Going Beyond Political Agenda – A Resource for Immigrants to Demand Change Post-Election

Going Beyond Political Agenda – A Resource for Immigrants to Demand Change Post-Election

By Linda Nwoke There are over 200 million immigrants all around, making up about 3% of the global population. The number of migrants is increasing as the world’s population increases. Just as the number of countries with borders increases, there is also an increase in the number of migrants. In the United States, scholars like […]

US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them

US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 03-20-2021 80 migrants, mostly Hondurans, live in the Good Samaritan shelter in Ciudad Juárez, they were expelled from the United States under title 42. (Shutterstock) By Elliot Spagat and Christopher Sherman, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to […]

Biden Administration Announces end to Horrific Title 42 Border Policy

Biden Administration Announces end to Horrific Title 42 Border Policy

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12-06-2021 100 migrants were returned to Mexico under title 42 health measure due to the pandemic that is currently being experienced in the world. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that it will be terminating the Title 42 border policy. The U.S. […]

A Leaked Video Exemplifies What Black Migrants Endure in US Detention Centers

A Leaked Video Exemplifies What Black Migrants Endure in US Detention Centers

By John Washington and José Olivares, Business Insider In the fall of 2020, Brandon was playing the FIFA 2020 video game in the rec room of the LaSalle Correctional Center in Louisiana, where he had been locked up for five months. A Salvadoran man, watching the action over Brandon’s shoulder, started joking around, covering Brandon’s […]

Dueling Court Orders May Decide Fate of President Biden’s Title 42 Expulsions

Dueling Court Orders May Decide Fate of President Biden’s Title 42 Expulsions

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact In just under two years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has carried out over 1.5 million rapid “expulsions” of asylum seekers and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border under Title 42, a controversial public health law invoked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 200,000 parents […]

New Border Surveillance Technology Raises Privacy Concerns and Could Increase Deaths

New Border Surveillance Technology Raises Privacy Concerns and Could Increase Deaths

By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that it has been developing and testing robot dogs for use by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) at the U.S.-Mexico border. The robots are just one of several types of new surveillance technology CBP has implemented or tested. This technology raises […]

As Attempted Border Crossings Surge, New Biden Plan Speeds Up Asylum Approval and Deportation

A copy of the plan obtained by NBC News says it “won’t be achieved overnight,” blaming "irrational and inhumane" Trump policies for border problems.

As Attempted Border Crossings Surge, New Biden Plan Speeds Up Asylum Approval and Deportation

By Julia Ainsley, NBC News WASHINGTON — As the number of migrants stopped at the southern border surges to the highest level in two decades, the Biden administration has drafted a 21-point plan to weigh their asylum claims more quickly and deport those who do not qualify, according to a copy of the plan obtained […]

It’s Time to End Title 42

It’s Time to End Title 42

Law enforcement check and search migrants from Colombia after turning themselves over to authorities at the United States and Mexico border May 12, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact One policy first created by the Trump administration is responsible for the greatest restriction on access to our immigration system for asylum […]