MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday expressed gratitude to Donald Trump for avoiding in public the thorny subject of the U.S. president’s promised border wall during a summit in Washington earlier this week. Lopez … Read More
FILE – This April 22, 2020, file photo, shows Juarez, Mexico, and the Rio Grande from El Paso Texas. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File) WASHINGTON – The number of migrants detained along the Mexico border jumped 40 percent in June, defying … Read More
‘Even if the coronavirus abates, we don’t really expect the administration to lift these restrictions.’ Policies put in place by the administration of US President Donald Trump have cut off access to asylum in the United States during the coronavirus … Read More
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday for the Trump administration in a key immigration case, determining that a federal law limiting an asylum applicant’s ability to appeal a determination that he lacked a credible fear of persecution from his home country does not … Read More
President Trump on Monday is expected to sign an executive order that significantly expands current immigration restrictions to include a number of guest worker programs including the H-1B visa — an order the administration says will put Americans first for jobs as the … Read More
US Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents wearing masks for protection against COVID-19 check pedestrians IDs on April 1, 2020, on the Paso del Norte International Bridge between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. – Both Ciudad … Read More
Fifteen federal courts that handle immigration cases have been shut down by the Justice Department due to protests and violence in major U.S. cities. The DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review announced immigration courts in Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, and … Read More
A construction worker’s gloved hand is seen through a portion of the 30-foot tall bollard fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP) PHOENIX — A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received … Read More
Two detention officers are suing the Otay Mesa Detention Center, the U.S. government is lobbying to reopen Mexican factories and more in our biweekly roundup of border news. Health care workers with Family Health Centers of San Diego stand ready … Read More