Mexico is now holding the immigrant caravan in a town near its own southern border. The border crisis hasn’t ended; it just moved 2,000 miles south. During a visit to Tapachula, in southern Mexico, we found the small city coping … Read More
Syrian refugees take notes during their vocational ESL class at the International Rescue Committee center in San Diego on Aug. 31, 2016. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) The United States plans to admit a maximum of 18,000 refugees in fiscal year 2020, down … Read More
In Mexico’s Matamoros, thousands of asylum seekers wait in an encampment for their asylum cases to be heard in the US. Matamoros, Mexico – Preparing for lunch hour, Maria* adds firewood to her wide mud stove shaded by a tarp shelter amid … Read More
ICE agents taking an immigrant’s fingerprints in 2017. Photo: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have been tasked since January with fingerprinting teens in child migrant shelters who entered the country … Read More
Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at the Department of Justice along with DOJ officials on February 10, 2020, in Washington, DC. -Sarah Silbiger/GettyImages The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three separate lawsuits on Monday against … Read More
The Mexican authorities used pepper spray on a caravan of 4,000 Central American migrants who tried to enter the country illegally and dangled the possibility of jobs for those who registered. MEXICO CITY — For generations, Mexico served as a … Read More
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez labels ruling ‘shameful’ Opponents argue it is essentially a ‘wealth test’ US supreme court building is seen in Washington. Photograph: Will Dunham/Reuters The US supreme court has allowed the Trump administration to block immigrants seeking permanent residency … Read More
National Guard troops threw rocks and tear gas at Hondurans trying to cross the Guatemalan border on Monday. Salvadoran migrant Carlos Gutierrez, part of a caravan of mostly Hondurans heading to the US, puts his shoes on at the international … Read More
The city of Denver is misleading the public in its strategy to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from obtaining information on illegal immigrants, ICE Deputy Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations Henry Lucero claimed Saturday. Appearing on “Fox & Friends: Weekend” with hosts Jason Chaffetz, … Read More
The Trump administration has started returning Mexican migrants deep into the country’s interior as part of an expanding effort to deter illegal immigration and combat the ongoing crisis at the border. The Department of Homeland Security started running flights from Tucson, Ariz., … Read More