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Americas | Perspective

A Tale of Two Christmas Seasons at the U.S.-Mexico Border 

These past two years, I have visited detention centers, shelters, and parts of the border fence in Arizona to listen to migrants' stories. Here is what I've found.

December 28, 2023

Americas | Perspective

Refugees International Eyewitness: Pushbacks of Venezuelans on the Guatemalan Border

Countries in the Western Hemisphere must work together to ensure Venezuelans are provided protection and opportunity.

October 31, 2022

Americas | Perspective

Life on the Edge of the Darien Gap

Without more humanitarian support and policies that will reroute people away from the Gap, migrants will continue to be in extremely vulnerable situations.

June 16, 2022

Americas | Perspective

What Title 42 Has Wrought

While we should welcome support and refuge for Ukrainians in need, it must also be available to those fleeing violence and persecution within our hemisphere and without discrimination.

May 26, 2022

Americas | Perspective

#WeCanWelcome: Meet Lorenzo Ortiz, a Mexican American Pastor Welcoming Asylum Seekers

For Lorenzo Ortiz, a Mexican American Baptist pastor, welcoming asylum seekers is the way to live God’s will.

April 7, 2021

Americas | Perspective

Why Should Americans Care About Refugee Resettlement? We Asked U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin

As the Trump administration prepares to decide how many refugees the United States may resettle, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin explains why we need a robust U.S. refugee resettlement program.

September 21, 2020

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‘There are So Many Unknowns’: Gearing Up for COVID-19 Among Asylum Seekers Returned to Mexico

Amid the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggles of everyday life for asylum seekers waiting in Matamoros have been compounded by a new fear—the potential spread of the…

May 8, 2020

Americas | Perspective

Remain in Mexico: A Year of Deliberate Endangerment and Evasion

The Trump administration implemented its Remain in Mexico policy one year ago. Yael Schacher has witnessed and reported on a full assault on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 29, 2020

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