Immigration

After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents
Sep 21, 2023

After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents

After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels as more asylum-seekers cross the U.S. border from Mexico


As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what's behind the numbers
Sep 21, 2023

As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what's behind the numbers

Migrants have always come to the U.S., but the immigration system now seems strained nationwide more than ever


Sep 20, 2023

Texas Migrants


Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits
Sep 20, 2023

Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits

As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts


Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
Sep 19, 2023

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible


Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers
Sep 18, 2023

Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers

Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico to demand papers


Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan
Sep 18, 2023

Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he races to come up with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down


Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law
Sep 16, 2023

Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law

In the months since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, daily life for Florida’s immigrant community has become fraught and governed by fear


Poland is shaken by reports that consular officials took bribes to help migrants enter Europe and US
Sep 16, 2023

Poland is shaken by reports that consular officials took bribes to help migrants enter Europe and US

Poland’s conservative governing party was hoping to make migration a key campaign theme ahead of the country’s Oct. 15 parliamentary elections


Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise in a dispute over a canal
Sep 15, 2023

Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise in a dispute over a canal

The Dominican Republic has shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti in a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil that taps into a shared river, as armed Dominican soldiers patrol entry points and military planes roar overhead


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