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#southern border

The U.S.-Mexico border, the focal point of immigration enforcement operations. Incidents involve military deployments, border wall construction, and enforcement actions at or near the southern border affecting migrant rights.

3 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Suspension of Asylum at the Southern Border

The administration imposed an unprecedented total ban on asylum claims at the southern border, shutting down the CBP One app and eliminating all avenues for protection. A federal judge ruled the president 'cannot adopt an alternative immigration system which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted.'

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

2018 Asylum Ban: Proclamation 9822 Bars Asylum for Anyone Crossing Between Ports of Entry

The administration tried to strip asylum eligibility from everyone who crossed the southern border between official crossing points, despite a statute that expressly allows them to apply. The courts blocked it, and the Ninth Circuit found it 'effectively a categorical ban' contrary to US law and refugee-treaty commitments.