Asylum seekers are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is why
2 years ago

Asylum seekers are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is why

LA Times  

The first time Mari Marin Bastidas tried to claim asylum at the U.S. border, she was turned away by authorities who said a policy instituted to slow the spread of COVID-19 meant her case would not even get a hearing. “I’m not going back anymore.” The fate of the policy now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court as anxiety and confusion build on both sides of the border. Before Title 42, the United States considered all asylum claims, which often meant releasing migrants into the U.S. until a court rules on their cases — a process that can take years because of a large backlog. Migrants turning themselves in to U.S. officials stand behind a razor wire barrier by Mexico’s border with El Paso. “It’s time.” Rosalia Castro Sosa, a Sears saleswoman from southern Mexico, arrived in Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, thinking that Title 42 had been lifted as scheduled.

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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. …

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold that he deems excessive. Venezuelan migrants wave a U.S. flag at a television helicopter that flew over the Rio Grande, in Matamoros, Mexico, on May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called …

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with …

Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says
1 year, 6 months ago

Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says

CNN  

CNN — The number of daily encounters along the US-Mexico border has remained low nearly a month after a pandemic-era restriction used by authorities to swiftly turn away migrants was lifted, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Authorities had been bracing for a surge in illegal crossings following the expiration of Title 42 last month, and while officials caution …

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
1 year, 6 months ago

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso Vargas was ready to show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled body. If I can just show the proof I have, I believe the U.S. will let me in.” Asylum-seekers …

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: Earlier this month, as the Biden administration announced the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, the United States also saw the end of a controversial Trump-era public health regulation, known as Title 42. It allowed the US government to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border to seek asylum, on …

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end

LA Times  

Migrants cross the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on May 9. But here, some 1,000 miles from the Rio Grande, the chaotic scene is business as usual: Huge numbers of U.S.-bound migrants — mostly South and Central Americans, but also a mix of people from Africa, Asia and Europe — are making illegal crossings of …

The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world
1 year, 7 months ago

The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world

Al Jazeera  

The Take looks at what the end of the controversial border policy means for migration across the US southern border. It allowed border authorities to reject people looking to seek asylum in the US on the spot and turn them back, on the grounds that they might be carrying COVID-19. The end of Title 42 has many expecting an increase …

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after immigration changes
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after immigration changes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, U.S. officials said Monday. But a high number of migrants are still in U.S. custody, although the number has fallen “significantly” since last week, said Blas Nunez-Neto, assistant …

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after new immigration policy
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after new immigration policy

India Today  

The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50 per cent during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, US officials said Monday. But a high number of migrants are still in US custody, although the number has fallen “significantly” since last week, said Blas Nunez-Neto, assistant …

US returns 2,400 people to Mexico since end of Title 42: Official
1 year, 7 months ago

US returns 2,400 people to Mexico since end of Title 42: Official

Al Jazeera  

US says Mexico and Guatemala have also beefed up border agents on their southern border in wake of new asylum policy. The United States has sent approximately 2,400 people – including Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans – back to Mexico since a contentious border policy known as Title 42 expired late last week, a US official has said. The end of …

‘We’re going to America’: Border hope and fear as Title 42 ends
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We’re going to America’: Border hope and fear as Title 42 ends

Al Jazeera  

Three years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt, changing the way people live, it also fundamentally disrupted an act as old as humanity itself: migration. In the United States, then-President Donald Trump’s administration introduced an emergency health order to stop the spread of COVID-19, targeting people looking to enter from the country’s southern border. The …

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 …

Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions
1 year, 7 months ago

Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The border between the U.S. and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions. Daniel Mora said most of the migrants took heed of flyers distributed this week by U.S. immigration authorities offering …

Some US cities along the southern border say they have not seen a surge of migrants expected after expiration of Title 42
1 year, 7 months ago

Some US cities along the southern border say they have not seen a surge of migrants expected after expiration of Title 42

CNN  

CNN — Amid pressing concerns that a surge of migrant crossings would be triggered by the expiration of the US border restriction policy known as Title 42, some southern border communities have reported receiving fewer-than-expected migrant arrivals since the policy has been lifted. The motion said surging migration coupled with the termination of Title 42 “is overwhelming U.S. Customs and …

AP PHOTOS: Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules
1 year, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules

Associated Press  

At points all along the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, crowds of migrants clutching sacks of belongings or holding the hands of children waited to apply for asylum as new immigration rules took effect. In San Diego, a woman holding a baby held up a wristband to a U.S. border guard to say she was among those waiting longest. Border agents …

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire

Hindustan Times  

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more. The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for them to stay on. On the …

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY

Daily Mail  

Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expired, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace the COVID-era order. Here immigrants lined up to be processed to make asylum claims at a makeshift migrant camp in El Paso Migrants cross the Rio …

Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires

Associated Press  

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. The imminent end of the rules known as Title 42 stirred fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for …

Countdown to Title 42: Migrants Await Fate at the US-Mexico Border
1 year, 7 months ago

Countdown to Title 42: Migrants Await Fate at the US-Mexico Border

News 18  

Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. “We are very tired and hungry and I have been here for six days,” said Pham Thanh, 28, of Vietnam, speaking through the bollards of a …

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to US border as migration policy Title 42 draws to an end

ABC  

Thousands of migrants in Mexico have been clambering onto dangerous freight trains rumbling northward in a scramble to reach the US border by the time the United States ends a tough migration policy. Migrants trying to reach the United States walk by a border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as seen from El Paso, Texas. "There are hundreds of people …

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends
1 year, 7 months ago

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends

Al Jazeera  

Experts say new restrictions at US-Mexico border will continue to impede access to asylum as contentious policy expires. A contentious United States policy that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the border with Mexico has officially ended, as President Joe Biden’s administration readies for an expected influx of arrivals. Washington also finalised a new rule this …

As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border
1 year, 7 months ago

As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border

Al Jazeera  

Advocates fear the US-Mexico border will become a ‘deportation mill’ as new policies narrow avenues for seeking asylum. That is the limbo many asylum seekers face at the US’s southern border, now that the controversial migrant expulsion policy Title 42 has expired — and uncertainty has taken its place. After taking four different flights to arrive in Tijuana, he found …

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California

Daily Mail  

The end of Title 42 immigration authority that the administration has been anticipating for a year has finally arrived, with border agents and officials bracing for uncertain after affects and migrants still rushing to the border. That included about 1,000 arrivals a day in Yuma, Arizona Tuesday, with migrants gathered in Ciudad Juárez hoping to cross border checkpoints when Title …

Huge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin
1 year, 7 months ago

Huge number of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin

Associated Press  

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. U.S. officials have detailed steps they’ve taken, including increasing deportation flights, as they prepare for what many are expecting to be a substantial increase in migrants …

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration

LA Times  

As Title 42 is set to expire, security officials are bracing for what could be an unprecedented influx of migrants seeking asylum along the southern border. Somerton, Arizona Immigrants turn themselves over to U.S Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Ariz., on May 11. San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico Immigrants wait under tents to turn themselves over …

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This
54 years, 11 months ago

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This

Slate  

In March 2020, the Trump administration invoked its authority under Title 42 of the U.S. Code, a public health law, to close the southwest border to virtually anyone crossing in from Mexico. When the COVID-19 public health emergency expires on May 11, the Title 42 immigration restrictions will finally end, leaving it to the Biden administration to craft a new …

US prepares for influx at Mexico border as Title 42 expiry nears
1 year, 7 months ago

US prepares for influx at Mexico border as Title 42 expiry nears

Al Jazeera  

Policy that has allowed US authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at Mexico border will end on Thursday. US President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing for the end of a controversial public health order that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the United States border with Mexico. First imposed by former US President Donald Trump …

‘Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Under a set of white tents at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, dozens of Venezuelan men waited. But he also stressed that the situation at the border is “extremely challenging.” He spoke from a location in Brownsville where U.S. officials had set up a tent and facilities like portable bathrooms for migrants. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent …

Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week
1 year, 7 months ago

Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week

CNN  

CNN — The United States is bracing for the expiration of a pandemic-era border restriction this week, with officials fearing it will spur a surge of migrants and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border. “No matter how much we are prepared, I don’t think we are going to be prepared enough,” John Martin, deputy director of …

Why the US expects a border surge and is deploying troops
1 year, 7 months ago

Why the US expects a border surge and is deploying troops

CNN  

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. CNN — The layer of duct tape that has been holding up US immigration policy will be ripped off, and nobody seems completely ready for what’s next: In preparation for an expected surge of border crossings, the Pentagon is dispatching additional active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border to free …

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see
1 year, 8 months ago

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see

NPR  

A deadly Mexico immigration center fire shows just a sliver of the abuse migrants see Enlarge this image toggle caption Christian Chavez/AP Christian Chavez/AP A surveillance video of the fire that killed dozens of people at an immigration processing center in Ciudad Juárez on Monday night appears to show detainees trapped in a locked cell as uniformed immigration agents are …

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers …

Hundreds of migrants attempt to storm the US-Mexico border
1 year, 9 months ago

Hundreds of migrants attempt to storm the US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children running towards the border, shouting “to the USA.” Mexico: Hundreds of people tried to storm the US-Mexico border on Sunday, after a rumor that migrants would be allowed to cross into the United States. Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children …

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

LA Times  

Cars line up at the Paso del Norte international bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, below, on the border with El Paso, Texas, top, on Nov. 8, 2021. A large group of migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was blocked from crossing a bridge to El Paso over the weekend, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing …

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says
1 year, 11 months ago

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says

CNN  

Washington CNN — Daily migrant encounters along the US-Mexico border have dropped by more than half in January compared to last month, a Homeland Security official tells CNN, citing the expansion of a Trump-era Covid restriction and recently launched programs to legally migrate to the US. Last month, border authorities wrestled with a spike in border encounters, averaging around 7,000 …

US launches online system to seek asylum on Mexican border
1 year, 11 months ago

US launches online system to seek asylum on Mexican border

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government’s latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement. CBPOne is replacing an opaque, bewildering patchwork of exemptions to a public health order known as Title 42 under …

Latinx Files: Immigration and border take center stage again
1 year, 11 months ago

Latinx Files: Immigration and border take center stage again

LA Times  

Texas National Guard troops in El Paso stop migrants from entering a popular crossing area along the bank of the Rio Grande on Dec. 20, as viewed from Juarez, Mexico. The Biden administration announced last Thursday the implementation of a new immigration policy that would expand Title 42 — the once obscure public health law first used by former President …

On eve of Biden’s border visit, migrants fear new rules
1 year, 11 months ago

On eve of Biden’s border visit, migrants fear new rules

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — Several hundred people marched through the streets of El Paso on Saturday afternoon, and when they arrived at a group of migrants huddling outside a church, they sang to them “no estan solos” — “you are not alone.” Around 300 migrants have taken refuge on sidewalks outside Sacred Heart Church, some of them afraid to seek …

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy

LA Times  

A migrant family climbs the northern bank of the Rio Grande in December after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in their attempt to enter El Paso. The Biden administration announced a major shift to its immigration strategy Thursday, expanding the use of a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to quickly turn back migrants at the border while …

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike
2 years ago

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border. Title 42 allows border officials to deny people the right to seek asylum, and they have done so 2.5 million times since March 2020. “I don’t know why it’s taking them …

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling
2 years ago

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in southern Mexico and then jolting railcar rides north toward the U.S. border. Now on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande across from El Paso, Texas, she anxiously awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision on asylum restrictions …

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling
2 years ago

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a …

Tens of thousands migrants wait at U.S. border for asylum limits to end
2 years ago

Tens of thousands migrants wait at U.S. border for asylum limits to end

The Hindu  

EL Paso, Texas Migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico sought shelter from the cold early on 21 December as restrictions that prevented many from seeking asylum in the U.S. remained in place beyond their anticipated end. In El Paso, Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser warned that shelters across the border in Ciudad Juárez were packed to capacity, with an estimated …

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet
2 years ago

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Show up at a border crossing with Mexico and ask a U.S. official for asylum? “I absolutely wish that we had more information to share with folks,” said Kate Clark, senior director for immigration services at Jewish Family Service of San Diego, which has facilitated travel within the United States for more than 110,000 migrants released from …

Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules
2 years ago

Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules

The Independent  

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Photos: Uncertainty among asylum seekers at border over US rules
2 years ago

Photos: Uncertainty among asylum seekers at border over US rules

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of asylum seekers have converged on the US border with Mexico, anticipating the lifting of pandemic-era restrictions, but there is no clear indication of what the process might be to enter the United States. People have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing COVID-19 under …

Biden under pressure to manage influx of asylum seekers ahead of easing of restrictions
2 years ago

Biden under pressure to manage influx of asylum seekers ahead of easing of restrictions

Hindustan Times  

U.S. lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, on Sunday pressed Democratic President Joe Biden to take action to manage an expected wave of asylum seekers at America's southern border when COVID-era restrictions are set to end this week. U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat who also represents Texas, urged Biden to enact a policy requiring people to only request asylum at …

US court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
2 years ago

US court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

REYNOSA, Mexico — Restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years remained on track to expire in a matter of days after an appeals court ruling Friday, as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S. According to the filing, Border Patrol agents stopped single adults 143,903 …

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