COVID-19 is seriously affecting people’s lives across Latin America and the Caribbean. Here are some of the Latin America Working Group’s initiatives to document the unequal impact and to urge the U.S. government to promote policies that mitigate–not worsen–the pandemic’s impact.
Memos
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Deadly Virus in a Vulnerable Region
- Explainer on U.S. Deportations and Expulsions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Articles, Blogs
- Why COVID-19 Disproportionately Damages Indigenous Communities in Latin America
- Cooperation and Careful Planning: How Costa Rica Has Held Off the Coronavirus
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Deadly Virus in a Vulnerable Region
- Honduras: Repression in the Time of COVID-19
- Cuba: A Lesson in Crisis Management
- Brazil’s Tale of Two Crises: COVID-19 and Ineffective Governance
- Protecting Asylum Seekers & Migrants During a Global Pandemic
- Central America Faces Coronavirus While Deportations Are in the Balance
- Infographic: Asylum Seekers at our Border in Times of COVID-19 Graphic
- Graphic: Expulsions & Deportations During the Pandemic
Press Releases
- International Civil Society Organizations Denounce Abuses in Honduras in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Trump Administration’s Plan to Close Border Due to the Coronavirus Is Not the Answer: Now is the Time for Unity, Not Fear
- Organizations Call for Cuba Sanctions Suspension to Facilitate Humanitarian and Medical Supplies Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- 60+ U.S. Based Organizations Demand Halt to Deportations During COVID-19
- LAWG Strongly Condemns Extension of Asylum Ban, Denounces Continued Expulsions
Webinars
- Virtual Congressional Briefing on U.S. Deportations and Expulsions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- From the U.S. to Central America: Asylum, Deportations and COVID-19
- Actualizaciones de las políticas migratorias de Estados Unidos
Statements
- International Civil Society Organizations Denounce Abuses in Honduras in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- U.S. Deportations During Global Pandemic Risk Spreading COVID-19, Returning Migrants and Asylum Seekers to Danger and Instability
- LAWG Joins 125+ Orgs in Letter to DHS Calling on Them to Stop Using COVID-19 as an Excuse to Expel Asylum Seekers
- LAWG Comment on CDC Interim Final Rule: Suspending entry of persons into the United States From Designated Foreign Countries for Public Health Purposes
- LAWG Joint Request to the UN Special Rapporteur on Migrant Rights: United States’ Expulsion Policy Leaves Migrants in Situations of Extreme Vulnerability Amidst Border Closings Across the Region due to COVID-19
- COVID-19: Calling on Senate Leadership for Aid to Latin America and the Caribbean
