Last updated November 19, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Single Adult Migrant Encounters and Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Border Patrol)
Tag: Title 42
Nationalities Expelled During Title 42
Last updated September 3, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Title 42 Expulsions and Regular Apprehensions of All Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Last updated August 27, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Here’s why the end of Title 42 wasn’t the nightmare Republicans said it would be
Published by MSNBC on May 17, 2023.
Explains that following the end of the Title 42 policy, migrants went into “wait and see mode” and numbers or arrivals at the border fell, contrary to many predictions.
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.
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.
Migration in the Americas: ‘There is a double standard at the U.S. border’
Published by WOLA on October 19, 2022.
WOLA staff discuss the latest trends in migration to the United States and the consequences of the U.S. focus on reducing the number of migrants arriving at the border.
Most Border Patrol Apprehensions are for Repeat Crossers, But Agency Data Doesn’t Yet Provide the Full Picture
Published by TRAC Immigration on September 9, 2022.
Contends that, contrary to official claims, implementing Title 42 did not clearly increase repeat border crossings.
Record Numbers of Migrants Arrested at Southern Border, With Two Million Annual Total in Sight
Published by the Wall Street Journal on August 15, 2022.
A review of migration statistics through July 2022 and how they reveal the counterproductive nature of the Title 42 pandemic expulsions policy.
The Nightmare Continues: Title 42 Court Order Prolongs Human Rights Abuses, Extends Disorder at U.S. Borders
Published by Human Rights First on June 16, 2022.
The organization’s latest accounting, with statistics and anecdotal examples, of human rights abuses against asylum seekers that have resulted from U.S. government policies or actions.
US-expelled Haitians fuel charter business to Latin America
Published by the Associated Press on June 14, 2022.
Charter tour operators are making large sums of money flying Haitian migrants back out of their country after the U.S. government expels them.
US: LGBT Asylum Seekers in Danger at the Border
Published by Human Rights Watch on May 31, 2022.
Documents the especially dangerous conditions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender asylum seekers face in Mexican border towns after U.S. policies like Title 42 block them from seeking protection in the United States.
Title 42 and its Impact on Migrant Families
Published by the Kaiser Family Foundation on May 26, 2022.
Explains Title 42’s impact on migrant families’ health and well-being, and the implications of lifting the pandemic measure.