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How the U.S. asylum process works

By Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations

Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.

WATCH: Report finds ‘unnecessary’ force by Border Patrol agents at Rio Grande

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in "unnecessary use of force" against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn't whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall.

3 U.S. Muslims sue over religious questioning by border officers

By Associated Press

Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel.

European Union wants place at table to discuss Ukraine, Russia crisis

By Raf Casert, Associated Press

The European Union’s foreign policy chief is insisting that the 27-nation bloc must have a bigger role to play alongside Washington and Moscow to defuse the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine.

U.S. official in Haiti apologizes for treatment of migrants

By Evens Sanon, Associated Press

The comments Friday from Juan Gonzalez, the U.S. National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere, came during a two-day official visit to Haiti to talk with local leaders about migration and other issues.

Children packed into Border Patrol tent facility for days on end

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

President Joe Biden's administration is refusing to allow lawyers who inspect facilities where immigrant children are detained to enter a Border Patrol tent in Texas where agents are holding hundreds of youths.

U.S. tries to expedite release of migrant children amid surge

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the U.S.

Border agency fires 4, suspends 38 for inappropriate social media posts

By Associated Press

The announcement comes one year after revelations of a secret Facebook group that mocked members of Congress and migrants. Customs and Border Protection said another 33 employees were disciplined with reprimands or counseling.

Supreme Court rules parents of slain Mexican teenager cannot sue border agent

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The court's five conservative justices held that the parents could not use American courts to sue Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa Jr., who killed their unarmed 15-year-old son in 2010.

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the general public.