Sep 21 Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border By Juan A. Lozano, Eric Gay, Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government was ramping up expulsion flights to Haiti on Tuesday and Mexico began busing some away from the border. Continue reading
Aug 20 Justice Department seeks high court input on ‘Remain in Mexico’ reinstatement By Associated Press The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the implementation of a judge's order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds briefing at U.S.-Mexico border By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press While some migrants are flown directly to their Central American nations, the U.S. government has started flying some to southern Mexico, where where Mexican authorities carry them the rest of the way to Guatemala's border, even if they're not Guatemalan. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 6:56 ACLU: Biden administration making excuses for not changing this Trump-era asylum policy President Joe Biden’s administration has taken a very different stance from his predecessor on many immigration issues. But it also has also just extended a Trump-era rule that allows some asylum-seekers to be expelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Jul 12 More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border By Anita Snow, Associated Press The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures. The nonprofit group Humane Borders maps the discoveries with data from the medical examiner in Tucson. Continue reading
Jul 09 U.S. stops jailing pregnant migrants, reversing Trump policy By Ben Fox, Associated Press The new directive doesn't bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from initiating proceedings to deport migrants without legal status. But it would not longer jail them if they are pregnant, nursing or have given birth within the past year while they… Continue reading
Jun 25 WATCH: On border tour, Harris cites ‘progress’ in ‘tough’ situation By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday she was "glad to be here" on her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border as leader of the Biden administration's response to a migration spike that's drawn fire from Republicans and made fellow Democrats… Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: House committee discusses federal response to unaccompanied children at the border By News Desk and Associated Press The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 28 U.S. to expedite immigration cases of families on border By Amy Taxin, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The move comes comes as the Biden administration has eased some asylum restrictions that had expelled many arriving immigrant families from the country. Continue reading
Apr 08 Number of kids alone at border hit all-time high in March By Elliot Spagat, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's… Continue reading