A new border crossing called PedWest opened last year between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Ysidro, in San Diego, California. To cross from Mexico to the United States by foot you walk through a gate,...
In August 2016, Dinora Doe and her now-18-year old daughter arrived at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego fleeing death threats, kidnapping, and rape committed by MS-13, a gang that has...
A group of asylum seekers fleeing gang and drug violence in Honduras and Mexico were improperly turned away at the U.S.-Mexico border by border patrol agents, a lawsuit filed against the U.S...
SAN DIEGO — Immigrant advocacy groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday, alleging that people fleeing persecution are frequently turned away at border crossings with Mexico when they seek asylum or...
Una nueva demanda alega que el gobierno de EEUU utilizó "varias tácticas" ilegales para negarle a un centenar de inmigrantes el acceso al proceso de asilo, luego de que se presentaran a varios puntos...
An immigrant-rights organization, with the backing of two other groups, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing Customs and Border Protection of “systematically” blocking people seeking asylum in...
Last month, I took my first trip to the US military detention camp at Guantánamo Bay to visit Sufyian Barhoumi. As a military handler drove me and my colleagues from the Center for Constitutional...
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President Trump’s fanatical obsession with erecting a wall along the U.S. Southern Border—for which, of course, Mexico would famously assume the role of benefactor —has yet to result in any actual...
Abigail’s husband disappeared in May after he refused to let a Central Mexico drug cartel use his tractor-trailer to transport drugs. When she reported his disappearance to Mexico authorities, the...
