Mexico
Advocates Left A Meeting With Biden Officials Over Plans To Restart A Trump-Era Border Policy
The Biden administration said it was being forced by a court order to restart the Remain in Mexico policy as soon as mid-November.
Adolfo Flores
“American Dirt” Tries To Pretend That Immigration Isn’t Political
As a formerly undocumented Mexican immigrant, I’ve longed for more books telling our stories to be published and celebrated. Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt is not what I was hoping for.
Julissa Arce
The Biden Administration Is Providing Legal Representation For Certain Immigrant Children In Eight US Cities
The new initiative will provide government-funded legal representation to certain children in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.
Hamed Aleaziz
Meet A Photographer Who Documents The Culture Of Mesoamerican Indigenous Communities
“Culture is not aesthetic. It changes through others.”
Pia Peterson
Immigrants Who Escaped The Texas Camp Crackdown Are Facing Another Set Of Dire Circumstances In Mexico
“I’d like to stay here in Mexico, but I’m scared because I don’t have permission to be here,” one immigrant told BuzzFeed News. “I don't know what to do."
Adolfo Flores
Haitians Who Fled The US Border Are Now Facing Nights Of Raids And Terror In Mexico
One Haitian father, chased from the US border by dire conditions and the threat of deportation flights, defended his family from armed Mexican officials at a hotel in an early morning standoff.
Adolfo Flores
Thousands Of Haitians Lack Food, Water, And Medicine At A Bleak US–Mexico Border Camp
Natural disasters and political instability have for years sent Haitians fleeing their country. Now they’ve made camp at the US border: “This is worse than being in prison.”
Adolfo Flores
Biden’s Border Policy Is Trapping LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers In Dangerous Conditions In Mexico
"We're exposed here and very scared of what might happen to us now."
Adolfo Flores
People Talk About What It’s Like Living On The US–Mexico Border Now
“The more violence we experience, the more deportees they send.”
Eléonore Hamelin
The Trauma Of Immigrating Didn't Stop When I Crossed The Border
My parents destroyed our family when they immigrated to the US — but I'm still grateful they did. (An excerpt from The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives.)
Reyna Grande
What Happens To A Family When Its Larger-Than-Life Patriarch Dies?
"If he was anything, Big Angel was the father and patriarch of the entire clan. And, by the way (bi de guey), the de La Cruz family has been around here since before your grandparents were even born." (An excerpt from Luís Alberto Urrea's novel The House of Broken Angels)
Luis Alberto Urrea
“Remain In Mexico” Asylum-Seekers Thought There Was Hope Under Biden, But Despair Is Sinking Back In
"One day we were waiting on the call to enter the US, and the next we don't know if we will ever be allowed in."
Adolfo Flores
Selena Quintanilla Helped Me Learn How To Be Chicano
I thought being Mexican-American was about losing the Mexican to become the American. Selena didn't.
John Paul Brammer
These Asylum-Seekers Were Turned Away By Trump After Fleeing Deadly Violence. Now They Have A Second Chance.
“I felt like I was losing my strength."
Hamed Aleaziz
Biden Is Expanding A Plan To Bring Back Asylum-Seekers Who Were Forced To Wait In Dangerous Mexican Border Towns
Nearly 28,000 immigrants were ordered deported without being present at their last court hearing under Trump-era restrictions that put them at high risk of violent crime while they waited in Mexico.
Hamed Aleaziz
Biden Wants Mexico To Do More To Stop Immigrants Trying To Cross The US Border
The White House is continuing to pressure Mexico to do more within its own borders to alleviate pressure at the southern border.
Hamed Aleaziz
They Missed Their US Asylum Hearings Fearing The Cartel Would Kill Them. Now They’re Stuck In Mexico.
"It's like seeking refuge in Canada and being sent to wait in Afghanistan where you might be killed."
Hamed Aleaziz
A Man And His Nephew Are Still Grappling With The Trauma Of Being Separated At The Border Under The Biden Administration
“I feel so empty, and the emptiness keeps growing every day.”
Adolfo Flores
He Bought The Land Where He Crossed Into The US Illegally. Now He’s Offering It Up To Other Immigrants To Do The Same.
“I was undocumented once myself. Who am I to stop them?”
Adolfo Flores
These Photographs Show The Dire Conditions Immigrants Face At The US–Mexico Border
Despite President Joe Biden maintaining key restrictions at the border, thousands of people are braving harsh conditions for a chance of getting into the US.
Pia Peterson
A Record Number Of Immigrant Children Are Crossing The Border Alone As Biden Continues To Expel Most Asylum-Seekers
"The government thinks people are just going to go away if they say no to them 10 times, but what they're really doing is causing a buildup in Mexico."
Adolfo Flores
Black Immigrants Are Facing Rampant Racism In Mexico While Waiting For US Asylum: "We Have No Choice"
“We have to go through it. It is something we experience every day, and we are used to it.”
Nisha Venkat
Biden Said He’s Negotiating With Mexico To Take Back More Families At The Southern Border
With no space to hold the families in US facilities, and Mexico refusing to take them back, they’ve started to be released in Texas border cities.
Hamed Aleaziz
“When The Bus Took Off, We All Cheered”: Asylum-Seekers Trump Forced To Wait In Mexico Are Now Arriving In The US
"My wife looked over at me and said she wished we had graduation hats to throw into the air."
Adolfo Flores
This Billionaire Has Been Partying Through The Pandemic While His Company’s Workers Died
Ricardo Salinas Pliego has seen his net worth rise to $13.5 billion during the pandemic. But while he’s partied on his yacht, his workers have faced deadly conditions that violate Mexico’s pandemic rules.
Karla Zabludovsky
Biden Is Planning To Bring Back Immigrants Who Were Forced To Wait In Dangerous Mexican Border Towns
The Biden administration’s plan will start slowly at three ports of entry and target those who were forced into Trump's controversial "Remain in Mexico" program.
Hamed Aleaziz
Mexican Influencers Are Getting Called Out For Promoting Abuse. Has the Country’s #MeToo Movement Finally Turned a Corner?
Some of Mexico's most popular influencers are being accused of sexual assault — but many of the women who speak out are getting victim-blamed.
Karla Zabludovsky
Immigration Advocates Hope Biden Will Address Overlooked Family Separations At The Border
"It's mind-boggling that Border Patrol agents are given this much power and leeway to make those decisions."
Adolfo Flores
Days After Trump's Mob Attacked The Capitol, He Went To The Border To Talk About The Wall He Never Built
“He's going back to what's been tested and what works for him,” one local immigration advocate said.
Adolfo Flores
Julian Assange Has Been Offered Asylum In One Of The Most Dangerous Countries For Free Speech
A British judge rejected the US’s request for Assange’s extradition. Now Mexico has stepped in.
Karla Zabludovsky
