Nov 02 WATCH: White House discusses meetings with big city mayors on additional support for migrant services By Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden administration officials hosted big city mayors at the White House on Thursday to discuss how to manage a growing number of migrants, one day after those leaders sent a letter asking for more federal help. Continue reading
Nov 01 Mayors of 5 big cities press for meeting with Biden to address surge of migrants By Colleen Long, Associated Press he mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about the migrants arriving in their cities. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 5:24 Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses By John Yang, Harry Zahn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been sent to jail and held as potential witnesses in human smuggling cases, many for six months or longer. A New York Times investigation examined this largely overlooked… Continue watching
Oct 06 Southern Mexico bus crash kills at least 16 migrants, injures dozens By Associated Press Authorities say least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, the latest in a series of migrant deaths in Mexico amid a surge in migrants traveling toward the U.S. border. Continue reading
Oct 05 Biden administration will soon resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, officials say By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press The resumption of deportation flights comes not long after the administration increased protected status for Venezuelans who arrived to the U.S. before July 31, and is the latest effort to deal with swelling numbers of migrants amid increasing pressure to slow… Continue reading
Sep 28 EU struggles to update asylum laws three years after announcing sweeping reforms By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union governments are struggling to overcome obstacles to put a new asylum system in place three years after unveiling a plan to reform the bloc's outdated asylum rules. Some fear the plan may never see the light of day. Continue reading
Sep 28 Shelters for migrants fill up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Officials across Germany are sounding the alarm that they are no longer able to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum. More than 220,000 people have applied for asylum in the country so far this year. Continue reading
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 23 Visiting France, Pope Francis challenges European nations to open ports to migrants By Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, Trisha Thomas, Associated Press For a second straight day in the French port city of Marseille, Francis took aim at European countries that have used “alarmist propaganda” to justify closing their doors to migrants, and tried to shame them into responding with charity instead. Continue reading
Sep 21 What’s behind the influx of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border? By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Migrants have always come to the U.S., but the immigration system now seems strained nationwide more than ever. The U.S. has had immigration surges before so what's different now, and why?… Continue reading