Jan. 5, 12:20 p.m.: This story has been updated to include comment from the Executive Office for Immigration Review on providing legal services to people placed in Migrant Protection Protocols. Plastic chairs line the hallways ...
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden emphasized how different his immigration policy would be from that of former President Donald Trump, promising to “take urgent action to undo Trump’s damage.” But after nearly a year ...
When the Department of Homeland Security announced details of the reimplementation of Migrant Protection Protocols, officials said the U.S. government will work with Mexican authorities to ensure “safe and secure” housing for asylum seekers enrolled ...
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that the controversial Migrant Protection Protocols — commonly referred to as ‘remain in Mexico’ — will be re-implemented in El Paso and other border communities Monday. The Trump-era ...
Esperanza Para Todos on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez needs more beds. It needs portable toilets and showers, too. Like many of the shelters in Ciudad Juárez, Esperanza Para Todos is straining to keep up ...
On President Biden’s first day in office, he fulfilled a campaign promise by suspending the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” program. Now, a federal court ruling may bring the controversial policy back, despite objections by border ...
By Gabriela Minjares/La Verdad Second in a four-part series CIUDAD JUAREZ – María, after making a trip of about 3,000 kilometers to get to this border to cross over to the United States, found her ...
Update: Daniel was released from ICE detention on Sunday evening after suffering a medical crisis. He is doing much better after being taken to an El Paso migrant shelter said his legal representative, Rosa De ...
As the Biden administration announced that the United States would begin to allow asylum seekers enrolled in Migrant Protection Protocols to cross the border, a rare sight spread across a migrant shelter in Juárez: Smiles ...
For the refugees who have spent months (or even years) stuck waiting in Mexico in the dangerous Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, the art-covered walls of El Paso’s Casa del Refugiado are a colorful and ...
The safety of El Paso and border communities will be a priority as asylum seekers who had been trapped in Mexico are allowed to enter the United States, senior United Nations officials said in a ...
Parents the world over desire a secure environment in which to raise their children. For mothers like Fatima, it seems that security is a dream that exists just over the line that separates Mexico and ...
Story by Rocio Gallegos/La Verdad Photographs by Alicia Fernandez Republished with permission. See the original Spanish version of the story here. Every time her petition for asylum in the United States is extended, Yaneth Blanco ...
When Veronica crossed the border from Juárez to El Paso last spring to turn herself in to Border Patrol agents, she was nine months pregnant and already having contractions. “(An agent) asked me if I ...
Children caught in political limbo in Ciudad Juárez, and a global pandemic, are now doing what many others around the world have been doing since earlier this year — logging in to virtual classes. “I ...
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By Joan Rosenhauer and Conrado Zepeda Recent actions taken by the Biden Administration to reimplement the Migrant Protection Protocols program, and the decision by a federal appeals court to reinstate the program, are deeply disappointing ...