Sep 20 Texas sheriff believes ‘criminal activity’ involved in Martha’s Vineyard flights; opens investigation By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Continue reading
Sep 03 Officials find bodies of 9 migrants who died trying to cross Rio Grande into Texas Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande river, a dangerous border-crossing attempt in an area where the water level had risen… Continue reading
Aug 05 Pentagon denies D.C. request for National Guard help with migrants By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. defense officials say that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to provide Guard personnel and the use of the D.C. Armory to assist with the reception of migrants into the city. Continue reading
Jul 28 Climate change is already fueling global migration. The world isn’t ready to meet people’s changing needs, experts say By Julie Watson, Associated Press A report by the United Nations top body of climate scientists estimates that over the next 30 years, 143 million people will likely to be uprooted by rising seas, drought, searing temperatures and catastrophes caused or exacerbated by climate change. Continue reading
Jul 24 More than 1,100 migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea By Associated Press Some of the survivors had to be plucked from the sea in the Italian operation Saturday that was carried out 120 miles off the coast of Calabria by a Navy mercantile ship. Continue reading
Jul 13 Wait lists at U.S. border frustrate, confuse asylum seekers By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Opaque waiting lists for asylum-seekers to enter the United States at the Mexico border have carried over from the Trump administration, frustrating many migrants to the point that they cross illegally. Continue reading
Jul 13 Slovenia to dismantle razor wire fence on Croatia border By Associated Press Slovenian police say they have detained a Syrian man for illegally transporting migrants, as the country's foreign minister says the dismantling of a razor wire on the border with Croatia will start soon. Continue reading
Jul 07 Texas governor authorizes state forces to return migrants to border By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Abbott on Thursday authorized state forces to apprehend migrants and return them to the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the boundaries of their enforcement powers and the Republican's escalating efforts to curb the rising number of crossings. Continue reading
Jun 29 Mexican migrant in Texas tragedy hoped to reach family in Ohio By Julie Watson, Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Francisco López Hernández said Wednesday that his cousin Javier Flores López went back home to Cerro Verde to see his wife and three children before departing for the U.S.-Mexico border with another cousin, José Luis Vásquez Guzmán. Vásquez Guzmán was… Continue reading
Jun 29 Half of the people found dead in trailer in San Antonio believed to be from Mexico, according to officials By Associated Press Among the dead, 27 are believed to be of Mexican origin based on documents they were carrying, according to Rubén Minutti, the Mexico consul general in San Antonio. Continue reading