Adam IsacsonDaily Border Links: November 8, 2024
Donald Trump reiterates his intention to launch a mass deportation campaign. Dispatches from all along the border and Mexico examine the potential impact and advocates’ response.
Daily Border Links: November 7, 2024
Expectations of a jump in migration before Trump takes office. Advocates, and the governments of Mexico and Guatemala, brace for what is coming.
Daily Border Links: November 6, 2024
A quick, difficult, and probably partial list of the programs and pathways that Donald Trump will curtail, and the new hardline initiatives his administration will undertake.
Daily Border Links: November 5, 2024
Mexican soldiers kill migrants for the 2nd time since October 1. On election eve, Trump threatens high tariffs if Mexico doesn’t seal the border.
Daily Border Links: November 4, 2024
As the election looms, in-depth reports about migration filed from Ecuador, Chiapas, Del Rio, the post-Darién Gap route through Central America, and New York.
Daily Border Links: November 1, 2024
54,000 Border Patrol apprehensions in October, very similar to July-September. A modest drop in Darién Gap migration from September to October.
Daily Border Links: October 31, 2024
A west Texas sheriff, tired of hard-line border politicization, embraces pragmatism. New analyses voice concern about the human impact of US asylum restrictions.
Daily Border Links: October 30, 2024
Migrant kidnappings have risen sharply along Mexico’s southern border in Chiapas. Texas buys a second ranch along the border in order to build its state wall.
Daily Border Links: October 29, 2024
Several analyses published yesterday examine the electoral impact of border and migration trends, and of recent crackdowns in the U.S. and Mexico.
Daily Border Links: October 28, 2024
Panama will start charging hefty fines to people crossing through the Darién Gap. CBS “60 Minutes” looked at “mass deportation” plans.