Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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This video accompanies Amnesty International’s briefing based on a week-long research trip to Tijuana, Mexico, in February 2025. The purpose of the trip was to document the human rights impacts of changes to U.S. migration and asylum policies since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025.
The report focuses on the end of access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and the current situation facing asylum seekers in Mexico. It does not provide detailed information on mass immigration arrests and detentions within the United States, nor does it delve into the discriminatory impacts of these measures. Instead, these broader issues remain under Amnesty International’s ongoing monitoring and analysis.
During the visit to Tijuana, Amnesty International interviewed individuals seeking safety, met with legal, humanitarian, and social service providers, engaged with local and international organizations, and visited shelters and other spaces where migrants and asylum seekers are staying.
Amnesty International observed the devastating and immediate consequences of the Trump administration’s migration and asylum policies at the border. These policies not only violate international human rights and refugee law—they are also rooted in white supremacy and perpetuate harmful, false narratives about people seeking safety.
Amnesty International calls on both the United States and Mexico to uphold and protect the right to seek asylum.
amnestyusa.org/lives-in-limbo
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This video accompanies Amnesty International’s briefing based on a week-long research trip to Tijuana, Mexico, in February 2025. The purpose of the trip was to document the human rights impacts of changes to U.S. migration and asylum policies since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025.
The report focuses on the end of access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and the current situation facing asylum seekers in Mexico. It does not provide detailed information on mass immigration arrests and detentions within the United States, nor does it delve into the discriminatory impacts of these measures. Instead, these broader issues remain under Amnesty International’s ongoing monitoring and analysis.
During the visit to Tijuana, Amnesty International interviewed individuals seeking safety, met with legal, humanitarian, and social service providers, engaged with local and international organizations, and visited shelters and other spaces where migrants and asylum seekers are staying.
Amnesty International observed the devastating and immediate consequences of the Trump administration’s migration and asylum policies at the border. These policies not only violate international human rights and refugee law—they are also rooted in white supremacy and perpetuate harmful, false narratives about people seeking safety.
Amnesty International calls on both the United States and Mexico to uphold and protect the right to seek asylum.
