House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging congressional Democrats to support a bill to help migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) The House approved a White House- and Senate-supported $4.5-billion bill Thursday to respond to the … Read More
The three Northern Triangle nations have done little to provide for the poor. Central American refugees ride a cargo truck in Mexico. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are, by all accounts, countries ravaged by gang violence, drug trafficking and … Read More
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Valerie and her son took a walk around this city’s downtown area on Monday after spending three months on a treacherous trek from Brazil, through Central America to Texas. Valerie, a Congolese woman, fled her war-torn country with her family and … Read More
Countless migrants from the Congo and Angola are continuing to pour into San Antonio, Texas as local officials are expressing their concerns over a lack of resources to handle the situation. A group of about 350 migrants have arrived so … Read More
An asylum seeker in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, rests while waiting his turn to present himself to US border authorities and request asylum, in April 2019 Authorities blocked a new caravan of Central American migrants Wednesday after they entered … Read More
MEXICO CITY Mexican authorities have dramatically stepped up law enforcement pressure against Central American migrants in recent days in an effort to stave off a trade war with the United States. As Mexican diplomats have met with U.S. officials in … Read More
Washington — Facing the prospect of new tariffs imposed on all goods sent to the U.S., the Mexican government is proposing to overhaul its asylum rules and deploy thousands of troops to the country’s border with Guatemala to curb the unprecedented surge of migrant … Read More
The Mexican government is reportedly offering a slate of immigration-related concessions to appease the Trump administration as it seeks to prevent the imposition of tariffs on exports to the U.S. Mexican negotiators are offering to deploy thousands of National Guard … Read More
‘No doubt at this very minute, the smuggling cartels are getting the word out … Congress is going to legalize millions, just get there’ America is currently facing a massive border crisis, and House Democrats along with seven Republicans responded to it … Read More
Rafts ferry migrants across the Suchiate river at the Mexico-Guatemala border. Mexico has detained 74,000 undocumented migrants since December 1, of whom 53,000 have been deported Almost 200,000 undocumented migrants were arrested in March and April after crossing the Mexico-United … Read More