
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 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 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 Human Rights First on July 15, 2020.
Details the human rights impact of the third-country transit ban that the Trump administration imposed in July 2019 and a federal court struck down on June 30, 2020.
Published by Amnesty International on May 21, 2020.
A report on ICE’s new practice, during the COVID-19 pandemic, of giving migrants in family detention the choice of either separating from their children or staying together in indefinite detention.
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 18, 2020.
GAO “found that separations from June 2018 through March 2019 weren’t accurately tracked—and agents inconsistently recorded details.” (link at gao.gov)
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 18, 2020.
GAO finds that when DHS components fail to share information with each other on apprehended migrant families, the Department “risks removing individuals from the country who may be eligible for relief or protection based on their family relationships.” (link at gao.gov)
Published by Physicians for Human Rights on February 25, 2020.
An investigation of 17 adults and 9 children who had been separated in CBP custody finds “pervasive symptoms and behaviors consistent with trauma.”
Published by ProPublica on January 31, 2020.
An investigation into the human consequences of giving broad discretionary powers to an agency with insufficient training and capacity.