In this April 25, 2020 photo provided by IOM Niger, some of nearly 100 Nigeriens arrive in Assamaka, Niger, on foot from Algeria and now must be quarantined for two weeks at the remote Sahara border settlement, where water is … Read More
‘I can’t explain it to the American people through Congress since it’s hard to do in a five- or six-minute [television] hit,’ he said. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan is out with a book, which he … Read More
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. UPDATE, April 21, 2020, at 6:58 p.m. ET: President Trump has clarified that his 60-day immigration pause, at least for now, will apply only to … Read More
The pandemic has allowed the U.S. Border Patrol to implement the kind of rapid-fire deportation system President Donald Trump has long extolled as his preferred approach. Under a new policy spurred by the new coronavirus crisis, Customs and Border Patrol … Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of asylum seekers crammed in border towns near the Texas-Mexico border awaiting U.S. immigration hearings are at risk of dying from coronavirus because of poor health access and unsafe conditions, advocates say. In Matamoros, where about 2,000 migrants live in a … Read More
Joe Raedle/Getty Images News/Getty Images On Monday, ProPublica reported that 19 migrant children in U.S. custody at a Chicago shelter called Heartland Human Care Services had tested positive for coronavirus. On Tuesday, that number had nearly doubled to 37, the organization said, … Read More
FILE – In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol … Read More
By Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde – http://www.ngb.army.mil, Public Domain, Link In violation of the international Refugee Convention, which the US signed in 1968, the Border Patrol is now using the COVID-19 crisis as a rationale to turn away migrants without giving … Read More
Border closures and strict lockdowns have led to a steep decline in the number of migrants coming from Central America. Migrants seeking a U.S. work visa are pictured after being evicted from their hotel, which local authorities said was crowded, … Read More
Vehicles wait in line to cross into Canada at the Peace Bridge Plaza on March 18, 2020, in Buffalo N.Y. The Canada-U.S. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions “by mutual consent,” President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday, … Read More