Nov 01 U.K. interior minister faces backlash, criticism after calling illegal immigration an 'invasion' By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Britain's interior minister is facing criticism for describing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats as an "invasion."… Continue reading
Oct 24 Border patrol agents sending migrants to false city addresses, sowing confusion By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press The snafus suggest a pattern of Border Patrol agents, particularly in Texas, sending migrants without friends or family in the United States to offices that get no notice. The places often don’t have space to house migrants. Yet because those… Continue reading
Oct 24 U.S. Border Patrol is sending migrants to offices around the country, but no notice given By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press About a dozen migrants who recently arrived in the U.S. and agreed to share documents they received when they were released from U.S. custody while they seek asylum after crossing the border with Mexico. Most had no idea where they… Continue reading
Oct 18 More than 100 migrants stranded near Puerto Rico await help during human smuggling operation By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Federal authorities say they are trying to rescue more than 100 migrants stranded on an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico during a human smuggling operation. The nationality of the migrants awaiting help on Mona Island on Tuesday wasn’t immediately known. Continue reading
Oct 18 Small town in southern Mexico unexpectedly hosts thousands of migrants By María Verza, Associated Press Venezuelans and other migrants are struggling to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings. And one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border. Continue reading
Oct 15 U.S. policy shift on Venezuelan migrants adds more strain to shelters in Mexico By Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press The Biden administration's expansion of asylum restrictions to Venezuelans poses a potentially enormous challenge to already overstretched Mexican shelters. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 5:35 Jobs report shows economy, employment market cooling as questions of recession remain By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes The September jobs report shows the economy and employment market cooling but remaining steady. The labor market added 263,000 jobs, but that's down from the first half of the year when roughly 400,000 jobs were created a month. Stocks sank… Continue watching
Oct 06 Revised 'Dreamers' program to get another court review, barring new applicants for now By Kevin McGill, Associated Press A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. Continue reading
Sep 09 White House officially undoes Trump-era immigration restriction By Associated Press The Biden administration is undoing a Trump-era restriction that barred immigrants from getting legal residency depending on how they used public benefits. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 8:37 D.C. mayor declares emergency as Republican governors send migrant buses to Washington By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran, Karina Cuevas Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday as thousands of migrants have been sent to the nation's capital from Texas and Arizona over the last several months. Buses are going to New York City and Chicago as… Continue watching