U.S.-Mexico Border

Qué esperar de Trump 2.0: la expansión de restricciones al asilo y la externalización de la frontera

Factsheet
Nov 12, 2024

Esta hoja informativa analiza el esperado endurecimiento de políticas de asilo y fronterizas bajo el segundo mandato de Trump, incluyendo restricciones al acceso al asilo, externalización fronteriza, aumento de deportaciones y reducción de vías migratorias regulares.

CGRS Comment in Response to DHS and DOJ Request for Comments: Securing the Border, 89 FR 81156

Executive Branch Comment
Nov 05, 2024

We submitted our analysis of the government's final rule that essentially closes off asylum during "emergency border circumstances." Our comment urges the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety.

CGRS Comment in Response to DHS and DOJ Request for Comments: Securing the Border, 89 FR 48710 and Presidential Proclamation, 89 FR 48487

Executive Branch Comment
Jul 03, 2024

We submitted our analysis of the government's interim final rule that essentially closes off asylum during "emergency border circumstances." Our comment urges the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety.

CGRS Comment in Response to DHS Request for Comments: Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings, 89 Fed. Reg. 41347

Executive Branch Comment
Jun 12, 2024

We submitted our analysis of the government's proposed rule permitting asylum officers to consider the applicability of statutory bars during initial fear screenings. Our comment urges the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety.

Immigration Advocacy and National Faith, Progressive, Human and Civil Rights Organizations Oppose Further Senate Movement on Anti-Immigrant Legislation

Sign-on Letter
May 15, 2024

This joint statement expresses opposition to reported plans by Leader Schumer and Senate leadership to bring the failed Lankford-Murphy immigration bill, any of its components or paired with other bills, to the floor for a vote.

Precluding Protection: Findings from Interviews with Haitian Asylum Seekers in Central and Southern Mexico

Report
May 08, 2024

Drawn from over 100 interviews with asylum seekers and local service providers in Tapachula and Mexico City, this report discusses myriad barriers to protection and inhumane conditions facing Haitian asylum seekers in Mexico.

Mitos y verdades sobre cambios en las políticas de asilo en la frontera de EE. UU. en la víspera del nuevo gobierno

Factsheet
Jan 15, 2021

Este documento es una hoja informativa sobre mitos y verdades sobre cambios en las políticas de asilo en la frontera de EE. UU. en la víspera del nuevo gobierno.

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