Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — In 2014, groups of unaccompanied children escaping violence in Central America overwhelmed U.S. border authorities in South Texas. A Trump-era ban on asylum, granted a brief extension by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday, was one of the U.S. policies affecting migrants’ decisions to leave their homes. “Many things happened at once but, in the end, men and our governments are responsible.” After hosting legal workshops for Haitians in Tijuana, Vazquez helped bring chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen to the city’s migrant shelters for four years. Many Venezuelans gather at Mexico’s asylum office that opened in Tijuana in 2019 and processed more than 3,000 applications in each of the last two years from dozens of countries, led by Haitians and Hondurans.

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As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for influx of vulnerable migrants
1 week ago

As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for influx of vulnerable migrants

Hindustan Times  

As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. “We’re praying for God’s protection because we don’t expect anything from the government.” Now, as US President-elect Donald Trump …

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border

Associated Press  

The article explores the intricate and complex control exercised by organized crime over the flow of migrants on their journey to the US border. It highlights the strict control of who moves here by cartel members, with migrants often forced to pay hefty ransoms for their release. The article also sheds light on the violence and extortion tactics employed by …

Thousands of Migrants Leave Mexico in Last Week Ahead of Election
2 months ago

Thousands of Migrants Leave Mexico in Last Week Ahead of Election

Associated Press  

A large group of 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday in a bid to reach the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, which has been a key issue regarding immigration. The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, believe a new administration in the U.S. could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called …

U.S. expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north
4 months ago

U.S. expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north

LA Times  

Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, as they journey toward the U.S. border. World & Nation Migrants play ‘the asylum lottery’ on controversial U.S. government app Depending on whom you ask, the federal immigration app CBP One is a solution to the border crisis, a human rights violation or a ploy to let anyone …

In a win for Mexico, US will expand areas for migrants to apply online for entry at southern border
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In a win for Mexico, US will expand areas for migrants to apply online for entry at southern border

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Biden administration will expand areas where migrants can apply online for appointments to enter the United States to a large swath of southern Mexico, officials said Saturday, potentially easing strains on the Mexican government and lessening dangers for people trying to reach the U.S. border to claim asylum. Migrants will be able to schedule appointments on …

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US
4 months, 4 weeks ago

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. “All of us here are hard-working human beings, we’re fighters,” said Laydi Sierra, a Venezuelan migrant …

Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden’s asylum ban takes hold
6 months, 1 week ago

Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden’s asylum ban takes hold

Associated Press  

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests, while others have yet to see much of a change. In Tijuana, directors of four large shelters said this week that they haven’t received a single migrant deported since the asylum ban took effect. …

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.? Wear out migrants
6 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.? Wear out migrants

LA Times  

Yeneska Garcia, a Venezuelan migrant, cries during a meal at a shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, on Friday. “Mexico is the wall,” said Josue Martínez, a psychologist at Villahermosa’s only migrant shelter, Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito, which was bracing for a crush of people under Biden’s measure to halt asylum processing when U.S. officials deem that the southern …

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants
6 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants

Associated Press  

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. “Mexico is the wall,” said Josue Martínez, a psychologist at Villahermosa’s only migrant shelter, Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito, which was bracing for a crush of people under Biden’s measure to halt asylum processing when U.S. officials …

Northern Mexico: More than 11,000 migrants waiting amid border surge
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Northern Mexico: More than 11,000 migrants waiting amid border surge

CNN  

CNN — While thousands of migrants enter the US illegally every day, more than 11,000 people continue to wait in shelters and camps on the Mexican side of the border, CNN has learned from community leaders. The waiting migrants feel “desperate,” according to Cañas – but many have put trust in mechanisms like the CBP One app, which automates scheduling …

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The contingent, including many women and children, later stopped walking at Huixtla, another town in the southern state of Chiapas, where they tried to get …

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter
1 year, 4 months ago

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter

Associated Press  

MATAMOROS, Mexico — At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes. Mexico’s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group are offering what may be at least a partial solution to conditions in this and other camps just …

Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
1 year, 7 months ago

Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. Segismundo Doguín, Mexico’s …

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
1 year, 7 months ago

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations adopted …

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

The US is seeing an influx of migrants at its southern border with Mexico as a pandemic-era policy came to an end this week. “The question keeps coming up: ‘What now?’ I’ve been asking that question for two years, with no answers,” Nicholls said. “We are at a situation we’ve never been at before.” ‘It may not be enough’ Leaders …

Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans
1 year, 10 months ago

Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a pandemic-era order, the Biden administration said Wednesday. “It is incomprehensible that some states who stand to benefit from these highly effective enforcement measures are seeking to block them and cause …

Understanding the surge in migration at the US-Mexico border
1 year, 11 months ago

Understanding the surge in migration at the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Rising number of migrant and refugee arrivals is problem decades in the making and made worse by US policy, experts say. US Customs and Border Protection reported more than 2.2 million migrant “encounters” during the 2022 fiscal year, which ran from October 2021 to the end of September 2022. US President Joe Biden, who has tried to reverse some of …

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies
2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies

The Independent  

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US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico
2 years, 2 months ago

US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Jose Maria Garcia Lara got a call asking if his shelter had room for a dozen Venezuelan migrants who were among the first expelled to Mexico under an expanded U.S. policy that denies rights to seek asylum. The U.S. expelled Venezuelans to Tijuana and four other Mexican border cities since Wednesday, said Jeremy MacGillivray, deputy director of …

Increase in Venezuelan migration is felt across US
2 years, 3 months ago

Increase in Venezuelan migration is felt across US

Associated Press  

EAGLE PASS, Texas — It cost Nerio two months and everything he had to get from Venezuela to the U.S., traveling mainly by foot and watching as exhausted fellow migrants were assaulted or left behind to die. Like an increasing number of Venezuelans, Nerio undertook a dangerous journey that included traveling through Panama’s notorious jungle, the Darien Gap, and Mexico, …

DC EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener
2 years, 5 months ago

DC EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener

Deccan Chronicle  

The gruesome end that at least 51 illegal migrants met with in super-hot conditions inside a packed trailer on a secluded road near San Antonio, Texas came in one of the biggest tragedies to strike criminal human trafficking near the US-Mexico border. It is a microcosm of the world’s problem of the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor, …

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

Photos: US-bound migrant caravan set to trek through Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants and refugees began receiving temporary Mexican visas as they prepared to continue their trek towards the United States. They had set up a temporary camp on a basketball court in the southern Mexican town of Huixtla, some 40km from where they began their journey close to the Guatemala border. Immigration authorities in Huixtla began slowly …

US allows Ukrainians fleeing war into the country through Mexico
2 years, 9 months ago

US allows Ukrainians fleeing war into the country through Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Mexican official says at least 310 Ukrainians have reached the northern border city of Tijuana by air this month. Some Ukrainians fleeing the Russian military invasion of their country are being allowed to enter the United States through its southern border with Mexico, despite a US policy to turn away most asylum seekers. In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, …

Mexican authorities evict Tijuana migrant camp near border
2 years, 10 months ago

Mexican authorities evict Tijuana migrant camp near border

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — About a hundred members of the police, National Guard and army on Sunday evicted 381 migrants, mainly Central Americans and Mexicans, from a makeshift camp they had been staying in for almost a year in Tijuana at the U.S. border crossing. “It’s inhumane because they did it at dawn and the children were asleep,” said Mexican migrant …

Mexico steps up migrant raids in city near Guatemalan border
2 years, 10 months ago

Mexico steps up migrant raids in city near Guatemalan border

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican immigration agents and National Guard have stepped up raids on migrants staying in small hotels and on the streets of the southern city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, activists said Thursday. The city has become a sort of way station for migrants from Central America, Haiti, Cuba and other places, because Mexico requires many people …

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January
2 years, 10 months ago

Number of migrants detained in Mexico surged 78% in January

The Independent  

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Guatemalan police find 54 Haitian migrants in truck trailer
3 years, 1 month ago

Guatemalan police find 54 Haitian migrants in truck trailer

Al Jazeera  

Migrants were ‘transported to the border’ with Honduras, from where they had entered Guatemala illegally. Police in Guatemala have found 54 Haitian migrants, including 14 children, travelling towards Mexico in a truck trailer with the hope of reaching the United States, according to officials. Scores of Haitians have arrived in Central America trying to reach the US, adding to the …

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico
3 years, 1 month ago

2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city
3 years, 1 month ago

Mexico: Thousands of migrants set off from southern city

Al Jazeera  

Migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the US border, before stopping to rest for the night. More than 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers, mainly Central Americans, began walking out of a city in southern Mexico on Saturday where they have essentially been trapped. The migrants walked along a highway leading west and north towards the United …

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico
3 years, 2 months ago

Over 2,000 migrants march out of southern city in Mexico

The Independent  

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Mexico sends 70 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince by plane
3 years, 2 months ago

Mexico sends 70 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince by plane

Al Jazeera  

Removal from Mexico follows US expulsions of thousands of Haitian asylum seekers, which drew widespread criticism. Mexico has sent a group of 70 Haitian migrants, including 13 children, on a plane to Port-au-Prince, in what the government said was part of an “assisted voluntary return” to Haiti. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Mexico’s interior and foreign ministries said the …

Haitians heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico
3 years, 2 months ago

Haitians heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico

The Independent  

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All migrants are gone from Texas border camp: Officials
3 years, 2 months ago

All migrants are gone from Texas border camp: Officials

The Hindu  

No migrants remained Friday at the Texas border encampment where almost 15,000 people — most of them Haitians — had converged just days earlier seeking asylum, local and federal officials said. At a news conference, Del Rio Mayor Buno Lozano called it “phenomenal news.” Many face expulsion because they are not covered by protections recently extended by the Biden administration …

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city
3 years, 3 months ago

Feeling trapped, migrants’ fears grow in Mexican border city

Associated Press  

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico — After more than a week at this crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border, Haitian migrant Nelson Saintil felt like the walls were beginning to close in on him and his family. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute has not provided numbers on how many migrants have been moved from Ciudad Acuña in recent days. “It is the new United …

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next
3 years, 3 months ago

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

NPR  

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next Enlarge this image toggle caption Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images We've been following the story of thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, camping out under a bridge in a Texas border town. The Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition said it's helped …

Haitian trip to Texas border often starts in South America
3 years, 3 months ago

Haitian trip to Texas border often starts in South America

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Robins Exile downed a traditional meal of plantains and chicken at a restaurant run by Haitian immigrants, just a short walk from the walled border with the United States. Discussion Monday at the Tijuana restaurant offered a snapshot of Haitians’ diaspora in the Western Hemisphere, which picked up steam in 2016 and has shown little sign of …

US officials defend expulsion of Haitians from Texas town
3 years, 3 months ago

US officials defend expulsion of Haitians from Texas town

Associated Press  

DEL RIO, Texas — More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants have been removed from an encampment at a Texas border town, U.S. officials said Monday as they defended a strong response that included immediately expelling migrants to their impoverished Caribbean country and faced criticism for using horse patrols to stop them from entering the town. Mayorkas and U.S. Border …

Haitians Pushed To U.S. Border By Misinformation Now Angry At Deportation
3 years, 3 months ago

Haitians Pushed To U.S. Border By Misinformation Now Angry At Deportation

NPR  

Haitians Pushed To U.S. Border By Misinformation Now Angry At Deportation NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald and John Holman of Al Jazeera English about the Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and those being returned to Haiti. CORNISH: John, it's been reported that Mexican authorities are bussing people away from the border. My colleague …

US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas
3 years, 3 months ago

US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas

Associated Press  

DEL RIO, Texas — The U.S. flew Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland Sunday and tried blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signaled the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. In all, U.S. authorities moved …

US begins to deport Haitian migrants from Texas border camp
3 years, 3 months ago

US begins to deport Haitian migrants from Texas border camp

Al Jazeera  

US border agents have begun expelling planeloads of mostly Haitian migrants from a large makeshift camp they had set up on the Texas border with Mexico, with repatriation flights arriving in Haiti on Sunday. Washington began sending back members of this group on Sunday, with three flights full of Haitian nationals landing in the capital Port-au-Prince after taking off from …

500 Haitians reported walking though Mexico toward US border
3 years, 3 months ago

500 Haitians reported walking though Mexico toward US border

The Independent  

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Mexico faces migration crises on northern, southern borders
3 years, 3 months ago

Mexico faces migration crises on northern, southern borders

Al Jazeera  

Mexico has faced immigration pressures from the north, south and within its own borders in recent weeks, putting it in an increasingly difficult position. Mexico’s northern border Concern has been growing in northern Mexico since the US Supreme Court ordered the restart of the controversial programme that made asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are processed. The Trump-era …

‘We can’t survive’: Migrants in Mexico protest slow asylum system
3 years, 3 months ago

‘We can’t survive’: Migrants in Mexico protest slow asylum system

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers join caravan bound for Mexico City to demand expedited asylum proceedings. Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Saturday in a caravan headed to the country’s capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings. The caravan comes after days of …

US border: Rising Covid concerns could slow plans to scrap Trump-era policy
3 years, 5 months ago

US border: Rising Covid concerns could slow plans to scrap Trump-era policy

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Biden administration may delay winding down a Trump-era border policy tied to the pandemic due to increasing concerns about Covid-19 variants, according to a source familiar with the matter. The administration – under fire from both conservatives and liberals on immigration – had been considering ending the public health order that’s allowed for the swift expulsion …

US and Mexico are putting migrant minors in ‘harm’s way’: report
3 years, 6 months ago

US and Mexico are putting migrant minors in ‘harm’s way’: report

Al Jazeera  

A report published by Amnesty International found that the US and Mexico returned tens of thousands of migrant children. “What we have found is that both the US and Mexican governments were sending tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children back to their countries of origin without adequate screening for the harm that they could face there,” Brian Griffey, Amnesty’s …

Migration at US-Mexico border still high, despite Biden’s efforts
3 years, 6 months ago

Migration at US-Mexico border still high, despite Biden’s efforts

Al Jazeera  

More than 180,000 migrants crossed into the US border in May, a 20-year high and up slightly from last month. The number of migrants arriving in the United States through its southern border with Mexico remained high during the month of May, despite sustained diplomatic efforts by the Biden administration to stem the surge. According to statistics published by the …

Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection
3 years, 6 months ago

Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection

Associated Press  

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Adrián is trying to settle in to his third new city since 2016, when his wife was raped and mother was killed in Haiti. “Why do they send us back to Haiti?” he said outside a cheap Mexican hotel blocks from the border with El Paso, Texas, where he was living with his wife and about …

Mexico faces crisis of migrant children and families, with little housing and few resources
3 years, 7 months ago

Mexico faces crisis of migrant children and families, with little housing and few resources

LA Times  

Justin Soler, 12, alongside the freight-train tracks in Coatzacoalcos in Mexico’s Veracruz state, a migrant hub en route to the U.S. border. “The situation for migrant families and minors in Mexico is very grave.” More than 150,000 migrant family members are in transit throughout Mexico, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund. “We are deeply concerned that living conditions for …

Migrant arrivals at US-Mexico border rose slightly in April
3 years, 7 months ago

Migrant arrivals at US-Mexico border rose slightly in April

Al Jazeera  

New data shows the number of migrant children travelling alone to the US dropped by 12 percent from March to April. The number of migrants arriving at the United States’ southern border with Mexico rose slightly during the month of April compared with the previous month, according to the latest official figures, while the number of children travelling alone to …

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