Immigration

Asylum seekers, under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, wait at the Leona Vicario temporary migrant shelter, before being transferred to continue their asylum request in the United States, in Ciudad Juarez
Immigration

Honduran Asylum-seeker Celebrates Rejoining Family in US

New US citizen Tamam Shanazarian (L) shakes hands with Nancy Alby, field director of USCIS Los Angeles, during a naturalization…
Immigration

Human Rights Advocates: US Might Not Reach Promised Refugee Cap

Asylum-seeking migrant families disembark an inflatable raft after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas, June 9, 2021.
Immigration

US Asylum Advocates Welcome Lifting of Trump-era Restrictions

Immigration

US Expands Migration Eligibility for Some Central American Minors

Children in detention
Immigration

US Ends Strict Trump-era Asylum Rules for Violence Victims

Attorney General Merrick Garland departs after speaking at the Justice Department in Washington, June 15, 2021.
USA

Biden Administration Announces Plan to Admit More Central American Minors

FILE - In this March 28, 2021 file photo Migrants from Guatemala and Honduras are questioned by a Border Patrol agent after…
USA

Biden to Return Diverted Border Wall Money, Spend Down Rest

FILE - This March 2, 2019 photo shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border…
Immigration

Biden Administration to Bring Parents of Separated Migrant Children Back to US

A group of Brazilian migrants walk around a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., seeking asylum in the United States after crossing over from Mexico, June 8, 2021.
The Americas

Canada Views Immigrants as Key to Economic Recovery 

Sharon Chomyn, director of operations for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, speaks with Syrian refugees waiting to…
Immigration

TPS Holders Seek More Stable Immigration Status

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks with news media outside of the Little Haiti Cultural Center, Tuesday,…
USA

Thousands of Children Separated from Parents Under Trump's Zero-Tolerance Policy ID'd

Adalicia Montecino and her husband Rolando Bueso Castillo are surrounded by the media as they walk with their year-old son Johan Bueso Montecinos, who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children, in San Pedro
The Americas

Harris Emphasizes 'Power of Hope' to Keep Latin Americans from Migrating to US

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a news conference at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Monday, June 7, 2021. …
USA

Supreme Court: Migrants Temporarily in US Ineligible for Permanent Residency

The sun rises as asylum-seeking migrants' families from Honduras and El Salvador walk towards the border wall after crossing…
The Americas

Haitians in Mexico See Bleak Choices as they Seek Protection

Jean Adler Cactus, right, a Haitian migrant seeking asylum in the United States, works on the hair of Haitian migrant Thomas…
USA

US Vice President Takes Message of 'Hope' to Guatemala, Mexico

USA

US Taps Humanitarian Groups to Determine Which Asylum-Seekers Should Gain Entry

FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo a group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning…
US Politics

Blinken Urges Central America to Confront Root of Irregular Migration

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the launch of National Land Use, Land Cover, and Ecosystems Monitoring…
Immigration

US Formally Ends Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Migrant Policy

Asylum-seekers who were a part of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols, known as the "Remain in Mexico" program, are processed at the San Ysidro, California, port of entry. They receive COVID-testing before entering the U.S. (Screen grab from DoD video)
Immigration

Immigrant Advocates in US Push New Efforts to Bring Back Some Deportees

Jesus Lopez, who was deported from the U.S. in 2020, poses at his family's carpentry workshop in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico…
USA

US to Expedite Immigration Cases of Families at Southern Border

FILE - In this March 28, 2021 file photo Migrants from Guatemala and Honduras are questioned by a Border Patrol agent after…
USA

Microsoft, Mastercard Sign on to VP Harris' Central America Strategy

Vice President Kamala Harris waves goodbye to members of the media, while attending a meeting with business CEO's about…
USA

Harris to Announce Business Investments in Central America

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with Guatemalan justice sector leaders.
USA

Biden Administration Moves to Protect Myanmar Nationals Residing in US

FILE - Myanmar soldiers walk along a street during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 28, 2021.