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Before Covid-19, countries in the Americas—deeply unequal spaces historically determined by migrant mobilities—had hardened their migratory policies, provoking the rise in the number of undocumented migrants and limitations on the right to refuge Based on the initial findings of a collaborative and comparative research project encompassing twenty-one countries in the Americas (www inmovilidades org), this article argues that the current pandemic justifies a perverse intersection between health policies and politics to control mobility that has configured a de facto state of exception in migration matters, which only magnifies the existing tension between mobility and control By reviewing press material and policy documents, and complementing those with the testimonies of regional and extra-continental migrants, this article proves that common situations are arising across the Americas that disproportionately affect regional and extracontinental undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, consigning them to daily hyper-precarization and dispossession of rights It also shows that new forms of migrant mobility are emerging The article thus focuses on five intertwined common situations: 1) border closures and increased internal policing;2) suspension or limitation of the right to refuge;3) selective hyper-nationalist aid programmes;4) the adoption of a new anti-migrant legal architecture;and 5) new forms of migrant mobility and struggle As the article suggests, against the current pandemic and hyper-control migrant mobilities are strategies for resistance with spatial effects on national and transnational scales across the continent (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Antes del Covid-19, los paises de las Americas—espacios profundamente desiguales e historicamente determinados por movilidades migrantes—habian endurecido sus politicas migratorias, provocando el aumento del numero de migrantes indocumentados y limitando tambien el derecho al refugio En base a los resultados iniciales de un proyecto de investigacion [End Page 11] colaborativo y comparativo que abarca vientiuno paises de las Americas (www inmovilidades org), este articulo sostiene que la actual pandemia justifica una perversa interseccion entre politicas de salud y politicas de control a la movilidad que ha configurado un estado de excepcion de facto en materia migratoria, que no hace sino magnificar la tension existente entre movilidad y control A traves de la revision de material de prensa y documentos de politica, y complementando con testimonios de migrantes regionales y extra-continentales, este articulo da cuenta de que en las Americas se estan presentando situaciones comunes que afectan de manera desproporcionada a migrantes indocumentados y solicitantes de asilo, confinandolos a una hiper-precarizacion y despojo de derechos cotidiano Tambien muestra que estan surgiendo nuevas formas de movilidad migrante Asi, el articulo se centra en cinco situaciones comunes entrelazadas: 1) cierre de fronteras y aumento de la vigilancia policial interna;2) suspension o limitacion del derecho de refugio;3) programas selectivos de ayuda hiper-nacionalista;4) adopcion de una nueva arquitectura legal antinmigrante;y 5) nuevas formas de movilidad y lucha migrante Como sugiere el articulo, frente a la actual pandemia e hiper-control a las movilidades migrantes son una estrategia de resistencia que produce efectos espaciales a escala nacional y transnacional en todo el continente (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Latin American Geography is the property of University of Texas Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )