Finds that “SB 4 is already causing significant fear and concern among Mexican nationals living in Texas.” (link at courtlistener.com)
Tag: Border and Migration Politics
Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on February 28, 2024.
Explains the federal-state conflict over border and migration enforcement in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Project 2025: Unveiling the far right’s plan to demolish immigration in a second Trump term
Published by the Niskanen Center on February 20, 2024.
An analysis of plans being drawn up by advisors to Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for radically altering immigration policy if their candidate wins.
The Trials of Alejandro Mayorkas
Published by the New Yorker on February 17, 2024.
A profile of the Homeland Security Secretary, based on lengthy interviews.
How Americans View the Situation at the U.S.-Mexico Border, Its Causes and Consequences
Published by the Pew Research Center on February 15, 2024.
Poll data give low approval ratings to the Biden administration’s handling of the border and migration.
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.
Report: Impeachment of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Published by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 3, 2024.
House Homeland Republicans lay out their case for impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, alleging mismanagement of the border and migration. (Link at house.gov)
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
Published by the New York Times Magazine on February 2, 2024.
A lengthy interview with the Biden administration’s homeland security secretary.
How the Border Crisis Shattered Biden’s Immigration Hopes
Published by the New York Times on January 30, 2024.
A chronicle of the Biden administration’s three years of struggles with border and migration policy.
Immigration Is Not an “Invasion” under the Constitution
Published by Just Security on January 29, 2024.
Constitutional scholar Frank Bowman disputes claims that Republican governors have a constitutional right to defend against an “invasion” of migrants.
Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Challenge Decades in the Making
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on January 25, 2024.
Lessons from the past 30 years of border security and migration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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.
In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendo
Published by the Texas Tribune on January 22, 2024.
A detailed narrative of the high-profile dispute between Texas state and U.S. federal border forces in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Parole Sponsorship Is a Revolution in Immigration Policy
Published by the Cato Institute on September 18, 2023.
Lays out reasons in favor of the Humanitarian Parole program that the Biden administration has launched for citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
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.
A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.
Published by the New York Times on September 14, 2023.
The role of organized crime and local communities, both of which are profiting handsomely, in facilitating record migration through the Darién Gap.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Has Emboldened Cartels, Criminals, and America’s Enemies Phase 2 Interim Report
The latest example of House Republicans using the border situation to build a case against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Link at homeland.house.gov)
Plaintiff States’ Reply in Support of Their Motion for Order to Show Cause
Published by the U.S. Western District of Louisiana District Court on November 22, 2022.
In their suit to preserve Title 42, Republican state officials argue against the Biden administration’s granting of humanitarian exceptions to the pandemic expulsion authority. (Original link)
Congress Can’t Even Do This One Thing
Published by the Atlantic on October 27, 2022.
Laments the failure to pass a law outlawing separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Perla was his boss. He was her ace. Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights
Published by the Miami Herald on October 20, 2022.
Reveals new details about the Florida state government operation that sent dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in September 2022.
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.
Is Biden to blame for the border crisis? How U.S. policies aren’t keeping up with global migration trends
Published by Grid on October 12, 2022.
“The federal government is tasked with executing dated and dysfunctional laws,” contends this analysis of the current state of U.S. immigration policy.
The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment
Published by the Intercept on October 12, 2022.
A report from Kinney County, Texas, along the border between Del Rio and Eagle Pass, where local leadership enthusiastically backs the Texas state government’s anti-migrant measures.
Migrant encounters at the border are higher today than they were before Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star began
Published by the Texas Tribune on September 28, 2022.
A look at the data questions the results of the Texas state government’s border crackdown.
Complaint – #1 in Alianza Americas v. DeSantis (D. Mass., 1:22-Cv-11550)
Published by the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on September 20, 2022.
Lawsuit filed on behalf of migrants whom Florida’s state government arranged to put on a plane to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in September 2022. (Original link)