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‘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 …

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US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates
1 year, 8 months ago

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates

Al Jazeera  

Ciudad Juarez blaze that killed at least 38 migrants comes amid increasingly restrictive policies at US-Mexico border. US Customs and Border Protection has been allowing people to seek asylum at a US port of entry only after they secure an appointment through a mobile app that immigrant rights groups say is “unreliable”. “It is just a mountain of countries that …

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Fire at migrant detention facility in Mexico kills 38 men
1 year, 8 months ago

Fire at migrant detention facility in Mexico kills 38 men

Al Jazeera  

Another 28 people injured in deadly blaze at an immigration holding centre in Ciudad Juarez near the US border. At least 38 people died in the fire and 28 injured people were taken to hospitals, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said in a statement. Reporting from Mexico City, Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo said tensions have been high in Ciudad Juarez recently …

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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 …

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Indigenous asylum seekers struggle for interpreters in US
3 years, 5 months ago

Indigenous asylum seekers struggle for interpreters in US

Al Jazeera  

A shortage of translators for Indigenous asylum seekers means many have to wait months or years in Mexico to apply for asylum. “Although Indigenous and other rare languages make up a small number of pending MPP cases—just 337 out of 29,423—the need for language access presents unique challenges for both migrants and the Immigration Courts”, according to an April 26 …

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Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden
3 years, 9 months ago

Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden

LA Times  

As dusk closed in on the Texas border with Mexico, Melania Rivera and her 3-year-old twin boys climbed up the banks of the Rio Grande, at last setting foot in the United States. “A lot of them think that now that Trump is gone, if they arrive with children it will be easy to cross into the United States,” said …

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Rights group urges Biden to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ programme
3 years, 11 months ago

Rights group urges Biden to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ programme

Al Jazeera  

New Human Rights Watch report says US migration programme subjected asylum seekers to harm while in Mexico. The administration of President Donald Trump championed two years ago the United States Migrant Protection Protocols or the “Remain in Mexico” policy, to deter migrants from claiming asylum along the US’s southern border. Human Rights Watch in a report issued on Wednesday said …

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Asylum seekers in limbo look to US election with hope and fear
4 years, 1 month ago

Asylum seekers in limbo look to US election with hope and fear

Al Jazeera  

Medellin, Colombia – When Jose Luis Pino walks outside in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, he is too scared to speak. “We’re just trying to survive until our court date.” He is among more than 67,000 asylum seekers including Cubans, Venezuelans and Central Americans who are stuck on the US border due to a Trump administration policy, Migrant Protection Protocols, also known …

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