Immigration
Italy's regulations on charities keep migrant rescue ships from the Mediterranean
The year has gotten off to a slow start for a charity-run rescue ship that typically plies the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress
The Biden administration escalates its border dispute with Texas after 3 migrants drown
The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott
Lawmakers announce bipartisan effort to enhance child tax credit, revive tax breaks for businesses
According to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, there are “many things” for both Republicans and Democrats to celebrate in a new bipartisan tax package
Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
Immigration courts are buckling under an unprecedented 3 million pending cases, most of them newly arrived asylum-seekers
Ukrainian trucker involved in deadly crash wants license back while awaiting deportation
A commercial truck driver from Ukraine who was ordered deported wants to get his driving privileges back, since he's been acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a crash in New Hampshire
Leon Wildes, immigration lawyer who fought to prevent John Lennon's deportation, dead at age 90
A prominent immigration lawyer and improbable hero among Beatles fans has died
Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter crashes near Mexican border with minor injury reported
A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person
New York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived
New York City’s hasty pre-storm evacuation of a massive tent shelter for migrants has become a flashpoint in the national debate over migrants entering the country’s southern border
As the Senate tries to strike a border deal with Mayorkas, House GOP launches effort to impeach him
House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “derelict in his duty” over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border
Economy tops US priorities for government across racial groups, AP-NORC and AAPI Data polls show
Black, white, Hispanic and Asian adults in the U.S. largely agree that the government should focus on the economy and foreign policy issues in 2024, but recent polling shows that views diverge on some high-profile topics, including racism and immigration