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This past month, @SavitriArvey and I put together an "MPP update" that uses TRAC data and interviews with people along the border. We focused mostly on the 22,000+ pending cases in MPP courts, new entrants in MPP, and asylum seekers' living conditions. https://www.strausscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/MPPUpdate_December2020.pdf
While CBP has sent more than 68,000 asylum seekers to Mexico as part of MPP, there are 22,777 pending
cases in MPP courts along the border. (There are several thousand more pending cases in interior U.S. courts). These cases in MPP courts are divided throughout the border.
cases in MPP courts along the border. (There are several thousand more pending cases in interior U.S. courts). These cases in MPP courts are divided throughout the border.
Asylum seekers’ nationalities vary by geographic location. In San Diego, 84 percent of the pending cases are individuals from Central America, particularly from Guatemala and Honduras. By comparison, in El Paso, Cuban asylum seekers make up 38 percent of the pending cases.
CBP has continued to enroll new asylum seekers in MPP. In September 2020, CBP placed more than 1,100 new people into MPP. The majority of these new MPP enrollments were for the El Paso MPP court.
The nationalities of the newest MPP enrollments differ from MPP’s overall nationality breakdown. This difference is due to CBP policies--particularly Title 42--that were put in place to address COVID-19.
Under Title 42, CBP has stopped processing asylum seekers at ports of entry and has rapidly sent apprehended asylum seekers from Mexico or Central America back to the nearest Mexican city or to their home
countries.
countries.
However, CBP does not expel Cubans, Ecuadorians, or Brazilians to Mexico. Instead, CBP has at times been placing asylum seekers from these countries into MPP
While there are more than 22,700 cases pending in MPP courts, it is impossible to estimate the number of
asylum seekers that are currently residing in Mexican border cities without a census or survey. This is because:
asylum seekers that are currently residing in Mexican border cities without a census or survey. This is because:
1) The majority of MPP asylum seekers are renting apartments or rooms; 2) Due to security concerns, poor living conditions, and a lack of employment opportunities, many asylum seekers in MPP are waiting in Mexican cities that are located in the interior of the country
The MPP update also has city-specific information on living conditions.
Update here: https://www.strausscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/MPPUpdate_December2020.pdf
Update here: https://www.strausscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/MPPUpdate_December2020.pdf
