AL OTRO LADO IN THE NEWS

News Highlights

Recent press

Seven Non-Profit Organizations That Support and Defend Our Nation’s Immigrants

L.A. Taco, January 2025

What’s Gonna Happen on the Border in 2025? A Podcast with Erika Pinheiro

The Border Chronicle, January 2025

The Reunited

The New York Review, December 2024

‘Exponentially worse’: Immigrant rights groups brace for second Trump term

Al Jazeera, November 2024

On Building Human Rights in the Borderlands: A Q&A with Nicole Ramos

The Border Chronicle, November 2024

How the U.S. asylum system became a waiting game for migrants in Mexico fleeing danger

inewsource, November 2024

Al Otro Lado Wins Lawsuit Against DHS for Illegal Policy of Turning Asylum Seekers Away from Border

Democracy Now!, October 2024

Un tribunal de EE.UU. declara ilegal la limitación de casos de asilo en la frontera

EFE, October 2024

US court says 'metering' policy limiting asylum applications is illegal

Reuters, October 2024
By: Daniel Weissner

CBP está rechazando migrantes en Tijuana pese a contar con citas para asilo, acusa Al Otro Lado

Nómadas Press, September 2024
By: Manuel Noctis

Exclusive: US-Mexico Border Migrants Claim Sexual Assault By Detention Center Staff

Newsweek, August 2024
By: Billal Rahman

Border Report: Trans Women Seeking Asylum Capture Their Stories in Tijuana

Voice of San Diego, August 2024
By: Kate Morrissey

Migrant Died 'After Medicine Taken Away' at U.S.-Mexico Border

Newsweek, July 2024
By: Billal Rahman

Why migrants are risking everything to cross the U.S.-Mexico border amid Biden’s asylum ban

San Francisco Chronicle, July 2024
By: Ko Lyn Cheang

How the California border changed after Biden’s order limiting asylum

Los Angeles Times, July 2024
By: Andrea Castillo

Biden’s migrant order is recipe for chaos at US border: ‘It will only cause suffering’

The Guardian, June 2024
By: Maanvi Singh

An already glitchy app could worsen migrant plight under Biden's new asylum actions

KPBS, June 2024
By: Gustavo Solis

MIGRACIÓN
Abre Al Otro Lado El ‘Deportee Welcome Center’ Para Atender A Deportados En Tijuana

Nómadas Press, June 2024
By: Manuel Noctis

Nonprofits helping refugees, asylum seekers already seeing removals at US-Mexico border

ABC 7, June 2024
By: Anabel Muñoz

At the US’s latest border hotspot, aid workers brace for volatility

The Guardian, May 2024
By: Paulina Velasco

Migrants face challenges after closure of San Diego County's migrant center

NBC 7 San Diego, May 2024
By Joey Safchik

Nonprofits sue DHS, allege CBP One app is ‘barrier’ to asylum

Border Report, May 2024
By: Sandra Sanchez

‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight

Al Jazeera, April 2024
By: Jillian Kestler-D’amours

Lawsuit against ICE detention center highlights medical neglect complaints

KPBS, April 2024
By: Gustavo Solis

Health Concerns Mount for Migrant Children at Outdoor Waiting Sites

The New York Times, March 2024
By: Emily Baumgaertner

Migrants with disabilities struggle to access the U.S. asylum system, advocates say

Texas Tribune, March 2024
By: Neelam Bohra

Left Apart

At least 5,000 families were forcibly separated during the Trump administration. The work of reunifying them is painfully incomplete.

New York Magazine, February 2024
By: Piper French

California Advocacy Group Sues ICE, Judge Orders Release of All Immigration Policies

KQED, February 2024
By: Nik Altenberg

Desperate Migrants Seeking a New Life

The New York Times | Letters to the Editor (Opinion), February 2024
By: Erika Pinheiro, Al Otro Lado’s executive director

‘A partner that never sleeps’: Surveillance towers extend Border Patrol’s California reach

Cal Matters, January 2024
By: Wendy Fry

CBP App Wreaks Havoc for Migrants in San Diego and TJ

San Diego Magazine, January 2024
By: María Jose Duran

Over 1,000 migrant families separated at border near San Diego since September, advocates say

The Los Angeles Times, December 2023
By: Andrea Castillo

Freezing conditions at Jacumba border puts migrants at risk for hypothermia

ABC 10 News, December 2023
By: Dani Miskell

LGBTQ+ migrants at border face many challenges in quest for safety

Scripps News, December 2023
By: John Mone

Lawsuit alleges DHS is not making asylum available at ports of entry to many migrants

The Border Report, December 2023
By: Salvador Rivera

Mujeres en tránsito por México: Abusos, amenazas y marginación

El Sol de Tijuana, December 2023
By: Emiliana Pariente and Adelina Dayebi Pazos

'Metering' at the border: Asylum-seekers sue over Trump, Biden border policy

USA Today, November 2023
By: Lauren Villagran

Organismo continúa reunificando a familias migrantes

Diarío El Salvador, November 2023
By: Nancy Salguero

After migrant woman died in San Ysidro, aid workers say nothing has changed

KPBS, October 2023
By: Gustavo Solis

Activistas de Tijuana acusan a la Guardia Nacional de intimidación a migrantes en albergue de México

EFE, October 2023

Local nonprofits say families are being separated at US-Mexico border

ABC 10 News, September 2023
By: Laura Acevedo

An asylum-seeker died in immigration custody. His family wants answers.

NBC News, September 2023
By: Carmen Sesin

Piden pruebas de ADN en la frontera, envían carta a presidente de EEUU

Telemundo, September 2023
By: Marinee Zavala

How We Keep The Door Closed: Restrictive Border Policies and the Right to Seek Asylum at the US-Mexico Border

Global Justice Journal at Queen’s Law, August 2023
By: Nicole Elizabeth Ramos, Al Otro Lado’s Border Rights Project Director

Activistas pro migrantes interponen demanda colectiva por CBP One

Telemundo 20, August 2023
By: Cinthya Gomez

Lawsuit challenges policy requiring appointment phone app CBP One for asylum seekers

CBS 8, July 2023
By: Rocio De La Fe

Activistas seguirán al pendiente de migrantes que estaban varados en los muros de EU

El Imparcial, May 2023
By: Khennia Reyes

‘System error’: As smartphone app becomes only way to request asylum, it locks out many migrants

San Diego Union-Tribune, May 2023
By: Kate Morrissey

Migrant advocates denounce judge’s decision to keep Title 42 in place

The Border Report, May 2022
By Salvador Rivera

Immigration report card: Experts give Biden administration failing grades on immigration more than one year in

Insider, May 2022
By Erin Snodgrass and Azmi Haroun

29 Parents Separated from Children and Deported Last Year Cross U.S. Border to Request Asylum

The Washington Post, March 2019
By Kevin Sieff and Sarah Kinosian

'Work that never ends': the lawyers fighting for migrants stuck at the border

The Guardian, February 12, 2019
By Ed Vulliamy

Reunite — Father and son separated at the border reunite after 326 days

CBS News, April 15, 2019
By Manuel Bojorquez

Pregnant asylum seeker sent back to Mexico while in labor

“To see that Border Patrol returned this family back to Mexico where they don't have immigration status, where they don't have the opportunity to easily receive medical care -- that to me, was really shocking and it was a dereliction of duty.”
Ginger Cline, Justice Catalyst Fellow at Al Otro Lado
CBS 8, March 30, 2021
By Brandon Lewis, David Gotfredson (Investigative Producer)

Al Otro Lado - AP_2021.jpeg — Without real information from Biden Administration, migrants susceptible to information from smugglers and criminal groups

Our litigation and policy director Erika Pinheiro talks to AP about lack of information about asylum process for thousands not in MPP leading to dangerous confusion at the border.
The Associated Press, March 19, 2021
By Elliot Spagat, Photo by Gregory Bull/AP Photo

AL OTRO LADO.jpeg — 4 solutions experts say Biden can try right now to deal with thousands of migrant kids coming to US-MX border

Carol Anne Mauer Donohoe, managing attorney for our family reunification project talks to Business Insider about what it will take to approach border policy in a more humane and practical way.
Business Insider, March 19, 2021
By Erin Snodgrass, Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty

safe_image (1).jpeg — Family Reunification Project on The New Republic

Managing Attorney for our Family Reunification Project Carol Anne Mauer Donohoe, talks to The New Republic about the nuanced complexities of what it will take to end "kids in cages".
The New Republic, March 15,2021
By Felipe De La Hoz, Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

Erika Pinheiro_BBC.jpg — Erika Pinheiro on situation at US-Mexico border

Erika speaks to the BBC's Laura Trevelyan on what she's seeing on the Mexico side of the border, the conditions of the facilities holding migrant children, and recent acts by the Biden administration on immigration.
BBC World News America, March 5, 2021

no end in sight.png — No End in Sight

What happens when immigrant-rights advocates reach a breaking point?
VQR Online, Spring 2020
By Lauren Markham, Illustrations by Jen Renninger

Follow us on Twitter

Al Otro Lado

Rhetoric of “invasion” is inspiring white supremacists to play vigilante at the border. These aren’t patriots—they’… https://t.co/xCUjIm574G
Jul 13, 2022, 10:37 AM
Al Otro Lado

Huge surprise, our cruel immigration system drives children to suicidal ideation. Migrant children in the custody o… https://t.co/aKySBSeqim
Jul 13, 2022, 10:00 AM
Al Otro Lado

RT @UUSC: Title 42 has been used nearly 2 million times to expel people to danger in violation of int'l law. Yet some states… https://t.co/3Akjvads7v
Jul 13, 2022, 9:39 AM

Follow us on Instagram

After having been incarcerated for two years, our client GP, who is from the Philippines, is finally free! He got out just in time to surprise his mom on her birthday! Best gift ever!

The sign translates to: “Thank you so much Al Otro Lado.&r

Mark your calendars this Saturday 3/20 for an epic comedy show featuring a line-up of first generation and immigrant comedians hoping to raise money for our work at the border.

We could all use a laugh these days right? Well, no doubt these talente

So much good news this week! 💥🥂🎉

“I see the day when she has graduated, pursuing what she wants to be...Despite all she's endured, she's becoming happy.”

After his family was granted asylum, Jose was able to give his daughter a better life in the United States.

His st

In less than three months time the Biden Administration has deported almost 1,300 people to Haiti, a country in a severely violent political crisis where no life is spared. Days-old children risk losing parents to kidnappings and gun violence once th

#DearWhiteHouse, we write this letter from a place of deep respect, but also from a place of deep concern. If our generational struggles have taught us anything - it’s that you must acknowledge the original sin if you want to heal the soul of A

Yesterday, standing on the bed of a pick-up truck, our Litigation and Policy Director @erox_a_lot gave a “know your rights” presentation to the hundreds of people seeking asylum who have gathered at the Tijuana port of entry, better known

We are an organization led by three incredible women who are driven by the need to expose the inhumanity that is allowed to prosper when otherwise good people choose to insulate themselves from the suffering of others.

To our directors @sweatpantsn

No, our borders are not open and no Biden is not letting migrants with Covid into the U.S. The right wing using immigrants as scapegoats to cover up their own egregious ineptitude as per usual.

Links to All Media

Full media archives coming soon, please check back.