U.S. figures show that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April. It is the fifth region to hold that distinction in two years, a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. Routes were remarkably stable until just a short time ago. San Diego was the busiest Border Patrol sector for decades until more enforcement pushed migrants to Tucson, Arizona, the top spot by 1998. Rio Grande Valley in South Texas saw the most activity from 2013 to June 2022. Many migrants say San Diego is the easiest and least dangerous spot to enter the United States.
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Human Rights Watch is urging the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to Thailand for safety to return to homelands where they may face torture, persecution or death. The international rights group analyzed 25 cases over nine years and said Thai authorities violated international law by expelling the dissidents. Many were Cambodians who were forcibly repatriated with the suspected involvement of Cambodian security personnel. But the group also concluded dissidents from Vietnam, Laos and China were tracked down and abducted, or forcibly disappeared or killed. The report said that Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, in return, helped the Thai government to spy on Thai dissidents who had fled political repression in their own home country.
As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. Politics in the two Caribbean nations sharing the island of Hispaniola have long been intertwined. Haiti’s spiral into chaos in recent years has coincided with a harsh crackdown by its Dominican neighbor. President Luis Abinader, a clear frontrunner in the race as he seeks reelection, has begun to build a Trump-like border wall along Haiti’s border and carried out mass deportations of 175,000 Haitians just last year.
Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico Wednesday, May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Jordanian migrants walk along the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, to apply for asylum with U.S authorities Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Migrants are lined up along the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, to apply for asylum with U.S authorities Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico as U.S Border Patrol agents drive past Wednesday, May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Chinese migrants follow a U.S Border Patrol agent to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico Wednesday, May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Chinese migrants line up to be loaded onto U.S Border Patrol vehicles to apply for asylum Wednesday, May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Chinese migrants are loaded onto a U.S Border Patrol vehicle to apply for asylum Wednesday, May 8, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
