This month, we share the latest news about obstructions and crackdowns in the immigration system, affecting asylum seekers, detainees at the U.S.–Mexico border, and most recently, immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. In addition, we include coverage of Border Patrol destruction of supplies left in the desert for migrants and arrests of volunteers who put them there. Prosecution an Obstacle to Asylum: In January, Human Rights First released a comprehensive report on the Trump administration’s … [Read more...]
KBI Media Report: December 2017–January 2018
This month’s media report covers various human rights violations and inhumane treatment of migrants and asylum seekers—detention conditions, family separation, rejection at the border—and includes an update on Temporary Protected Status and an open letter from the Jesuits in Latin America and the Caribbean calling for the protection of a Honduran priest under threat. Asylum Seekers Turned Away: With San Diego ports of entry at capacity, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol staff are turning away … [Read more...]
KBI Media Report: November 2017
Our report this month includes news stories about the impact of increasing border arrests on families and asylum seekers, the rise in courthouse arrests of undocumented individuals, and the withdrawal of temporary protection from Haitians in the U.S. Migrant Prosecutions and Separated Families: In recent months, the Trump administration’s immigration policies have resulted in more separated families at the U.S.–Mexico border and the incarceration and prosecution of asylum seekers, a human … [Read more...]
KBI Media Report: October 2017
The major news stories this past month concern the renewal of temporary protected status for eligible immigrants, border wall plans as a diversion from immigration reform and human suffering, and the arrest and detention of a Texas child soon after emergency surgery. Temporary Protected Status: The Trump Administration has announced that it will not renew the temporary protected status (TPS) extended to Nicaraguans in the U.S. who came here after Hurricane Mitch hit Central America in 1998, … [Read more...]
KBI Media Report: September 2017
This month, our report includes stories about the possible reduction in the number of refugees admitted to the U.S., access to legal aid for detainees, and the worrisome detainment of pregnant women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. Lowered Refugee Quota: With a deadline on the horizon, the Trump Administration is considering a reduction in refugee admissions to less than 50,000, the lowest since 1980 and less than half the Obama Administration’s 2016 recommended cap … [Read more...]