Jack Herrera

Reporter

Jack Herrera is an independent reporter and photojournalist covering immigration, refugees, and human rights. His writing has appeared in Politico Magazine, Pacific Standard, The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review and other publications.


Migrants, mainly from Cuba, block the Paso del Norte border crossing bridge after a US appeals court blocked the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, which sent asylum-seekers back to Mexico to await the outcome of their case, in Ciudad Juarez.

Lawyers struggle to remotely represent asylum-seekers in ‘Remain in Mexico’ program

Immigration

Many US immigration attorneys — most of them pro bono — have found themselves remotely representing asylum-seekers stuck hundreds of miles away in Mexican border towns. The attorneys say this introduces unprecedented difficulties to their jobs — and could violate clients’ right to due process in the US.