Links to long-form information about U.S. border governance and migration
Published by Human Rights Watch on October 21, 2021.
Details examples of human rights abuse by CBP personnel, reported by migrants to asylum officers and uncovered by a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Published by Human Rights First on October 21, 2021.
The latest in a series of updates about the harms of the Title 42 expulsions policy.
Published by WOLA on February 10, 2021.
The state of wall-building and funding, and options for the Biden administration to cease all construction and repair at least some of the damage.
Published by World Politics Review on February 10, 2021.
A panoramic view of the new Biden administration’s proposed changes to border and migration policies, and the challenges they face in the near term.
Published by WOLA on January 22, 2021.
This compendium of recommendations includes an extensive “migration and border policy” section.
Published by WOLA on December 9, 2020.
Even if a “wave” of migration happens in early 2021, the new Biden administration can handle it with minimal drama while phasing out the Trump administration’s harsh anti-asylum policies.
Published by WOLA on December 2, 2020.
Recommendations to assist Mexico’s asylum system, reduce migrant detention in Mexico, and help Mexico make its approach to migration more rights-respecting.
Published by WOLA on November 23, 2020.
Taking stock of the region’s “new normal” of heavy migration flows, and the administrative and policy shifts that the Biden administration—and governments and international organizations regionwide—must undergo.
Published by USA Today on November 12, 2020.
A policy-by-policy overview of what it would take for the Biden administration to undo the Trump administration’s hardline border and migration policies.
Published by Refugees International on November 12, 2020.
How Mexico can improve its asylum system and other provisions for a fast-rising number of protection-seeking migrants.
Published by The Intercept on November 1, 2020.
A public defender in El Paso ran up against the Trump administration’s early rollout of its family separation policy.
Published by The Intercept on October 31, 2020.
A look at the harms that border wall construction has inflicted in south Texas.
Published by WOLA on October 30, 2020.
A conversation with Eduardo Canales of the South Texas Human Rights Center, about his organization’s fight to stop migrant deaths and to identify remains.
Published by WOLA on October 29, 2020.
A response to the Trump administration’s celebration of completing a 400th mile of border wall.
Published by The Arizona Republic on October 28, 2020.
ICE deported back to Guatemala hundreds of people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Published by WOLA on October 16, 2020.
As the Homeland Security Department completes its 2020 fiscal year, a walk through some of the prominent findings from the year-end data.
Published by WOLA on October 14, 2020.
Voices strong concerns about where a culture of cruelty and impunity is leading U.S. border agencies, and points to ways out.
Published by the London Review of Books on October 8, 2020.
An El Salvadoran journalist documents the hardships suffered by African migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border.
Published by Bellingcat on October 1, 2020.
Using open-source data and imagery tools, this study documents how border wall construction is harming a fragile desert oasis in a southern Arizona protected area.
