Photo of Albergue Amparito, Oasis de Paz del Espíritu Santo, Villahermosa taken by the author and reproduced here with permission. The second Trump administration has distorted the concept of “safe third country” beyond recognition, creating what amounts to a system of legal abandonment for some of the most vulnerable migrants. In January 2026, a small group of us from the Everywhere Border project travelled to Mexico’s southern states to conduct interviews and focus groups w

Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ+ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution. Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City. [Michael Nigro | Pacific Press| LightRocket via Getty Images] The Trump administration is quietly advancing immigration policies that attorneys and LGBTQ + advocates say could s