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Title 42 Expulsions and Regular Apprehensions of All Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Tag: Title 42
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.
Title 42 Expulsions and Regular (Title 8) Apprehensions of All Migrants By Country
Last updated May 9, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Defendants’ Monthly Reporting for February 2023
Published by the District Court of the Western District of Louisiana on March 16, 2023.
Regular filing with recent statistical information about migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, including Title 42 exemptions granted at border ports of entry. (Link at courtlistener.com)
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.
Migrants Apprehended and Not Immediately Expelled Under Title 42, October 2011-
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Title 42 Expulsions of Migrants Under COVID-19 Measures at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Title 42 Expulsions and Regular Apprehensions of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Title 42 Expulsions and Regular Apprehensions of Family Unit Members at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Title 42 Expulsions and Regular Apprehensions of Single Adults at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Single Adult Migrant Encounters and Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico Border, October 2011-
Data table since fiscal year 2020
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Who is Being Expelled Under Title 42?
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Who is _Not_ Being Expelled Under Title 42?
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Title 42 Expulsions of Venezuelan Citizens at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Encounters with All Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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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 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, country by country, at the U.S.-Mexico border
Published by WOLA on November 23, 2022.
Brief overviews of the top 17 countries of citizenship of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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)
A Girl Loses Her Mother in the Jungle, and a Migrant Dream Dies
Published by the New York Times on November 9, 2022.
On a journey through the Darién Gap, a girl is separated from her mother for three days.