Immigration

Mexico has long resisted US pressure to formally accept the safe third country status

New rule will enable officials to remove people in days rather than months or years

In a Politico report released Thursday, officials from several federal agencies discussed several options that included a ceiling of 10,000, well below the current refugee ceiling of 30,000

US government will expand policy requiring asylum seekers to wait outside the country to one of Mexico's most dangerous cities

As border arrivals have increased, so too has scrutiny of their treatment by Border Patrol agents and the conditions in which they are detained

The U.S. government will expand its policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait outside the country to one of Mexico's most dangerous cities

Hundreds of Catholics gathered in the nation's capital to protest the federal government's treatment of migrants, and about 70 sisters, clergy and parishioners were arrested