Articles for Many Migrants

Many Americans can’t afford to retire. It’s even harder for undocumented migrants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Many Americans can’t afford to retire. It’s even harder for undocumented migrants

LA Times  

If Maria del Carmen Díaz, 69, and Jose Carlos Silva, 67, had the retirement of their dreams, they’d own a house somewhere in the California desert. “If you don’t have papers, you can’t stop; you have to keep working,” said Silva, who crossed the border in 1994, fleeing an economic crisis in Mexico. “It’s not fair,” said Silva’s 36-year-old daughter, …

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This gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood has a Soho House — and a migrant encampment
7 months, 2 weeks ago

This gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood has a Soho House — and a migrant encampment

LA Times  

In the rapidly gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood of Juarez, tourists roll suitcases to luxury Airbnbs, and music bumps from pool parties at Soho House, a new members-only club. “Even if it’s a tent.” Karenis Álvarez, 36, and her 17-year-old son from Venezuela make arepas outside their tent in Mexico City’s Juarez neighborhood. The sprawling encampment has triggered protests from angry …

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As migration to the US border rises, experts fear surge in sexual violence
1 year ago

As migration to the US border rises, experts fear surge in sexual violence

Al Jazeera  

Groups like Doctors Without Borders report an increase in sexual assault cases around migration hot spots like the Darién Gap. Experts say the problem extends well beyond the Darién Gap, with women and girls facing sexual violence all along the migration route — and across the US border too. “It’s very sad that the ‘anti-Mexico vaccine’ means women take for …

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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 …

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Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system
1 year, 7 months ago

Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system

The Independent  

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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 …

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AP PHOTOS: Migrants attempt to cross into the U.S. before Title 42 ends
1 year, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Migrants attempt to cross into the U.S. before Title 42 ends

Associated Press  

Clasping exhausted children, desperate migrants tried to make their way to the United States Thursday before the end of the pandemic-era health rule known as Title 42. 1 of 24 | A group of migrants sleep in a makeshift campsite as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. The Biden …

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Migrants stranded in northern Colombia struggling to survive
3 years, 4 months ago

Migrants stranded in northern Colombia struggling to survive

Al Jazeera  

Colombia and Panama to hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the passage of thousands of migrants stranded in the border region. For years, the coastal town of Necocli, in Colombia’s Antioquia province, has been a key transit point for migrants seeking to cross Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap region northwards in search of protection and better opportunities. There are 12 …

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Biden’s bind: Dismantling Trump immigration policies without sparking a border rush
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden’s bind: Dismantling Trump immigration policies without sparking a border rush

LA Times  

A day after an SUV packed with migrants crashed in Imperial County last week, leaving 13 dead, police in southern Mexico encountered a disturbing scene: more than 200 U.S.-bound Central Americans, a quarter of them children without adult supervision, crammed inside a tractor trailer. “There has been an erroneous perception on the part of many migrants that it is going …

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