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Relative quiet has prevailed along the southern U.S. border since Friday, despite widespread fears that ending a pandemic-era policy to immediately expel most migrants, even asylum seekers, would set off a stampede from Mexico. A surge in migrants did in fact happen, in the run-up to the expiration of the pandemic-era expulsion policy, known as […]
President Biden’s attempt to deal efficiently with a new surge of migration following the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions has focused new attention on a severe shortage of judges, the result of longstanding neglect that has overwhelmed the immigration court system with a backlog of more than two million cases. The court system is […]
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, May 14 (Reuters) – After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment. After traveling from countries including the Dominican […]
The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process. The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants […]
A delegation of prominent national civil and immigrant rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance visited locations in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas to bear witness to the end of Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border, including a new asylum ban. […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr Reporting from El Paso, Texas 12 May 2023 Updated 57 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: What is the Title 42 border policy? Tens of thousands of people are waiting to cross into the US from Mexico, officials say, after […]
A contentious United States policy that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the border with Mexico has officially ended, as President Joe Biden’s administration readies for an expected influx of arrivals. The public health order known as Title 42, which formally expired at 11:59pm on Thursday (03:59 GMT on Friday), had […]
The day before Title 42 was scheduled to end, hundreds of migrants gathered on the banks of the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas. Some of them cut a hole through a fence and made it to onto U.S. soil before uniformed agents resealed the barricade. The majority retreated and bided their time. Come midnight when […]
Texas National Guard troops set up razor wire in El Paso, Texas. Officials are anticipating a wave of immigrants on Thursday night, with the end of the U.S. government’s COVID-era Title 42 policy. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images Texas National Guard troops set up razor wire in El Paso, Texas. […]
MEXICALI, Mexico — The shelter for migrant women and children was running out of space Wednesday when a teary-eyed woman and her 7-year-old son rang the doorbell and sheepishly peeked inside. The pair had just arrived by bus from the Mexican state of Guerrero, each carrying small, stuffed backpacks, after a gang burned down their house […]