Under coronavirus immigration measures, U.S. is expelling border-crossers to Mexico

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

Trump quietly shuts down asylum at U.S. borders to fight virus

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

Crews still hard at work on Trump’s border wall, despite stay-home orders and pandemic

Construction continues on 197 miles of wall the president says will keep out drugs, migrants and disease. ‘We’ve been told to show up every day, nonstop,’ says one worker. A construction worker (left) helps move a section of reinforcing grid … Read More

How coronavirus has halted Central American migration to the US

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

These Migrants Stuck in Tent Cities on the Border Just Had Their Hopes Dashed by the Supreme Court

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 … Read More

USMCA thumbs-up from Senate hands Trump second trade victory

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement sailed through the U.S. Senate on Thursday, giving President Trump his second major trade win in as many days. The biggest trade deal of all time, the pact encompasses more than $1.3 trillion of commerce. While winning enough votes to pass … Read More

US immigration: Mexican asylum seekers could be deported to Guatemala

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The plan is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to curb the flow of migrants. – Reuters Mexicans seeking asylum in the US could be sent to Guatemala as part of a deal signed by the Trump administration with the … Read More

Mexico reacts to Trump’s vow to mark Mexican drug cartels as terrorists

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and President Donald Trump. Photos: Pedro Pardo/AFP and Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign secretary, said Wednesday that he is in contact with the U.S. government following President Trump’s announced plans to designate Mexican drug … Read More

Surge of Mexican migrants is new challenge for Trump border crackdown

A sudden increase in the number of Mexican families and asylum seekers trying to cross into the United States has raised fears of a new border crisis, frustrating Department of Homeland Security officials who are unable to deter Mexican nationals … Read More

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