Effective October 1, the Biden administration has taken action to indefinitely extend current restrictions on the ability to apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, which have come to be
known as the “asylum ban.” Children’s Defense Fund-Texas (CDF-TX) is deeply concerned about the devastating impact of these restrictions on migrant children and their families who are seeking
protection in the United States because their lives are at risk. These restrictions cut off underserved children and their caregivers from accessing the protection they are legally entitled to under U.S.
and international law, leaving them to wait indefinitely in dire conditions in Mexico where they are vulnerable to kidnapping, torture, and sexual violence.