Officers working under Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative have been ordered to push small and infant children back into the Rio Grande and withhold water from asylum seekers in extreme heat, the Houston Chronicle reported. In the report...
Boat with migrants capsized in southern Greece. Hundreds of people have gone missing, and the search for survivors continues. This writes CBS News. Rescuers transferred the bodies of the dead migrants to refrigerated trucks. A large-scale search for possible survivors of the disaster continues. Hundreds of people are still...
At the Agape Migrant Shelter in Tijuana, the entire morning revolves around a mobile app. People are waking up as early as 05:00 to log into the CBP One mobile app, which was designed to connect vulnerable migrants to the US asylum system. The application allows…
On March 28, at least 39 people died in a fire at a migrant detention center in Mexico's northern border town of Ciudad Juarez, CNN reported. Authorities said the fire at the office of the National Institute for Migration (INM) occurred after they took…
On March 12, US officials stopped hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, who were trying to enter the country from Mexico. A large group broke through the Mexican border lines to claim asylum in the US. Migrants were thwarted by barbed wire, barriers and shields, Reuters reports. Disappointed…
On February 21, the administration of US President Joe Biden announced a new plan to combat illegal immigrants. This could be the toughest border control measure to date, according to the Texas Tribune. Under current immigration law, fugitives may request…
20 states have filed a lawsuit to overturn the Biden administration's new password (parole) program for immigrants fleeing the crisis seeking to enter the US, Documented reports. Twenty Republican-led states, including Texas and Florida, are asking a Texas judge to cancel the program...
Dry Tortugas National Park announced a closure on Jan. 2 after hundreds of migrants who landed across the region over the past couple of days affected the operation of the park, ABC reported. A statement released by the park said it will be “temporarily closed to the public…
Top White House officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) want to enforce a partial asylum ban as the administration prepares to repeal Section 42, CBS reports. Section 42 is a public health order that allowed US border authorities to quickly deport hundreds of...
According to the class-action lawsuit, Florida officials and agencies used several tactics to lure migrants on a charter flight to Martha's Vineyard, including producing a fake pamphlet claiming refugee benefits, Insider reports. On two chartered planes from Texas to…