This report is based on over 600 interviews with asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico and in Mexicali, Mexico. No person was interviewed unless we could verify their MPP status. Verification of MPP status was done by examining the DHS paperwork of our respondents 2/
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Just over 1 out of every 3 of our respondents (34.5%) have experienced homelessness while in Mexico 13/
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Approximately 1 out of every 3 of our respondents (31.9%) who are seeking asylum with children under the age of 18 have experienced homelessness while in Mexico 14/
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The length of time spent waiting in Mexico is statistically significantly related to experiencing homelessness. Over 4 out of every 10 of our respondents will likely experience homelessness in Mexico before they make it to their immigration court dates 15/
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Much, much more in the report. Including experiences of discrimination, being told by Mexican officials they are unable to work while in Mexico, and experiences while in U.S. immigration detention 16/
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This work could not have been done without the work of USIPC Immigrant Rights & Justice Fellow Vanessa Ceceña 17/
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We are especially grateful to the staff and volunteers at our migrant shelter partners, including Border Kindness (Mexicali, Mexico), American Friends Service Committee (Tijuana, Mexico and Mexicali, Mexico), and Espacio Migrante (Tijuana, Mexico) 18/
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See the full report here, as well as a solid policy brief on MPP by Krista Kshatriya and
@kangborderlaw https://usipc.ucsd.edu/publications/index.html … 19/Show this thread -
And this from Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS and the@washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/29/other-humanitarian-crisis-under-trump-exposed-by-new-report/ … 20/Show this thread -
Altogether, legal challenges to MPP have centered on the questions of whether there are sufficient safeguards to protect against refoulement and whether asylum seekers are safe while waiting in Mexico. Our data show that the answer to both questions is no. end/
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