WG7: Mrs. Frith - Border Crisis: Migration to the U.S. (Mrs. Frith)

Immigration Policy History

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): 1952-2025 U.S. Postwar Immigration Policy [Select the years of Biden and Trump Terms]

Causes of Migration to the United States

Jul. 9, 2024. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): Why Six Countries Account for Most Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Jan. 4, 2021. New York Times Upfront: Biden’s Challenge  [Scroll down to section on Immigration]

July 13, 2023. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle [El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras]

Jun. 3, 2024. VOX: America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts 

Jul. 11, 2024. CNN: Biden administration designates dangerous Venezuelan gang as a transnational criminal organization

Feb. 2025. Migration Policy Institute: The Unauthorized Immigrant Population Expands amid Record U.S.-Mexico Border Arrivals [Statistics up to 2023]

Jan. 24, 2025. CBS: Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military, White House says [Video: 1:54 minutes]

Jan. 27, 2025. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Six big immigration changes under Trump - and their impact so far

Jan. 29. 2025. CNN: Tren de Aragua, a gang started in a Venezuelan prison, becomes early target of Trump administration immigration raids [Video: 6:14 minutes]

Feb. 12, 2025. ABC News: An inside look at what’s happening at the southern border [Video: 7:06 minutes]