Tom K. WongVerified account

Altogether, 56.5% of our respondents who have been threatened with physical violence reported that these threats turned into actual experiences of physical violence, including being beaten, robbed, and extorted 11/

The length of time spent waiting in Mexico is statistically significantly related to being threatened with physical violence. Approximately 1 out of every 3 of will likely be threatened with physical violence in Mexico before they make it to their immigration court dates 12/

Just over 1 out of every 3 of our respondents (34.5%) have experienced homelessness while in Mexico 13/

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/

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/

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/

This work could not have been done without the work of USIPC Immigrant Rights & Justice Fellow Vanessa Ceceña 17/

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/