Immigration
Mexico’s immigration agency says it is temporarily closing 33 migrant detention centers throughout the country after a fire killed 40 migrants in government custody in March.
May. 11, 2023
Title 42 expulsions are ending. But Mexico has agreed to continue accepting migrants from Central America, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela being sent back from the U.S. Many worry that and other policies will continue putting migrants at risk.
May. 10, 2023
The new rule, published to the Federal Register this morning, requires asylum seekers to ask for protection in a different country before doing so in the U.S., or use the CBP One app to request an appointment at a U.S. port of entry.
May. 10, 2023
With the immigration expulsion policy Title 42 coming to an end on Thursday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced steps the state will take as it expects an increase in border crossings.
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May. 8, 2023
A new report by the non-profit, non-partisan Immigration Research Initiative shows wages earned by immigrant workers account for 17% of U.S. gross domestic product.
May. 7, 2023
The pandemic-era policy Title 42 that allowed the U.S. to expel migrants and asylum seekers back into Mexico is set to expire next week. Some believe that will lead to an uptick in the number of people traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border.
May. 5, 2023
Immigration enforcement hawks say the U.S. border must be sealed before there’s any talk about the millions of undocumented people already here. Advocates say the U.S. has abandoned decades-old promises made to protect people fleeing persecution. Solutions to these issues are not either — or says a new blueprint from the American Immigration Council.
May. 3, 2023
The Biden administration recently announced a plan to open centers in Central America where people hoping to come to the U.S. to seek protection can begin that process.
May. 2, 2023
The case began five years ago this week, when a coalition of states led by Texas sued to end the Obama-era program that has given more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the US as kids protection from deportation and a work permit.
May. 2, 2023
With Title 42 set to end, the Biden administration hopes to relieve some pressure by opening processing centers in Latin American countries where migrants can apply for asylum or refugee status. But not all immigrant rights advocates are happy with the move.
May. 1, 2023
Volunteers in the kitchen at the Beth El Synagogue in central Phoenix are mixing, blending and stirring what will eventually be a hearty meal for migrants passing through as they make their way to their sponsor.
Apr. 28, 2023
A group of nearly 200 aid and advocacy organizations are calling on Customs and Border Protection to issue formal regulations around how pregnant women and new mothers are detained.
Apr. 27, 2023
Congress’s watchdog says a backlog of immigration court cases has more than tripled since the final months of the Obama administration. Federal data collected and crunched by Syracuse University says nearly 17,000 immigration claims are pending just in Arizona.
Apr. 26, 2023
Health and municipal leaders in southern Arizona appeared before Congress this week to talk about how their communities are responding to the increase in migrants and asylum seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border. It comes two weeks before Title 42, which restricts asylum at the border, is set to end.
Apr. 26, 2023
As waves of humanity crest at the Southwest border, federal authorities have let certain migrants live in the U.S. while their court case goes forward. A new report from Congress’s watchdog outlines spending to bolster nonprofits that Homeland Security relies on to help migrants who get released.
Apr. 21, 2023
As Arizona lawmakers work on a new budget, the Hobbs administration wants to do away with the Department of Safety’s Border Strike Force. The force was established by former Gov. Doug Ducey in 2015 as an collaborative initiative he said would have state troopers partner with local law enforcement, and it's been expanding ever since.
Apr. 21, 2023
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was before Congress this week answering questions about border apprehensions and the upcoming end of the pandemic-era protocol Title 42, among other issues.
Apr. 18, 2023
Thirty-nine migrants died in a detention center in Ciudad Juárez last month, as the result of a fire set during a protest. New reporting from Luis Chaparro finds those migrants were only in that center to begin with because of an extortion scheme.
Apr. 18, 2023
In 2021, CBP announced it had begun outfitting some of its personnel with the body cameras as a way to increase accountability and transparency, and said the program would eventually expand the program nationwide. This is the first such footage to be publicly released since then.
Apr. 18, 2023
Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, could be eligible for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act in a new plan proposed by the Biden administration this month.
Apr. 18, 2023
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