Mexican border

Published
April 30, 2022

Commentary: U.S. is playing politics with migrant lives

The administration should clearly refine and defend its plans to restore access to asylum and vigorously oppose any legislative efforts to maintain the expulsions.
Published
April 1, 2022

COVID-19 asylum limits at U.S.-Mexico border to end May 23

The government says it is already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expected influx of migrants.
Published
March 31, 2022

Biden’s border plan poses midterm danger for Democrats

Top party leaders on Thursday lashed out at the administration and each other over a plan to end an emergency order that the Biden and Trump administrations have used to expel undocumented immigrants during the pandemic.
Published
August 10, 2021

Commentary: Getting information right is crucial to solving the border crisis

We must counter smugglers’ disinformation on border security, as well as misleading narratives that Russia places in Spanish-language media.
Published
June 29, 2021

Republican donor pays to send South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas

The governor's announcement comes as the Republican Party ramps up a political fight with President Biden over Mexico border security.
Published
June 25, 2021

On border tour, Harris laments ‘infighting’ over immigration

The vice president's trip to El Paso comes after months of criticism from Republicans and some in her own party over her absence and that of President Biden from the border.
Published
May 3, 2021

U.S. reunites some immigrant families separated at border, DHS secretary says

The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of 'zero tolerance' from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
Published
April 1, 2021

A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger

A short, grainy video recently released by U.S. authorities captures the perils for migrant children at the southern border.
Published
April 1, 2021

Migrants freed without court notice – and sometimes no paperwork

The Border Patrol began the unusual practice last week in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, which has seen the biggest increase in families and unaccompanied minors crossing from Mexico.
Published
March 24, 2021

Biden chooses Kamala Harris to lead response to border challenges

The president hopes to show Americans he’s taking the border situation seriously after facing stiff criticism from Republicans as the flow of migrants has increased since he took office in January.

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