Here’s a good example of why we take the time to file access to information requests on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and how this strategy sometimes encourages governments to disclose information on migration and border security policies that they would otherwise withhold from release. One objective of our two-country FOI strategy was to … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) closely monitors a special class of migrants in Mexico—known as Special Interest Aliens (SIAs)—that are thought to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document obtained by the National Security Archive and cited in an important new report on Mexico’s southern border published this week by the … Continue reading
Migrant rights defenders, activists, and families from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala provided stories of cases of extreme violence against migrants in transit during a hearing with Mexican senators. (El Universal) Continue reading
Migration Declassified 