Nation Dec 21 Texas sends 1st plane carrying over 120 migrants from southern border to Chicago By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
World Apr 22 Watch 6:17 Glitches plague CBP One app for asylum-seekers as Title 42 comes to an end Migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are told to use a mobile app to book an appointment, but the app has been plagued by errors since the Biden administration rolled it out in January. Wall Street Journal immigration reporter… By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson
Nation Jan 13 What is Title 42 and what does it mean for immigration at the southern border? President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, amid controversy and backlash about the administration’s allocation of resources to the southern border. The visit came days after he announced a new, restrictive policy… By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn
Politics Dec 21 Thousands of migrants wait at U.S.-Mexico border to see if asylum restrictions end Migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico sought shelter from the cold as they waited for the Supreme Court to rule on whether and when restrictions that prevented many from seeking asylum in the U.S. would lift. By Morgan Lee, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Nation Jul 05 Migrants trapped in sweltering trailer ‘couldn’t breathe,’ survivor says Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week in Texas. By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press
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 Driver of tractor-trailer tried to hide amid survivors, Mexican official says; death toll rises to 53 By Juan A. Lozano, Fabiola Sanchez, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press The driver and two other men from Mexico remained in custody Wednesday as the investigation continued into the tragedy that killed 53 people in the nation’s deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 8:36 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the threat of Russian cyberattacks By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Saher Khan With President Biden's announcement Tuesday that new sanctions are being imposed on Russia, concerns are growing that Moscow could retaliate, including with potential cyberattack against the United States. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 6:23 Internal DHS documents reveal migrant abuse as border crossings hit record high By William Brangham, Alex D'Elia Detentions and arrests at America’s southern border hit an all-time high in 2021, according to new federal documents. More than 1.7 million migrants were detained at the border, in the 2021 fiscal year 61% of those were expelled under Title… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 4:54 Activists demand Biden end deportation of Haiti migrants By Ivette Feliciano Amid political instability and violence in Haiti, human rights activists are demanding the Biden administration do more to protect Haitian migrants, especially those at the U.S.-Mexico border. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with Guerline Jozef, founder and executive director of… Continue watching