Trump has repeatedly attacked Biden's immigration policy over the surge in migrants at the Southern border. Only about 27% of the 3.3 million foreigners who entered the United States last year did so through as “lawful permanent residents’’ or on temporary visas, accord...
While it uses the same legal threshold, refugee status is offered to individuals abroad. Asylum, on the other hand, is only available to those on U.S. soil. Barring some exceptions, U.S. law allows migrants in the U.S., including those who entered the country unlawfully, to request asy...
Trump’s first confirmed cabinet appointment, Rubio entered the department through its main entrance to loud applause and cheers before addressing his new employees in the same lobby in which former Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered farewell remarks to the building Friday. “The voters dec...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave. US District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump-appointed judge, sided with workers associations on Friday, which argued that President Trump lacks the...
After the recent surge in asylum-related migration, this question becomes particularly important, because many migrants return involuntarily—either because their asylum claim was rejected or because they had to return while en route for various reasons, including violence and exploitation. According to ...
“We’ll continue to do what we do: turn over people we apprehend to the U.S. Border Patrol and then wait for the courts to figure out what they’re going to do,” Cleveland said. Typical calls to Cleveland's office about migrants who may have ente...
I have lost track of how many times I have offered this walk as an auction donation for Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation (UTUUC), but I suspect it’s been at least 5 years now if not more. When I scheduled the date for this walk back in the fall, I was looking for ...
Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez showed us where state national guardsmen were installing fresh razor wire barriers along the river. Cecilia Vega: Help me understand at the heart of this, why Texas has a problem with the Border Patrol coming into process migrants in this...
And Trumpsaid Wednesdaythat he’ll sign an executive action ordering the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants. ICE will oversee the facility, Homan and Noem told CNN. CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan ...
Trump also repeated a false assertion that migrants are taking jobs from Latinos and portrayed them as violent criminals. He told the audience he doesn’t oppose allowing people to enter the country through legal pathways and said those who did so during his administration w...