Tag: immigration
Migrant influx: Shelters bracing for higher numbers in autumn
HARLINGEN — While the U.S. Border Patrol is trying to test growing numbers of Central American migrants for COVID-19, some are testing positive at...
EXPLAINER: How do border policies affect US infection rates?
By JUDE JOFFE-BLOCK Associated Press
(AP) — As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's...
Homeland Security chief in Valley by mid-week to talk immigration
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected in the Rio Grande Valley Wednesday and Thursday to meet with local officials, according to the mayor...
Migrant influx into Brownsville continues; Local nonprofits aiding asylum seekers
The City of Brownsville continues to see an increase of asylum seekers arriving in the country through the port of entry after the Biden...
DHS chief expected in Rio Grande Valley this week
Updated at 9:29 p.m.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be visiting the Río Grande Valley this week, according to U.S. Rep. Henry...
US is flying Central Americans to Mexico to deter crossings
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and GISELA SALOMON | Associated Press
(AP) — The Biden administration has begun flying Central American families expelled from the United States...
Photo Gallery: Migrant camp moved: Anzalduas Park new site of emergency shelter
In an effort to find a more permanent solution for the lack of capacity for the growing number of migrants, local officials set up...
Migrant camp moved: Anzalduas Park new site of emergency shelter
ANZALDUAS — In an effort to find a more permanent solution for the lack of capacity for the growing number of migrants, local officials...
Local nonprofit, humanitarian join lawsuit against Abbott’s migrant transport order
A local nonprofit and a humanitarian volunteer filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that restricts the transportation of migrants.
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10 dead in crash near checkpoint; van believed to be transporting migrants
Ten people died after a van carrying approximately 30 migrants tipped over just south of the Brooks County community of Encino on Wednesday afternoon,...