TRAC, Oct. 11, 2023 "In July 2023, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports of entry across the United States issued a record number of Notices to Appear—44,900 in total—to immigrants who were found inadmissible under U.S. law. Noncitizens...
Emily Creighton, Tsion Gurmu, AIC, Sept. 21, 2023 "[A] new report publishes some of the documents uncovered in that investigation and reveals the widespread involvement and abusive enforcement tactics used by CBP during the 2020 protests. The following...
Austin Kocher, Ph.D., Sept. 13, 2023 "Migrants around the world who are seeking asylum in North America and Europe are finding pathways to safety increasingly blocked—not only by physical borders but also by digital borders . The most recent example...
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept, Aug. 28, 2023 "The U.S. Border Patrol has been detaining asylum-seekers outdoors in a deadly corner of the Arizona desert for the better part of a year — significantly longer than was previously known — according...
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 29, 2023 "This interpretive rule provides guidance to the public on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s interpretation of the term ‘‘kiosk’’ as used in the Global Entry...
TRAC, Aug. 15, 2023 "The Southwest Border is often represented as a single, uniform line separating the United States and Mexico. But at nearly 2,000 miles, touching four U.S. states and six Mexican states, and crossing multiple terrains and ecosystems,...
WOLA, Aug. 2, 2023 "A U.S.-Mexico border that is well governed and that also treats migrants and asylum seekers humanely can go hand in hand and should not be seen as an unattainable aspiration. For this to happen, U.S. government personnel who abuse human...
AIC, July 27, 2023 " This lawsuit challenges the federal government’s border-wide policy and practice of turning back asylum seekers without a CBP One appointment at ports of entry (POEs) along the southern border, denying them access to the U.S. asylum...
NIP Staff Attorney Ann Garcia writes: "The National Immigration Project and Together & Free jointly released a report on the experiences of asylum seekers in Matamoros and Reynosa two months into the Biden administration's Asylum Ban. Our findings...
Sophia Genovese writes: "[ Here ] is a response from CRCL regarding a complaint the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center filed last year against Cibola County Correctional Center and the ICE El Paso Field Office. As a quick background, our client suffered a knee...
Andrew Free writes: "Judge Anita Brody of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an order denying CBP’s motion for summary judgment on search adequacy, and granting in part Plaintiff Karen Hoffmann’s motion for summary...
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept, June 26, 2023 "Mattia pulled his hand out of his pocket. One second later, the officers and agents let loose of volley of shots — initial reports indicated as many as 38 rounds were fired. Mattia wheeled around then crumpled...
Austin Kocher, Ph.D., June 20, 2023 "As the emerging literature on migration studies has demonstrated, migrants who are seeking asylum around the world are increasingly finding that the process is mediated by a variety of new technologies. While the process...
Hilary Beaumont, Mar. 3, 2023, The Guardian "A new map detailing the location of hundreds of surveillance towers is providing the most comprehensive public look yet at the growing virtual wall at the United States’ southern border. The map, published this...
Dave Maass, EFF, Mar. 20, 2023 "To provide researchers with the tools they need to analyze the impact of U.S. border security policy, EFF is releasing a new map and dataset of more than 290 surveillance towers installed by Customs and Border Protection ...