We, at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, and the undersigned 288 immigration, civil rights, human rights, and faith-based organizations, are deeply alarmed by a report that your National Security Council is considering sending and “holding” Haitian asylum seekers interdicted at sea by the United States to third countries or an offshore migrant detention center at the Guantánamo Bay military base in Cuba, a site associated equally with cruelty towards Haitians and more recently, lawlessness, torture, and executive overreach.
By Manuel Ayala Tijuana, Mexico, Nov 4 (EFE).- A record total of at least 853 undocumented migrants died while trying to enter the United States from Mexico in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2022, civil organizations said Friday, citing US Border Patrol figures. That tally, which only includes migrants identified or processed in the …
We, the undersigned organizations committed to the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, write to express our deep disappointment and shock at the announcement that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding the use of Title 42 to expel Venezuelans seeking refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
At the Mexico-U.S. border city of Tijuana, migrant crises aren’t new. But as thousands of Ukrainians try to make their way into the U.S., this epicenter of migration is witnessing how different asylum seekers all needy are treated differently. The result? A growing debate on America’s southern border over implicit racism and the preferential treatment of some migrants over others.
By Manuel Ayala Tijuana, Mexico, May 23 (EFE).- The blocking of planned end to Title 42, a regulation used by the United States to expel undocumented immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, dashed the hopes of thousands of migrants in Mexico who had been waiting for Monday, when the measure was to be scrapped. Many of …