This month's media coverage includes an article that focuses on the ways that the U.S. has relied on the labor of those who harvest our food as essential, yet also does not offer a path to documentation--a fact the pandemic is bringing to light. Additionally, we include a summary and analysis of a KBI Facebook Live event featuring the voices of migrants in Nogales and the pressures the U.S. is putting on Mexican factories to remain open, in spite of the death and illness the decision is … [Read more...]

This month's media report focuses on the expansion of a program that quickly determines the cases of asylum-seekers while they are still in custody, without access to lawyers; the continued construction of the border wall in Arizona, and a particularly devastating expansion on indigenous sacred land; and the uncertainty surrounding the Remain in Mexico policy after tumultuous decisions by the Ninth Circuit court of appeals.  1) Expansion of programs that “fast-track” asylum-seekers: … [Read more...]

Our media report this month covers the expanded use of power by individual Border Patrol agents, which have the potential to profoundly impact the outcome of asylum-seekers' cases; the disappointing ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the "public charge rule," and a recently released study that demonstrates the high numbers of people who are killed or assaulted following their deportation from the U.S. to El Salvador.  1) Border Patrol agents’ expanded powers: Under the Trump … [Read more...]