Published by Refugees International on July 29, 2020.
Experts and activists discuss deaths of migrants on U.S. soil, attacks on humanitarian workers, and efforts to identify the dead.
Embeddable, 3-minute-minimum videos about U.S. border governance and migration
Journey to the US-Mexico border
Published by Al Jazeera on July 28, 2020.
A look at the 2018 and 2019 journeys of Central American migrants traveling in caravans through Mexico.
When Border Agents Come Knocking on Everyone’s Doors
Published by the Southern Border Communities Coalition on July 28, 2020.
A discussion of the Trump administration’s use of Border Patrol personnel to confront Americans in cities far from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Migrant’s network that traverse Latin America
Published by Semana on July 18, 2020.
Mostly non-Latin American migrants pass through Colombia and then on to the very dangerous Darién Gap of Panama.
Children in CBP Custody: Examining Deaths, Medical Care Procedures, and Improper Spending
Hearing: Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities: Examining ICE Contractors’ Response to COVID-19
How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus
Published by The New York Times and the Marshall Project on July 10, 2020.
“Reveals how unsafe conditions and scattershot testing helped turn ICE into a domestic and global spreader of the virus—and how pressure from the Trump administration led countries to take in sick deportees.”
USA v Scott
Published by The New Yorker on July 8, 2020.
A documentary about Scott Warren, an Arizona professor who was arrested and charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and harboring after providing humanitarian aid to migrants in the desert.
Arizona ICE detention center employees test positive for virus
Published by NBC News on July 8, 2020.
ICE’s privately run detention center at Eloy, Arizona has seen nearly half of its employees test positive for COVID-19.
A Migrant Journalist’s Long Journey
Published by the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística on July 6, 2020.
Traces the journey through the Americas, into the United States and ultimately to Canada, of a Congolese journalist fleeing persecution.
COVID-19 and the Deportation Pipeline
Published by The Texas Observer on June 30, 2020.
Asylum seekers’ experience with “Remain in Mexico.”
Hearing: CBP Oversight: Examining the Evolving Challenges Facing the Agency
Beyond the Wall: Borders Should Not Be Barriers to Human Rights
Published by WOLA on June 15, 2020.
A quick review of the crisis that has been created at the border, and how to resolve it.
Closing the Border to Asylum Seekers: Exploiting Pandemic Fears, Endangering Refugees
Published by the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies on May 20, 2020.
Debunking the public health claims the Trump Administration is using as justification to continue turning away asylum seekers at the border.
The Moving Border: Part One, The North
Audio published by National Public Radio’s Latino USA on May 20, 2020.
This report from Ciudad Juárez looks at the Trump administration’s dismantling of asylum and the Mexican government’s surprisingly robust cooperation with it.
What Happens When the U.S. Outsources Asylum?
Published by The New York Times on March 13, 2020.
Coverage of what happens to migrants subject to the so-called “Asylum Cooperation Agreement,” which sends some Salvadoran and Honduran asylum-seekers directly to Guatemala.