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James Fredrick

James Fredrick is a multimedia journalist based in Mexico City focused on migrant and refugee issues

November 2023

  • Latino man sitting on brown couch smiling, wearing red lipstick, red tie, black suit jacket, white shirt, rainbow pin.

    ‘A painful loss for our community’: Mexico’s queer population demands answers in magistrate death

    Queer activists protest after first non-binary magistrate in nation Jesús Ociel Baena and partner found dead in home

October 2023

  • Venezuelans remain in northern Mexico in fear of US deportations<br>epa10908195 A man holds a Venezuelan flag as a group of migrants travel on the train known as 'The Beast' in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 07 October 2023 (Issued 08 October 2023). Thousands of Venezuelans are stranded on Mexico's northern border, as they fear the US government direct deportations to Venezuela. United States Department of Homeland Security said on 05 October that the US will resume direct repatriations of Venezuelan nationals who cross the border unlawfully and do not establish a legal basis to remain. EPA/Luis Torres

    Top Mexican court to give new life to controversial Trump-era border policy

    ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, which forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while US claims are processed, set to be revived

August 2023

  • People walk near buoys placed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande to stop crossings from the Mexican side.

    ‘Like traps meant for animals’: death no deterrent at the Rio Grande river barrier

    Humanitarian workers say buoys near Eagle Pass in Texas are an atrocity but have not stopped people trying to cross into the US

July 2023

  • Dry, cracked land and boats is visible in The Boca reservoir that supplies water to the northern city of Monterrey is almost dry as the northern part of Mexico is affected by an intense drought, in Santiago, Mexico, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Local authorities began restricting water supplies in March, as a combination of an intense drought, poor planning and high use has left the three dams that help supply the city dried up, with thousands of homes not receiving any water for weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

    Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought

    Government claims 98% success rate for cloud seeding but critics urge improving irrigation and water supply systems

April 2023

  • Asylum seekers from Afghanistan enter the U.S. at El Chaparral port of entry, in Tijuana<br>Afghan national Asma Karimzai uses her phone before leaving the shelter of the Latina Muslim Foundation along with the Salarzai family, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power, after being allowed to enter the U.S. as asylum seekers with Title 42 exception, in Tijuana, Mexico, July 22, 2022, REUTERS/Aimee Melo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    ‘All the doors are closed to Afghans’: from fall of Kabul to limbo in Mexico

    Thousands of Afghans are believed to have made their way to Mexico hoping to claiming asylum in the US. Most are still there
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