Published by WOLA on May 1, 2023.
A podcast recorded by WOLA staff from Tegucigalpa, shortly after returning from two days at the Honduras-Nicaragua border at a time of very heavy migration in transit.
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.
Published by WOLA on March 8, 2023.
Raises 10 fatal cases since 2020, from this database, for which a reasonable doubt exists about whether deadly force was warranted.
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on February 6, 2023.
“Includes statistical data on a total of 151 deaths, which occurred during FY 2021, including 55 in-custody deaths, 53 reportable CBP-involved deaths, and 43 additional deaths that Appropriations staff requested OPR to review.” (Original link)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector-General on February 1, 2023.
Narrates what is known about deaths in the agencies’ custody during fiscal 2021, including five cases of deaths in CBP custody. (Original link)
Published by WOLA on January 31, 2022.
Local media point to a rising tide of threats to migrant shelters in Tijuana, a city to which U.S. authorities expelled or deported about 48,000 people during the last quarter of 2022.
Published by the Consulate of Mexico in San Diego on January 27, 2023.
Lists 100 Mexican nationals killed, and 555 injured, while crossing from the Tijuana area to the San Diego area 2020-2022. (Original link)
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.
Published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 19, 2023.
“UNHCR considers that the situation prevailing in Nicaragua may be characterized as a massive violation of human rights.” (Original link)
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.
Published by the Texas Observer on November 21, 2022.
From the start of the Biden administration to August 2022, “U.S. authorities have reported at least 372 cases of family separation,” but Observer reporters found additional cases.
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 the New York Times on October 12, 2022.
Investigates a September 27, 2022 incident in which twin brothers, one the warden of a jail that has housed detained immigrants, shot at a group of migrants in Hudspeth County, Texas, killing one.
Published by Oxfam America and the Tahirih Justice Center on October 12, 2022.
Finds that U.S. asylum deterrence policies engender conditions that cause gender-based violence to proliferate at the U.S. southern border.
Published by the New York Times on October 7, 2022.
Reporters traversed the Darién Gap along with numerous migrants, including a large number of Venezuelan citizens.
Published by several organizations on October 3, 2022.
Finds that, particularly in Border Patrol’s Yuma sector, “CBP is failing to comply with its own internal operating guidelines and unreasonably confiscating the personal property of individuals in its custody.”
Published by the New Humanitarian on September 21, 2022.
The grim situation of migrants stuck in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula.
Finds that operational challenges within the Office of Refugee Resettlement “hindered case management” at an emergency site at Fort Bliss, Texas in 2021, “which may have adversely affected unaccompanied children’s safety and well-being.” (Original link)
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)
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.
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.”
Publicado por Efecto Cocuyo el 11 de septiembre de 2022.
Migrants contend with trauma after passing through Panama’s treacherous Darién Gap.
Published by WOLA on August 25, 2022.
Compiles recent items in the Border Oversight database about agents’ confiscation, non-return, and disposal of migrants’ valuables and documents.
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on August 11, 2022.
A letter to congressional committee chairs about further activities of Border Patrol’s controversial Critical Incident Teams, which are to be abolished at the end of September 2022.
A complaint to the Justice Department about racial profiling and dangerous vehicle pursuits carried out by Texas state law enforcement personnel within the framework of the so-called “Operation Lone Star.”
