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What could asylum processing look like after border expulsions end?

SAN DIEGO — Days before he was scheduled to go to the San Ysidro Port of Entry with his family to request asylum, a 7-year-old boy died in Tijuana.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

Mexico officials abused 47% of migrants awaiting US asylum, rights group says

Nearly half of asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” program to await a U.S. immigration court hearing said they’d been abused by local officials, according to a Human Rights First report released Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022

Migrants still being blocked by ‘really dangerous’ Trump-era Covid policy

Public health experts say Title 42 is counterproductive, forcing people into unsafe and unsanitary conditions

The Guardian - US · Sep 8, 2022

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Supreme Court rules 'Remain in Mexico' can end. Now asylum seekers wait in Tijuana to see if it really will

TIJUANA, Mexico — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration can end the "Remain in Mexico" program, but life does not appear likely to change much for asylum seekers waiting in Tijuana for their U.S. immigration court cases — at least for the near future.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

Some Afghan refugees now have a chance to avoid terrorism designation that blocked their path to US

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 14, 2022

US detention of asylum seekers ‘inhumane and wasteful’: Report

Human Rights First says asylum seekers were jailed on average for 3.7 months after being allowed into the United States.

Al Jazeera · Apr 21, 2022

US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire

High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2022

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US rights groups welcome Title 42’s likely end, want more details

Rights advocates welcome reported plan to end US border restriction in May, but demand immediate end to expulsions.

Al Jazeera · Mar 31, 2022

Biden administration unveils new asylum rule on US-Mexico border

US says new rule will expedite asylum claim processing, but rights groups caution it may lead to quick deportations.

Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2022

CDC To Stop Using COVID as Excuse To Expel Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

There are no public health gains from booting kids out of the country.

Reason · Mar 23, 2022

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