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Limits on Access to Asylum After Title 42: One Month of Monitoring U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry

Jun 23, 2023
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Refugees & Asylum Seekers
  • Description

Following the end of Title 42 and the implementation of new restrictions, a working group of U.S., Mexican, and international NGOs that provide humanitarian and legal support to asylum seekers and migrants in the border region conducted targeted in-person monitoring at ports of entry to understand the impact of these policy shifts on access to asylum. Between May 11 and June 12, 2023, observations took place at six ports of entry in California (San Ysidro and Otay Mesa), Arizona (Dennis DeConcini), and Texas (Bridge of the Americas, Paso Del Norte and Ysleta) that adjoin the Mexican cities of Tijuana, Nogales, and Ciudad Juárez.

The monitors' key findings include practices by U.S. and Mexican authorities that restricted asylum seekers without CBP One appointments from physically reaching ports of entry; limited processing or metering of asylum seekers without CBP One appointments; and a lack of adequate and accurate information for asylum seekers.

  • Copyright
  • Copyright 2023 by International Rescue Committee, JRS, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Refugee Health Alliance, Refugee Health Alliance, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Espacio Migrante, Espacio Migrante, Kino Border Initiative - Iniciativa Kino para la Frontera, and Kino Border Initiative - Iniciativa Kino para la Frontera. All rights reserved.
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