Hope Border Institute (or simply Hope) is an independent

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community organization which addresses issues concerning migration and the Mexico–US border. It works from a perspective founded in Catholic social teaching.

About

Hope Border Institute is one of a number of organisations operating in El Paso which has been involved in recent events at the US-Mexican border concerning United States immigration policy. Its founding was a direct result of Pope Francis's direction that the Catholic Church should dedicate greater resources to supporting migrants in the

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. It is a designated

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organisation.

Border Refugee Assistance Fund

The institute has provided support to initiatives and shelters, such as Annunciation House, which are responsible for the humanitarian needs of migrants in Ciudad Juárez. This has been in partnership with the

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. This activity is directly connected to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.

Remain in Mexico

In January 2019, the Department of Homeland Security instituted the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) or "Remain in Mexico" policy. This policy causes some asylum seekers to spend extended periods of time waiting in Mexico after arriving at the US-Mexican border with the intention of claiming asylum. The institute has been involved in policy campaigning concerning this issue, alongside providing support for migrants affected by this policy change and leading local community groups organising against the policy. One policy research analyst at the organisation highlighted the conditions Mexican asylum seekers endured as a result of the Remain in Mexico Policy, pointing to the freezing conditions for people sleeping beneath the three bridges between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso.

Family Detention

Hope Border Institute has been vocal in criticizing the Trump administration family separation policy, in part because much of this separation has occurred in El Paso. The organisation has provided advice concerning both the details of this policy development, and how to mount effective challenges to it.

Immigration Policy Research

In 2017, the Hope Border Institute and the Borderland Immigration Council (BIC) launched a report detailing the human impact and moral consequences of developments concerning the United States' immigration system, and the alleged

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of the southern border.

Publications

* Simon, Theodora; Tapia, Edith; Corbett, Dylan. 'Discretion to Deny: family separation, prolonged detention, and deterrence of asylum seekers at the hands of immigration authorities along the US-Mexico border.' ''Borderland Immigration Council'', (February, 2017) * Tapia, Edith; Perez-Bustillo, Camilo; Beller, Elli. 'Sealing The Border: the criminalization of asylum seekers in the Trump era.' ''Hope Border Institute'', (January, 2018).https://7dac4932-ebde-4b1a-96f5-fac5c6bec362.filesusr.com/ugd/e07ba9_909b9230ae734e179cda4574ef4b6dbb.pdf * 'Principles for Comprehensive Immigration Reform', ''Hope Border Institute'', (2019). * Tapia, Edith. 'Border Observatory: US Immigration Court Observation Manual.' ''Hope Border Institute'', (2019).

References

External links

Hope Border Institute
{{Immigration to the United States Organizations based in El Paso, Texas Migration studies