Oct 06 Watch 7:40 Immigration advocates criticize Biden after move allowing border wall construction By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan The Biden administration is taking fire from some immigration advocates for a recent move to expedite the construction of a wall along the southern border. The president says the money for a wall was appropriated during the Trump administration and… Continue watching
Oct 05 Biden administration waives federal laws to allow building of border wall in South Texas By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas. Continue reading
Sep 24 An Afghan man’s denied asylum case offers a glimpse into U.S. immigration court By Julie Watson, Associated Press The case of an Afghan man who represented himself in U.S. immigration court offers a rare look in that system's proceedings. A Texas judge denied him asylum and ordered him deported. But experts who reviewed a transcript of the April… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Ophelia drenches communities along Atlantic Coast In our news wrap Saturday, Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina, the family of a Black high school student suspended for his hairstyle is suing Texas Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, car dealers may soon feel ripple… Continue watching
Sep 23 Granting of temporary legal status for Venezuelan migrants draws mixed reactions By Regina Garcia Cano, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration's grant of temporary legal status to nearly 500,000 Venezuelans already in the U.S. may complicate its messaging abroad. Critics say it encourages others to come, but others say Venezuelans will come with or without prospects for temporary… Continue reading
Sep 20 Pope Francis goes to Marseille to show solidarity with migrants, but will Europe listen amid an influx? By Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press The future, he said this past weekend about his upcoming trip to Marseille, “will only be prosperous if it is built on fraternity, putting human dignity, real people and especially the most needy, first.”… Continue reading
Sep 19 Germany seeks answers from Poland in a visa fraud scandal involving migrants from Asia, Africa By Kirsten Grieshaber, Vanessa Gera, Associated Press Poland has been shaken for weeks by reports that its consular sections issued about 250,000 visas to migrants from Asia and Africa since 2021 in return for bribes of several thousand dollars each. Continue reading
Sep 14 A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland’s anti-migration government, weeks before elections By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press The scandal comes just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections in which Poland's strongly anti-migrant ruling party is hoping to win an unprecedented third term. Continue reading
Sep 13 Federal judge declares DACA illegal again, issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Continue reading
Aug 22 Texas’ floating barrier to block migrants faces legal challenge By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The scheduled hearing in Austin comes days after Texas, which installed the water barrier on the Rio Grande in July near the border city of Eagle Pass, repositioned the wrecking ball-sized buoys closer to U.S. soil. Continue reading