Keyword "Immigration & the Border" - List of latest news (184 results)

10:00 Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will

Congressional members warn that bottlenecked courts will be hurt as Trump administration fire immigration judges, demand that Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi explain

03:41 ICE raid reportedly detains more than a dozen day laborers outside Home Depot

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly detained over a dozen day laborers outside a Home Depot in Pomona on Tuesday.

22/04 Police rescue West Africans from a human trafficking scam in Ivory Coast

Victims paid as much as $9,000 to supposed recruiters who trafficked them to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where they were held under physical coercion.

22/04 Judge temporarily blocks New York mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail

A lawsuit brought by the New York City Council accuses Mayor Eric Adams of entering into a 'corrupt quid pro quo bargain' with the Trump administration.

20/04 Alito's dissent in deportation case says Supreme Court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-night order

Justice Samuel Alito writes a sharp dissent that castigates the seven-member majority for blocking the Trump from deporting Venezuelans held in northern Texas under wartime law.

19/04 Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that a Tufts University student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities in March be brought to Vermont.

19/04 Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

19/04 Column: Celebrating suffragists and trying to disenfranchise women? That takes some cognitive dissonance

The SAVE Act, meant to suppress voting, perpetuates debunked anti-immigrant myths.

19/04 Commentary: Trump's cruelty to migrants reminds us what Easter is about

Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but all I can think of is the people who persecuted Jesus. At a time when Christians are called upon to embrace Jesus’ message of love and charity, our president continues to revel in a cruelty that’s, well, biblical.

19/04 ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to block more Venezuelan detainee removals

As ACLU attempts to remove more Venezuelan detainees, government lawyers say the administration reserves the right to have removal flights Saturday.

18/04 Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over U.S. return

The Democratic senator posted a photo of the meeting on X but did not provide an update on the status of Abrego Garcia.

16/04 Defying courts in deportation case, Trump risks a tipping point, experts say

President Trump's defiance of court orders in a case involving a resident of Maryland being wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison has pushed the country to a constitutional tipping point, according to legal experts.

13/04 L.A. was forged by global commerce. Can the metropolis we know survive the Trump trade wars?

Like few other places in the U.S., the economy and culture of Los Angeles have been forged by globalization. Merchants across the region last week expressed profound uncertainty over what threats of a looming trade war could do to the economy.

13/04 Italy sends rejected migrants to detention centers in Albania, echoing U.S. practice

It was the first time an EU country sent rejected migrants to a nation outside the EU that is neither their own nor a country they had transited on their journey.

06/04 Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted

A recent immigration enforcement action that resulted in the arrests of employees and owners at a beloved bakery has shocked residents of the Texas town of Los Fresnos.

05/04 2 U.S. border inspectors in San Diego charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents

Two U.S. border inspectors in Southern California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to wave people into the country without showing documents.

05/04 Contributor: The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sign. Now the U.S. vibe is 'stay out'

When the U.S. banned Pride flags at our embassies, that sent a clear message. No wonder a top tennis player fleeing Russia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws chose to go to Australia.

02/04 Turkish student detained by ICE moved to Vermont before judge's order, government says

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.

31/03 Contributor: Trump's ever-widening sadism will undermine his movement

Americans are famously tolerant of other people’s suffering, but they have an extremely low tolerance for their own. And more and more Americans are feeling the pain.

30/03 California-Mexico border, once overwhelmed, now nearly empty

Trump's immigration crackdown has slowed migrant crossings to a near halt. Humanitarian aid groups, with few people to serve, are closing down operations at the border.

28/03 California principal blocked Border Patrol from career fair; school district apologizes

The Riverside County school district apologized and said the Border Patrol is welcome to future career fairs.

18/03 Contributor: Deportation raids terrorized my family for decades — and we had papers

A 1950s federal campaign wasn't the first or the last racist campaign to hound an entire community of Mexican Americans. The scars last through generations.

17/03 From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty.

16/03 Amid arrest of pro-Palestinian student organizer, what rights do visa holders and others have?

Non-U.S. citizens can participate in political activism but legal experts weigh in on whether the government can penalize them for such activity.

14/03 Woman home again with ailing daughter after ICE arrest in El Monte

A judge agreed to allow Yolanda Perez, who was arrested by ICE, to be released on bond. The El Monte woman is the primary caregiver for her ailing daughter.

12/03 California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration

As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for an industry long reliant on a foreign-born workforce.

06/03 SoCal immigrants, allies can learn what to do when ICE shows up. Here's how

Amid reports of immigration authorities in L.A, organizations are hosting workshops to inform residents of their rights and what to expect in interactions with ICE agents.

02/03 Hundreds protest Trump deportation policies in the Inland Empire. 'We’re leaving fear behind'

The protest, promoted on social media as a “mass mobilization against mass deportation," was led by the San Bernardino-based Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice.

01/03 LAPD presence at South L.A. immigration raid sparks questions

Los Angeles Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez is calling on the city to create clearer protocols regarding its immigrant sanctuary laws after Los Angeles police officers were spotted during a local enforcement operation.

28/02 They patrol L.A.'s streets in search of ICE, Trump immigration raids

Members of the Community Self-Defense Coalition patrol neighborhood streets in an effort to alert people about ICE operations and inform them of their rights.

28/02 ICE agents are setting their sights on L.A. What employers need to know

Given the Trump administration's stated desire to ratchet up immigration enforcement and deportations, officials say it's vital for business owners to prepare and know their rights.

26/02 New York City set to close hub for migrants at the formerly grand Roosevelt Hotel

Mayor Eric Adams said this week that the Roosevelt Hotel and more than 50 other migrant shelters are no longer needed and will shut by June.

26/02 Trump administration plans to require undocumented immigrants to join registry or face jail, fines

Immigrant rights groups raise alarms over plan to make all immigrants who do not have legal status, including children, provide personal information and fingerprints.

24/02 Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang found that the Trump administration policy could violate religious freedom.

21/02 Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court

Trump administration reverses itself on a program providing lawyers for 4,000 migrant children in immigration court.

20/02 Teen charged with attempted murder in stabbing during L.A. immigration protests

A 14-year-old will face attempted murder charges in the stabbing of another teen in L.A. during protests against President Trump's planned mass deportations.

19/02 Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries

The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and others.

14/02 Vance lectures European officials on free speech, immigration in security conference remarks

Vice President JD Vance tells European officials, 'In Washington, there is a new sheriff in town,' lectures them on free speech and illegal migration.

13/02 Immigrant rights activists vow to disrupt ICE raids in California

A coalition of immigrant activists calling itself 'the Community Self-Defense Coalition' says it will alert the community to ICE agents.

11/02 Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing

Christian and Jewish groups file a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.

08/02 Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown

The Trump administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown.

07/02 San Francisco sues Trump administration over crackdown on sanctuary cities

San Francisco City Atty. David Chiu announced a lawsuit on Friday against the Trump administration over the White House's recent crackdown on sanctuary cities.

07/02 Column: Vandalize an Italian American museum during an immigration protest? Bad move

Protesters defacing a shrine to immigrants of the past while fighting for the immigrants of today — it was a sad irony for the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles.

06/02 In India, lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by U.S.

India’s Parliament has been disrupted as opposition lawmakers protested what they said was mistreatment of 104 Indian immigrants deported by the U.S.

05/02 How Trump's foreign policy is creating an opportunity for China in Latin America

Over the last two decades, China has begun to challenge U.S. hegemony in Latin America. Now China has been handed another opportunity by the Trump presidency.

05/02 Hundreds of L.A. students join immigration protests; buildings vandalized, rocks thrown, LAPD says

Protests against Trump's immigration crackdown continued for a third day in downtown Los Angeles, with hundreds of students walking out of class to join.

04/02 L.A. City Council proposes new measures to protect immigrants from Trump

The L.A. City Council is proposing more immigrant protections, even in the face of President Trump’s threats to withhold funds from sanctuary cities.

04/02 Legal aid groups for immigrants can resume work in detention centers after DOJ backs down

DOJ reverses course after nonprofits sued the Trump Administration for halting the $28-million program that provides free legal orientation to detainees

03/02 ACLU sues Trump Administration for ending asylum at Southern border

Trump's executive order sought to dismantle asylum at the Southern border, lawyers say it has been illegally extended to those inside the country.

03/02 Mexico reaches deal with Trump to avert tariffs for at least a month

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country has avoided hefty U.S. tariffs — for now — after coming to an agreement with President Trump.

01/02 Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants

Lawyers asked a judge to reverse a stop work order on programs that provide detainees basic legal information, arguing that the funds had already been appropriated by Congress.

31/01 Colombia's president calls for migrants to leave jobs in the U.S. and return home

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is calling on his compatriots working without legal status in the United States to leave their jobs and return to Colombia.

29/01 While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he'll send 'worst' criminal migrants to Guantanamo

The White House announced a short time later that Trump had signed a presidential memorandum on Guantanamo.

29/01 Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?

Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power in the hands of the president.

27/01 "Black site": DOJ halts legal programs for detainees, cuts off advocates access to detention facilities

The suspension eliminates most chances for detained immigrants without a lawyer to receive basic legal information.

27/01 Woman charged in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont to appear in federal court

A woman charged in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is scheduled to appear in federal court.

27/01 Immigration made homeless numbers worse than they actually were in 2024

The historic increase of homelessness reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2024 was largely the result of tens of thousands of immigrants arriving in a handful of states, grossly inflating the actual rise of America's domestic homeless population.

26/01 Haitian leader says the Trump administration's plans will be 'catastrophic' for his country

Haitian leader says Trump administration decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be 'catastrophic' for Haiti.

26/01 Stranded in Mexico City, these migrants hoping to reach the United States have no good options

The 1,500 migrants living in this Mexico City encampment face hard choices with President Trump in office.

25/01 Senate confirms Kristi Noem as Trump's Homeland Security secretary

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency.

22/01 Trump cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in U.S.

Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.

22/01 'Freaked out': Fear, uncertainty grip California's immigrant community as Trump rolls out crackdown plan

Worry spreads over what Trump's orders will mean for California immigrants. One in eight state residents are undocumented or live with a family member who is.

21/01 Mexico's president reacts to Trump moves on immigration, border and cartels. 'It's nothing new'

Mexico's President Sheinbaum says she will work with Trump on deportations, border issues and cartels, but laughs at his 'Gulf of America' order.

20/01 Trump plans to combat immigration with troops and a state of emergency

President Trump plans to sign executive orders that will fundamentally change how the nation handles immigration, beefing up enforcement and deportations.

18/01 Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term

Resettlement agencies have raced to welcome refugees before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

17/01 Kristi Noem, Trump's Homeland Security pick, faces pointed scrutiny on immigration from senators

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing senators during her confirmation hearing as she vies to become the next Homeland Security secretary.

11/01 'They just got my uncle': Mass immigration arrests spark fear among farmworkers in Central Valley

Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

31/12 Opinion: How Mexico can strike back if Trump follows through on his threats

The president-elect would hurt U.S. consumers and businesses, while creating a new opportunity for China. He's likely to alienate some core supporters.

28/12 California cities get letters from Trump advisor warning about interfering with immigration enforcement

The threatening letters came from a nonprofit headed by Stephen Miller, who is expected to be Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy.

25/12 Editorial: Immigrants are California's lifeblood. They need support now more than ever

Immigrants are California's lifeblood. With the mass deportation on the horizon, it’s more important than ever to support immigrants and recognize the vital role they play in our society.

18/12 U.S. shows off $1-billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays

The new U.S. Embassy in Mexico is on a former industrial site that required extensive toxic cleanup, in an area known as New Polanco.

16/12 Trump said he would revoke birthright citizenship. It hasn't worked in the past

The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with unrestricted birthright citizenship. Trump said in a recent interview that he plans to revoke the right.

11/12 Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump's mass deportation effort

Politicians in Republican-led states are pushing plans, including bounties for tips, that would aid Donald Trump's effort to deport millions of immigrants.

11/12 Column: This is why Donald Trump just doubled down on mass deportation of millions of immigrants

The president-elect reiterated his promise to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country without authorization. His rationale for the policy is false.

09/12 Will Trump move to prosecute incoming California Sen. Schiff for investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot?

'Honestly, they should go to jail,' Trump said of elected officials who led the investigation in a Sunday interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press.'

08/12 Opinion: How Trump 2.0 could make mass deportation a reality

The government has long understood that detaining people far away from family is an effective way of convincing individuals to give up their rights.

07/12 New York's mayor warms to Trump and doesn't rule out becoming a Republican

New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to joining the GOP. His rhetoric has taken a rightward turn since Trump's win, particularly on immigration.

04/12 Mexican troops report record fentanyl haul in two raids

The latest haul was striking because fentanyl seizures in Mexico had fallen dramatically in the first half of the year.

04/12 Man convicted in Georgia nursing student's killing asks for a new trial

Attorneys for Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan man sentenced to life in prison without parole in the killing of Laken Riley, file a motion for a new trial.

30/11 Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump on tariffs threat

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida for dinner with Donald Trump after the president-elect threatened sweeping tariffs on Canada's products.

29/11 Mexico's president says she is confident that a tariff war with the U.S. can be averted

President Biden on Thursday said he hoped Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs, saying it could “screw up” relationships with close allies.

28/11 Conservative U.S. influencer Candace Owens barred from New Zealand weeks after ban from Australia

Immigration officials in New Zealand say conservative U.S. political commentator Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter the country for a speaking engagement.

28/11 Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on U.S.-Mexico border

A federal appeals court has ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass.

28/11 Border Patrol trains more chaplains as the job and polarizing immigration debate rattle agents

More are training to become chaplains to help their peers as they tackle security threats and witness growing suffering among migrants.

28/11 Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Regardless of whether President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, educators around the U.S. are bracing for upheaval

26/11 After Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers

Donald Trump's victory has dismayed many politically engaged Black women, and they're reassessing their enthusiasm for politics and organizing.

21/11 Mexico's president on Trump deportation plans: Immigrants are not 'criminals'

Mexico's president said immigrants shouldn't be treated as 'criminals,' but is planning for an influx of returnees if Trump implements mass deportations.

20/11 Texas offers Trump land on U.S.-Mexico border as staging area for mass deportations

Texas is offering a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations under Trump.

20/11 Spain to grant residency, work permits to thousands of migrants in the country illegally

Spain says it will grant residency to thousands of migrants in the country illegally in a move aimed at expanding the country's aging workforce.

20/11 Man convicted of murder in killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

The killing added fuel to the national debate over immigration when federal authorities said Ibarra illegally entered the United States in 2022.

19/11 Democratic Arizona governor says she'll work with Trump on border security if it won't harm families

Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation in American history, which would upend the lives of some 11 million people in the U.S.

18/11 Steve Bannon's trial in border wall charity scheme case delayed until February

Manhattan prosecutors brought the case against Bannon after Donald Trump pardoned him in a similar federal prosecution that was in its early stages.

18/11 Trump confirms deportation strategy will include national emergency and military

President-elect Donald Trump said his plan to execute mass deportations of immigrants in the U.S. illegally will involve a national emergency declaration and the military.

13/11 Theodore B. Olson, conservative attorney who helped win gay marriage in California, dies at 84

Ted Olson was conservative lawyer who won friends among liberals

11/11 Italy's plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of EU borders in Albania has hit another snag with a second group returning to Italy.

11/11 As anti-immigrant politics sweep the nation, Santa Ana voters reject measure allowing noncitizens to vote in local races

Supporters of measure DD, which would allow noncitizen voting in local Santa Ana elections, say the defeat won't deter them.

11/11 Trump announces Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, will serve as 'border czar'

Tom Homan, Trump's former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border.

09/11 L.A. City Hall reacts to Trump's election with angst, anger

City officials expressed fear that Trump, a mercurial leader prone to grudges, would retaliate against California and Los Angeles because of its Democratic leadership.

07/11 Column: Why it's wrong to blame Trump's victory on Latino men

After Joe Biden won in 2020 with less Latino support than Clinton, I warned liberals that the Democratic Party was losing blue-collar Latino men. Few listened.

07/11 Canada's Trudeau revives a Cabinet-level panel to address concerns about a Trump presidency

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is reestablishing a special Cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations in light of Trump's election.

06/11 Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here's what he's proposed

Among other things, Trump's agenda would scale back federal government efforts on civil rights and expand presidential powers.

06/11 Quiet dismay, open glee: U.S. adversaries, allies around world react to historic Trump win

World leaders swiftly weighed in, from early and enthusiastic congratulations to more somber and circumspect assurances of continuity in the relationship with Trump.

03/11 Abcarian: Transgender issues aren't a top voter concern. Why is Trump's campaign obsessed with them?

The former president and other Republicans have spent tens of millions on ads demonizing trans people and attacking Kamala Harris for supporting them.

01/11 Granderson: Trump would gut Social Security and Medicare just as boomers need them

Billionaire backers of the former president are counting on tax cuts, no matter the toll they would take on most Americans.

24/10 Opinion: It's time to tell the truth about how immigration affects the U.S. economy

Despite disingenuous scapegoating by Donald Trump and others, research shows immigrants are good for American business, employment and productivity.

22/10 Leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia propose setting up migrant 'hot spots' outside the EU

Following a meeting in Komarno, Slovakia, leaders of the three countries outlined a stricter migration policy they'd like to see adopted by the European Union.

17/10 Italian ship transfers 16 intercepted migrants to Albania in a first under their new migration plan

An Italian navy ship docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants intercepted in international waters.

16/10 Poland's president criticizes planned suspension of right to asylum as a 'fatal mistake'

President Andrzej Duda argues that plan would block access to safe haven for people in Russia and neighboring Belarus who oppose their governments.

16/10 Column: Trump wants Helene victims to fear and doubt FEMA. Their experience is contradicting him

While misinformation hampers the federal response to the hurricane in North Carolina, people on the ground are finding officials competent and helpful.

16/10 The anti-Latino massacre that America quickly forgot casts a long shadow in El Paso

Paying homage to victims of anti-Latino hatred is important, given Trump’s anti-immigrant slurs. But in El Paso, some are weary of the migrants passing through.

15/10 Albania will intake Italy's asylum seekers, as a gesture of gratitude, but not other EU countries, PM says

Prime Minister Edi Rama says his country forged a deal to take in Italy's asylum seekers, but won't OK any more such deals with other EU countries.

14/10 Polish leader Tusk defends decision to suspend asylum law

Poland has struggled since 2021 with migration pressures on its border with Belarus — which is also part of the European Union's external border.

12/10 Data debunk Trump claim that migrants are taking jobs from Latinos or Black people

Donald Trump promises a mass deportation event if he is elected. Economists say that could cause the cost of food and housing to skyrocket.

12/10 With false or misleading claims, Trump drives his anti-immigrant message in Colorado

Donald Trump used false or misleading claims and dehumanizing language as he took his anti-immigration offensive to suburban Colorado.

10/10 Lake blames Gallego for border woes, he vows to protect abortion rights in Arizona Senate debate

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego faced each other Wednesday evening in Phoenix in their only scheduled debate.

10/10 Immigrants brought to the U.S. as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation

At stake in the long legal battle playing out is the future of about 535,000 people who have long-established lives in the U.S.

10/10 Opinion: Trump says he'll expel a million immigrants. Believe him — it happened before

During the Great Depression, when many falsely blamed Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans for the economic crisis, as many as a million were forced out of the country.

09/10 North Korea vows to block border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures

North Korea's moves were likely a pressure tactic and it's unclear how they will affect ties with South Korea since cross-border travel and exchanges have been halted for years.

07/10 Trump says migrants who've committed murder have brought 'a lot of bad genes in our country'

It’s the latest example of the Republican presidential nominee alleging that immigrants are changing the hereditary makeup of the United States.

07/10 South Korean woman sues government, adoption agency after kidnapped daughter was sent abroad

It's the first known case of a Korean birth parent suing for damages against the government and an adoption agency over the wrongful adoption of their child.

06/10 For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale

A bipartisan group of local religious leaders, law enforcement officials and residents across Alabama is taking steps to help integrate the state's Haitian population.

04/10 Trump blames immigrants as if that were a policy position. It's racist

The former president's lies about illegal immigration don't even make sense. His ideas would make food and housing more expensive.

03/10 Mexico vows inquiry after soldiers fire on U.S.-bound migrants, killing six

Mexico vows to investigate after soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying U.S.-bound migrants near the country's border with Guatemala, killing six.

01/10 Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

The new rules, which toughen restrictions announced in June, bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem that the border is overwhelmed.

30/09 Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland's example

Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 123-mile border it shares with Russia, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland.

30/09 European far right celebrates Austrian election win, but Austria's political future is uncertain

Sunday's election result leaves Austria’s political future uncertain as it’s questionable how stable the next coalition government will be.

28/09 In a 'purple' California district, a GOP congressman fights to defend a seat he won by 564 votes

In 2022, GOP Rep. John Duarte beat Adam Gray by just 564 votes. Both men are campaigning hard to win the rematch in a moderate Central Valley district.

25/09 Trump warns he'll expel 1 million immigrants allowed into U.S. under key Biden programs

Trump warns he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two Biden administration programs.

22/09 Police won't provide election security after sheriff's posts about Harris yard signs

On the county Democrats’ Facebook page, the county board of elections chair said members voted to remove the Sheriff’s Department from providing security.

19/09 Why JD Vance won’t stop his racist lies about the Springfield Haitians

JD Vance is knowingly spreading a racist rumor that is upending the lives of legal immigrants. Here's why he won't stop.

18/09 Hungary refuses to pay fines for breaking EU asylum rules. Brussels is taking the money anyway

In June, the EU’s top court ordered Hungary to pay $223 million for persistently depriving migrants of their right to apply for asylum.

17/09 The new hard-right Dutch coalition pledges stricter limits on asylum

Dutch King Willem-Alexander, a mostly ceremonial monarch, summarized the wide-ranging policy blueprint for the coming year and beyond.

16/09 Germany begins conducting checks at all its land borders, testing spirit of EU’s free travel

The checks began at the borders with France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark before dawn Monday.

16/09 U.K. leader seeks to learn from Italy's tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

The visit comes after at least eight seaborne migrants died off the French coast over the weekend, trying to cross the English Channel.

11/09 On a night of fierce exchanges, Harris sets the tone

Kamala Harris got an apparent boost when pop megastar Taylor Swift said she plans to vote for Harris, calling the Democrat a “steady-handed, gifted leader.”

11/09 Why Trump kept going back to immigration again and again

Even if the topic was his 2020 election loss or the Jan. 6 insurrection, Trump brought up immigration in his debate against Harris.

11/09 Trump says crime is soaring, and immigrants are to blame. The data tell another story

Crime and public safety have been a major focus of the presidential race, with Harris and Trump both claiming in Tuesday's debate to be stronger on such matters than the other.

05/09 China halts foreign adoptions of its children

China will no longer allow international adoptions of its children. The only exception will be for relatives adopting a child or stepchild, a spokesperson said.

05/09 Study: ICE fails to provide detainees with language interpretation required by its own rules

A new report illustrates widespread failure by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to meet the language access obligations required by federal law and its own rules.

31/08 Catholic diocese sues U.S. government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave

Religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a change in how green cards for religious workers are processed.

30/08 San Diego sheriff says migrants did not try to forcefully stop or enter school bus

There were no reports of people boarding any buses, but the two attempts have alarmed the school district in San Diego County.

29/08 Biden administration restarts immigration program for 4 countries, with more vetting for sponsors

The Homeland Security Department ends the program's suspension after finding no widespread fraud among U.S. sponsors for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

24/08 U.S. expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north

CBP One app: Migrants in Mexico’s southern states can apply for appointments to seek U.S. asylum instead of heading closer to the northern border.

23/08 GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of citizens legal status

Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.

23/08 Column: At DNC, Harris turns otherness into her superpower

For children of immigrants, Kamala Harris' life story inspires

23/08 Kamala Harris may rise or fall on whether voters are ready to embrace America's changing face

Kamala Harris’ identity may be the fulcrum on which the 2024 presidential election turns.

22/08 U.S. indicts Guatemalan national on smuggling charges in deaths of 53 migrants in trailer

U.S. officials say they have expanded the investigation into the horrific deaths of 53 migrants inside an abandoned tractor-trailer on a Texas back road.

14/08 A high school student's paper on the Mexican repatriation could lead to a new statue in L.A.

California lawmakers are considering a bill to make a statue memorializing the Mexican repatriation of the 1930s, an operation that involved deporting about a million people.

14/08 Trump promises to 'save' America with mix of lofty, vague, legally dubious policies

Former President Trump has staked out an array of policy positions for a second term, many of them lofty, vague, or legally dubious ideas.

05/08 Opinion: When it comes to the U.S.-Mexico border, can people think beyond politics?

Because so many migrants wish to be unseen, many humanitarian border issues are easily ignored. But mass suffering is occurring.

03/08 Can Dems unseat a thrice-elected GOP congressman in this battleground L.A. County district?

George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff, is challenging Republican Rep. Mike Garcia in a decidedly "purple" Antelope Valley district. The race will be crucial in determining whether Republicans maintain their majority in the U.S. House.

02/08 U.S. lawmakers join Latin American counterparts to form Panamerican Congress

Eight countries are represented in a new Panamerican Congress, meeting in Colombia this weekend to discuss tackling migration, climate change issues in Western Hemisphere.

25/07 More than a dozen migrants dead, 150 missing after their boat capsizes on way to Europe

There were 300 migrants on a boat that capsized on its way from Africa to Europe on Monday. Authorities say 120 have been rescued.

23/07 U.K. government scrapping use of barge off English coast to house asylum-seekers

The British government says it will end the controversial use of a barge to house asylum-seekers off the southern coast of England.

22/07 Column: California's Kamala Harris was the necessary choice but not the best candidate

Democrats are celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris’ expected ascension to replace President Biden as the party’s nominee to battle Donald Trump. Democrats could do better than Harris and should.

22/07 Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot headed for U.S. border

Some said they hoped to make it to the U.S. before November's elections, because they fear if Donald Trump wins he will close the border to asylum seekers.

22/07 Opinion: Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro could lose a landslide election. But will it matter?

With millions poised to leave if the election doesn't change the country's leadership, the repercussions for immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border may be huge.

19/07 Noncitizens banned from voting in federal elections but not some local races

Despite widespread GOP claims that noncitizens are committing rampant voter fraud, federal law prohibits them from voting in presidential elections. Only a handful of cities allow noncitizens to vote, and even then just in local elections such as school board contests.

18/07 Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse, harassment, U.S. says

Southwest Key employees, including supervisors, raped, touched or solicited sex and nude images of children since at least 2015, the Justice Department said in lawsuit.

17/07 Trump's past GOP rivals line up behind him at convention, say he'll make U.S. 'safe again'

Onetime foes of former President Trump join him in calling undocumented immigrants a threat to the country.

15/07 Opinion: America's definition of 'refugee' needs an update

Expanding the criteria for asylum protection would make it easier to protect those who need it and reject those who don't.

09/07 4 takeaways from the new Republican Party platform — or Trump's playbook

The proposed Republican Party platform closely mirrors former President Trump's campaign promises.

03/07 How the California border changed after Biden's order limiting asylum

Rural sites east of San Diego, where hundreds of migrants once waited to be processed by Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing from Mexico, are now mostly barren.

03/07 Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find

In the latest Mexican cartel violence, 19 bodies were found around a dump truck in Chiapas state, officials say, part of a gang war for drug and migrant trafficking routes.

02/07 Judge's ruling protects migrant shelter that Texas sought to close

A Texas judge rules against the state attorney general in his effort to shut down a migrant shelter in El Paso that he claimed encourages illegal migration.

28/06 Trump says millions of immigrants are criminals. Biden says he's lying

The first presidential debate featured former President Trump calling immigrants criminals and President Biden calling these statements lies and 'malarkey.'

27/06 Biden and Trump expected to brawl in first 2024 debate

President Biden and former President Trump are razor-close in the polls, with four months to go before the presidential election.

22/06 Strict asylum rules and poor treatment pushing migrants north to U.K.

The hostile treatment of migrants is pushing people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia out of Europe and toward the United Kingdom.

21/06 Supreme Court rules against Los Angeles couple denied visa in part over husband's tattoos

The Supreme Court ruled against a Los Angeles couple suing the federal government over the Salvadoran husband's visa denial.

19/06 Immigrant families rejoice over Biden's expansive move toward citizenship, while some are left out

Biden announced that his administration will, in coming months, allow U.S. citizens' spouses without legal status to apply for permanent residency.

18/06 Ecuador moves to restrict U.S.-bound Chinese migrants, many of whom cross at California

Ecuador moves to crack down on Chinese migrants who fly there en route to the United States. Most cross the border into California and seek asylum.

18/06 Biden helps immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens: What to know

President Biden's action will shield those without legal status who are spouses of U.S. citizens and have lived consecutively in the country for at least 10 years.

16/06 Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters in Michigan

Donald Trump slams immigrants for stealing jobs and government resources as he courts Black voters and hardcore conservatives at separate events in battleground Michigan.

13/06 Ex-U.S. Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled cars enter the United States from Mexico.

13/06 Top EU court fines Hungary $216 million for flouting asylum law

Hungary has been ordered to pay 200 million euros and a further 1 million euros per day of delay for failing to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules.

13/06 Mexico's tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.? Wear out migrants

Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to the U.S. They're wearing them out until they give up.

12/06 8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in U.S. on immigration violations

The arrests took place in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, the individuals entering the U.S. through the southern border.

11/06 Column: Immigration could get Trump elected again. Here's how Democrats keep getting it wrong

Elections in Europe and the U.S. are being driven by the issue. President Biden's policies haven't reassured those concerned about the border and lawlessness.

07/06 The ACLU is making plans to fight Trump's promises of immigrant raids and mass deportations

The American Civil Liberties Union has a blueprint for lawsuits and lobbying to fight the detention camps and deportations Trump promises if he wins a second term.

06/06 Why Biden's order on the 'out of control' border may not fix Democrats' political problem

Biden is playing defense on the border with his action designed to limit asylum claims. It's one of his biggest political problems, interfering with his attacks on Trump.

05/06 Tired and confused, first migrants reach California border after Biden's asylum order

How Biden’s executive order limiting asylum is playing out on the California border.

05/06 Italy's premier visits Albania as plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start

Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania to thank its government for agreeing to host thousands of asylum seekers while Italy processes their claims.

05/06 California will refund more than $52 million to federal government for immigrant care

California needs to repay the federal government after improperly claiming reimbursement from the Medicaid program for some immigrant patients, according to a recently released report.

04/06 Biden signs order closing border with Mexico when crossings surge

President Biden signs an executive order allowing him to close the border with Mexico outside official ports of entry when crossings are high, with few exceptions.