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, as part of the measures to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus disease in Monterrey,…
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, as efforts across the continent to contain the widening COVID-19 pandemic continued to upend daily…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using flights deporting illegal immigrants to two Central American countries to bring back Americans stranded by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. ICE, working with the State Department, has brought home 209 U.S. citizens on…
The court said the Trump administration can continue its “Remain in Mexico” program. Migrants say they’re “in a complete state of limbo.” MATAMOROS, Mexico — More than 1,700 people live nearly on top of one another steps from the U.S.-Mexico border, squeezed into tents crammed together like Tetris blocks. Many of the mostly Central American…
A sign at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Clint, Tex., in June (Mario Tama/Getty Images) The number of migrants detained along the U.S.-Mexico border has increased for the first time in nine months, according to statistics published by the Trump administration Thursday that indicate the president’s deterrent measures may be stalling. U.S. Customs and…
More troops are heading for the southern border. The Department of Defense is sending members of a Crisis Response Force to two ports of entry in preparation for a deadline fast approaching. The Trump administration is waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on the Migrant Protection Protocols policy. The deadline is Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Ohio…
Implemented last year by the Trump administration, the policy has proven effective in stemming the flood of illegal crossings at our southern border.GUILLERMO ARIAS / Contributor / Getty Images KEY TAKEAWAYS One of the biggest drivers of the crisis at the southern border was the “catch and release” policy of President Barack Obama’s administration. Acting…
Gang members from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been hiding amongst the migrant caravans heading to the United States – and have been committing crimes in Mexico along the way, intelligence officials are warning. Gissell Pérez Artiga, an El Salvador-based representative of the multinational Joint Border Intelligence Group – which the U.S. State Department says includes American personnel…
Mexico is now holding the immigrant caravan in a town near its own southern border. The border crisis hasn’t ended; it just moved 2,000 miles south. During a visit to Tapachula, in southern Mexico, we found the small city coping with the kind of overcrowded detention centers, dangerous crossings and police actions associated with the…
Syrian refugees take notes during their vocational ESL class at the International Rescue Committee center in San Diego on Aug. 31, 2016. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) The United States plans to admit a maximum of 18,000 refugees in fiscal year 2020, down from a cap of 30,000 in the one that ended Sept. 30, 2019, under a…