Adding Immigrants Quantitative Sources for Latino Histories

The news article “Asylum-seekers who cross the border illegally to be deported under new Biden administration rule” by Nick Miroff at the Texas Tribune discusses the plans for a new immigration rule announced by the Biden administration on Tuesday, February 21. Essentially, this temporary rule would penalize asylum seekers who entered the country illegally or…

The article “‘Appalled’: Dozens of Democrats slam Biden’s border policies” was reported by Al Jazeera on 26 January 2023. The article highlights the impact of the expulsion policy on asylum seekers, invoking the title 42 and the action taken by congress members to eliminate this policy. Title 42 was created to address public health and…

This article was written for The Texas Tribune in January 2023, titled “Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures”. This article discusses the rise in heat-related deaths in Texas and how it impacts migrants. It starts by talking about how Taxes has seen an increase in temperatures over the last…

This New York Times article by Adam Liptak discusses the recent decision by the Supreme Court to cancel a scheduled hearing of complaints against Title 42. Title 42 is a COVID-19-era measure put in place by the Trump administration in March of 2020. The initial goal of Title 42 was to prevent foreign spread of…

The information was obtained through Texas Tribune and Military Times. This is the first known incident in which a member of the Texas National Guard has shot and injured a migrant since Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Lone Star operation, which aimed to reduce the number of migrants entering Texas. The incident took place near the…

This article was posted on Fox News on February 10th and covers the progress made in January by Bidens new border measures. In the month of January there were more than 156,000 migrant encounters. The Biden administration claimed that this statistic showed progress in new border measures introduced last month, despite the number being slightly…

This article was posted by CNN in February of 2023 and covers a new use of immigration policy. As the Biden administration is faced with the possible expiration of the Title 42 policy, one solution that they are exploring is the deportation of non-Mexican immigrants to Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refutes the…

This article was posted by CNN on January 1, 2023 and is titled “A pregnant mom crossed the Rio Grande decades ago to give her unborn child a better life. Now her daughter is becoming a member of congress.” Delia Ramirez won a United States Representative position for Illinois in the last election and was…

Promotoras were instrumental during the pandemic, helping residents get vaccines and lobby for potable water. Photograph: Courtesy of Amber X. Chen (Chen) The Familias Triunfadoras, promotores de salud “promoters of health”, are a mobile unit clinic that provides medical support and aids the communities of the Borderlands reach out to surrounding professional organizations with the resources they…

The number of migrants had fallen to the second lowest in 20 years during the pandemic. However, since then, encounters with migrants have increased to rates similar to those in 2000. Migrant encounters are described as apprehensions in which migrants are taken into custody in the U.S. and await adjunction, or as expulsions in which…