Many of the hundreds of Black migrants from Africa and Haiti who wait in Tapachula say immigration officials, and the Mexican government in general, have failed to live up to the promise of human rights for all people without regard to their country of origin.... Read more»
Four migrant parents filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona, arguing a Trump administration policy of intentionally separating families who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border was harmful and traumatic.
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Laredo is the epicenter of a multibillion-dollar migrant smuggling industry, where coyotes bring people they have led across the Rio Grande to stash houses before their associates load groups of them onto trailers tucked away in the city’s warehouse district.... Read more»
Two brothers from Phoenix were part of a scheme to buy and sell guns through social media, including several weapons and a hand grenade they sold to an undercover officer even after they were told the weapons would be smuggled into Mexico. ... Read more»
Despite the horrors of the journey to Tapachula - the first stop in Mexico for migrants desperate to leave behind the violence and economic turmoil of their home countries - many face additional months and perhaps years impoverished and trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare.... Read more»
Reporters were not allowed to ask questions during a Tucson campaign event held Friday for Republican gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, featuring former Vice President Mike Pence. ... Read more»
Washington, D.C., officials are asking federal and regional governments to help area nonprofits stretched thin by busloads of migrants who are being sent to the city by the governors of Arizona and Texas to bring attention to surging migration and protest plans to end Title 42.... Read more»
In a 5-4 vote on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a plea from the Biden administration to allow enforcement of an immigration policy that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to use discretion when detaining immigrants who illegally cross the border.... Read more»
Directories list more than a dozen hospitals in Tapachula, but medical treatment can depend on interpretation of law and changing policy by hospital staff, leaving a situation that is confusing for migrants seeking care.... Read more»
More than 1.74 million migrants had been stopped at the southwest border through June, breaking the record set through all of the last fiscal year and with three months still to go in this fiscal year. ... Read more»
Border officials in Arizona are referring more migrants to prosecutors this year, marking a significant change since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. This April, 30% more cases were sent to prosecutors.... Read more»
One of the most significant election bills this legislative session signed into law by Arizona Gov. Ducey is provoking an outcry from voting advocates who say it could disenfranchise naturalized citizens and other voters by canceling their registrations.... Read more»
A year after the U.S. barred Mexicans from crossing the border to sell their blood, pharmaceutical companies have acknowledged that those donations provided as much as 10% of the plasma collected nationwide as they seek to have the ban overturned. ... Read more»
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint—a prelude to a lawsuit—against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the agency failed to release documents linked to what the ACLU called a practice of "dumping" sick people from custody when their deaths are imminent.... Read more»
Advocates waiting for the Biden administration to end the “remain in Mexico” immigration policy could be waiting weeks, or more, despite the Supreme Court ruling last month that the administration has the authority to do so. ... Read more»
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