Tag: immigration
Immigration advocates walk out of Biden administration meeting over MPP restart
American nongovernmental organizations helping migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walked out of a meeting with Biden administration officials Saturday morning, according to audio...
DHS plans to restart MPP in Brownsville, pushing asylum seekers to Mexico
The Biden administration is planning to reimplement a program allowing migrants to request asylum and wait for their immigration court hearings from Mexico by...
‘Welcome news’: Feds to ease border restrictions Nov. 8
The Biden administration had good news Oct. 12 for “non-essential” Mexican citizens barred from entering the United States over the last 18 months-plus due...
Federal immigration agents to end practice of worksite raids
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
(AP) — Federal immigration agents will end mass workplace arrests of immigrant employees suspected of living in the U.S. without...
DHS to terminate border barrier contracts in Laredo and Rio Grande Valley
The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it will terminate border contracts in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo.
In a media release, the...
Mexico stops over 650 migrants headed to U.S. border in trailers
The Mexican military stopped three tractor-trailers heading for the U.S.-Mexico border carrying over 650 migrants, including nearly 200 children traveling without their parents, Thursday...
Border blitz: Abbott, 9 other GOP governors urge return to Trump-era policies
ANZALDUAS — Gov. Greg Abbott and nine other Republican state governors paid a visit to the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday, urging the Biden...
Wyoming billionaire donated most of $54 million collected for Abbott’s border wall
By James Barragán and Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune
An out-of-state billionaire who has previously bankrolled attempts to defend controversial immigration laws is responsible for...
Lights out; Electricity shut down at Reynosa migrant encampment
More than 2,500 migrants living at an encampment in Reynosa a block away from the international bridge no longer have electricity — an act...
Abbott, 10 other governors to discuss ‘border crisis’ in Mission next week
Gov. Greg Abbott is bringing 10 governors to South Texas next week to discuss the “border crisis” in Mission.
Details about the visit are scant,...
