EL PASO, Texas — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into...
Newsom Warns Biden, California Could ‘Break’ With Flood of Illegal Migrants When Title 42 Expires
In an interview with ABC News on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Joe Biden's border policies are 'not working' and says the White House must take 'responsibility and ownership'. He warns ending Title 42 could "break" his state. Biden plans to end Title 42, a Trump era policy which...
Dems Consider New Immigration Plan for Domestic Policy Bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats may propose that the government exercise its existing parole power to let migrants stay temporarily in the United States, aides and advocates said Wednesday, in the party’s latest attempt to use its expansive domestic policy bill to help millions of immigrants. The idea is being advanced...
US Closes Trump-Era Office for Victims of Immigrant Crime
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration said Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants, a move that symbolizes President Joe Biden's rejection of former President Donald Trump's repeated efforts to link immigrants to crime. Trump created the Victim Of Immigration Crime...
Harris Turns Focus to Mexico on Trip to Address Migration
MEXICO CITY — Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her first foreign trip Tuesday with a visit to Mexico and a meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a key but complicated ally in the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the spike in migration at the U.S. border. While...
Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants With Temporary Status
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court that federal immigration law prohibits people who entered the country illegally and now have Temporary Protected...
Danish Lawmakers Approve Plan to Locate Asylum Center Abroad
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish lawmakers voted Thursday in favor of Denmark establishing a refugee reception center in a third country that is likely to be in Africa, a move that could be a first step toward moving the country's asylum screening process outside of Europe. Legislation approved on a 70-24...
Watchdog: US Forced Deported Parents to Leave Kids Behind
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children, contradicting claims by officials that parents were willingly leaving them behind. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report...
Biden to Meet DACA Recipients in Immigration Overhaul Push
President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Friday with six immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who benefited from an Obama-era policy that protected them from deportation. The Oval Office meeting comes as Biden looks to press Congress to pass legislation codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
US Agents Encounter More Single Adults Crossing Border
LA JOYA, Texas — Parents emerge from the brush into a baseball field, carrying exhausted children. Border Patrol agents dictate orders: Families with young children in one line and unaccompanied children in another. The smallest of three lines is for single adults. The scene Tuesday night in La Joya, a...