WOLA on August 30, 2023.
Gretchen Kuhner directs the Mexico City-based Institute for Women in Migration (IMUMI). She explains the challenges and complexities—and occasional advocacy successes—of the current moment of record migration and changing policies, viewed from Mexico.
Limits on Access to Asylum After Title 42: One Month of Monitoring U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry
A report from organizations monitoring asylum seekers’ limited access to land-border ports of entry in the month after the Title 42 policy’s termination.
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.
CBP Violations of Custody Standards and International Human Rights By Failing toProvide Water, Food, Shelter, Sanitation and Medical Assistance to Migrants Detained inOpen-Air Corridor Between Border Wall Layers Near San Ysidro Port of Entry
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on May 13, 2023.
A complaint to the DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office about Border Patrol’s practice of penning asylum seekers between layers of the border wall south of San DIego for days before processing them.
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.
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.
Proposed Rule: Circumvention of Lawful Pathways
Published by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice on February 23, 2023.
The Biden administration’s draft rule proposing limits on access to asylum after the end of the Title 42 pandemic policy. (Link at federalregister.gov)
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.
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.