Shifting Realities at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Immigration Enforcement and Control in a Fast-Evolving Landscape

In contrast to the Mexican single adults who made up the lion’s share of arrivals in the 2000s and earlier periods and the growing number of northern Central Americans in the 2010s, migrants arriving at the southwest border in 2022 and 2023 have come from countries across the Americas as well as other world regions, and many are traveling as families. [...] Realizing the potential of the SMOs to provide migrants access to protection closer to home requires establishing new labor mobility and protection pathways across the region and developing trust and communication with local networks of community stakeholders—including activists, religious leaders, and legal services providers—who migrants trust and who are critical to raising SMOs’ visibility and. [...] On his inauguration day, the president issued six executive orders related to enforcement in the interior of the country and at the U. [...] In turn, the increased use of NTAs and parole creates a growing population of migrants with liminal statuses for extended periods of time, adding to the backlog of asylum and other cases in U. [...] S.-MEXICO BORDER BOX 2 The Growing Use of Parole at the Border and Beyond The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows the U.