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Metering Update: November 2021
This report provides an update on asylum waitlists, asylum seekers, and migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border amid the suspension of CBP’s asylum processing and the Title 42 exemption processes. It documents approximately 26,505 asylum seekers on waitlists in eight Mexican border cities. This is an approximately 29 percent increase from August 2021, when there…
How Many Mexicans and Central Americans Are Heading North?
Stephanie Leutert, September 2021
Metering Update: August 2021
This report provides an update on asylum waitlists, asylum seekers, and migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border amid CBP’s asylum processing suspension and the Title 42 exemption processes. It documents approximately 20,600 asylum seekers on waitlists in eight Mexican border cities. This is an approximately 10 percent increase from May 2021, when there were 18,680…
Metering Update: May 2021
This report provides an update on metering lists, asylum seekers, and migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border amid CBP’s asylum processing suspension. It documents approximately 18,680 asylum seekers on waitlists in eight Mexican border cities. This is an approximately 15 percent increase from February 2021, when there were 16,250 asylum seekers on the lists.
Metering Update: February 2021
This report provides an update on metering lists, asylum seekers, and migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border amid CBP’s asylum processing suspension. It documents approximately 16,250 asylum seekers on waitlists in 9 Mexican border cities.
Migrant Protection Protocols Update: December 2020
This update by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to provide a snapshot of the current Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) situation across the U.S.-Mexico border. The aim is to document the current state of the program, particularly in regard to pending MPP cases, detail…
Metering Update: November 2020
In April 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership issued guidance that allowed officers to limit asylum seekers’ access to ports of entry. This guidance permitted CBP officers to be stationed at the United States’ international boundary with Mexico and inform arriving asylum seekers that U.S. ports of entry were full. Simultaneously, CBP officers…
Metering Update: August 2020
In April 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership issued guidance that allowed officers to limit asylum seekers’ access to ports of entry. This guidance permitted CBP officers to be stationed at the United States’ international boundary with Mexico and inform arriving asylum seekers that U.S. ports of entry were full. Simultaneously, CBP officers…
Migrant Protection Protocols: Implementation and Consequences for Asylum Seekers in Mexico (2019-20)
In November 2018, the United States and Mexico negotiated the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Before MPP, asylum seekers were allowed to wait in the United States during their asylum cases. However, with MPP, asylum seekers are now forced to wait in Mexican border cities as their cases move through the U.S. immigration system. In January…
Protocolos de Protección a Migrantes: Implementación y Consecuencias para los Solicitantes de Asilo en México (2019-20)
En noviembre de 2018, Estados Unidos y México negociaron los Protocolos de Protección de Migrantes (PPM). Antes de los PPM, a los solicitantes de asilo se les permitía esperar en los Estados Unidos durante sus casos de asilo. Sin embargo, con los PPM, los solicitantes de asilo ahora se ven obligados a esperar en las…