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 began the reimplementation of Migrant Protection Protocols in El Paso Monday after a federal judge forced the Biden administration to revive the controversial immigration policy commonly also known as “remain ...
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 ...
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 ...
EL PASO – Despite opposition from judges, government attorneys and immigration lawyers, 31 migrants were brought from Mexico on Monday for court hearings in El Paso, a city with two presumptive coronavirus cases. The migrants, ...
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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 ...