Americas reeling as flow of migrants reaches historic levels
Nebraska's Jim Pillen was among 13 Republican governors who visited Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sunday for an in-person security update on Operation Lone Star at the southern border.
Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but U.N. officials say international “funds simply aren’t there” for humanitarian needs.
A procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards means faith communities across the country could lose thousands of leaders and workers.
States and cities around the country are grappling with an influx of migrants. Matching them with jobs might enable many to leave shelters already strained by the homeless.
Most Americans see Mexico as having at least a friendly relationship with the U.S. but want both nations to do more to stop drug trafficking, a new poll finds.
They replaced Mexicans for the first time, according to figures released Saturday that show September was the second-highest month for arrests of all nationalities.
For many migrants from Mexico, their faith has been essential for coping with their challenging circumstances as they journey to the United States.
Migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas could be arrested and ordered to leave under a controversial law in a state that’s long pushed the boundaries of immigration enforcement.
Migrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and travel to cities around the country are running into a disjointed health care systems when they need treatment.
Construction is moving forward despite Biden's campaign promise not to build more wall and as more migrants come to the southern border.
Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border have left Congress scrambling for a deal that could greatly restrict the asylum and humanitarian parole process.
Authorities estimated over five million faithful visited the basilica ahead of the annual celebration of the country's patroness.
Some warn that policies under negotiation would be a return to the hard-line border and immigration policies of the Trump era.
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs issued her executive order Friday, saying the federal government is not keeping Arizona’s border communities safe.
The spike resulted in chaos at border locations and frustration with the Biden administration; it's pressuring Congress to reach a deal.
The spike resulted in chaos at border locations and frustration with the Biden administration; it's pressuring Congress to reach a deal.
U.S. authorities encountered nearly 140,000 unaccompanied minors at the border with Mexico in fiscal year 2023.
Mexican immigration officials cleared out a migrant camp on the banks of the Rio Grande as U.S. pressure mounts to limit a surge of people reaching the border.
The suburban backlash comes amid what one U.S. Customs and Border Protection official called “unprecedented” arrivals, with illegal entries topping 10,000 several days last month.
The idea is to streamline the U.S. refugee process so migrants don’t give up and pay smugglers to make the perilous journey north. But it’s hardly made a dent in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Immigration courts are buckling under an unprecedented 3 million pending cases, most of them newly arrived asylum-seekers, in a backlog that could render an already strained system unworkable.
A last sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here’s what that means
Republicans are refusing to approve any further aid for Ukraine or Israel without U.S. border policy changes, and say the Biden administration is using humanitarian parole as an end run around Congress.
Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico hit hundreds of thousands in December, an all-time high that exposes a growing vulnerability for President Joe Biden.
He's the first Latino and first immigrant to lead Homeland Security. He could be the first Cabinet member impeached in nearly 150 years.
President Joe Biden is making the most of the border deal’s stunning collapse, intent on showing that Trump and his “Make America Great Again” allies in Congress aren’t interested in solutions.
The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border.
The killing of nursing student in Georgia has become an issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. The suspect in last week's slaying of Laken Riley is a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case.
San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, the fifth region to hold that distinction in two years and a sign of how quickly migration routes change.
