Published by WOLA on March 3, 2025.
The Trump administration is encouraging militaries to act like migration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border, in the U.S. interior and even Guantánamo, and also in Mexico and Guatemala.
Finds that “SB 4 is already causing significant fear and concern among Mexican nationals living in Texas.” (link at courtlistener.com)
Published by the Migration Policy Institute on February 28, 2024.
Explains the federal-state conflict over border and migration enforcement in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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.
Published by the New Yorker on February 17, 2024.
A profile of the Homeland Security Secretary, based on lengthy interviews.
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.
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.
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)
Published by the New York Times Magazine on February 2, 2024.
A lengthy interview with the Biden administration’s homeland security secretary.
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.
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.
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.
Published by WOLA on January 23, 2024.
A podcast about current migration trends at the U.S.-Mexico border and in the Americas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The latest example of House Republicans using the border situation to build a case against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Link at homeland.house.gov)
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
