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The treatment of asylum seekers under U.S. policy, including changes to asylum eligibility and expulsions.
-era policies reduced lawful humanitarian admissions and made it harder for asylum seekers to obtain protection: the administration lowered to historic lows and presided over falling asylum grants and...
, a public‑health order invoked during the , and the (known as “Remain in ” or MPP) reshaped asylum processing by turning expedited expulsions and mandatory waits in Mexico into primary tools for cont...
expulsions were a public‑health instrument first deployed in March 2020 that allowed to expel migrants immediately rather than process them under , and they accounted for a very large share of U.S. “r...
Civil-rights groups criticized administration for running a that prioritized speed and volume over individualized due process, used detention and summary removal practices that harmed families and asy...
“” are raw, event-based counts of interactions between migrants and U.S. authorities at ports of entry, land borders and other points, while net changes in the unauthorized immigrant population measur...
The best public tally of people encountered trying to cross the border illegally during the period covering the end of 2016 through the end of 2020 is found in “encounters” (apprehensions and expulsio...
International "push" factors — regional violence, state failure, and climate-driven economic shocks — combined with "pull" signals such as U.S. labor demand and perceived enforcement gaps to drive maj...