Immigration

Misinformation spreading through social media claims U.S. Border Patrol agents are giving Social Security numbers to immigrants who cross the border into the U.S. without authorization, which the U.S. Border Patrol says is not true.

One of New York’s leading non-profits tells Melissa Russo that U.S. officials at the Texas Border might be mocking migrants fleeing violence.

Migrants are being sent from Texas to NYC with paperwork theoretically directing them to shelters – but in many cases the addresses are wrong and aren’t shelters at all, but offices or non-family facilities.

The Supreme Court won’t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The court’s order Thursday leaves the policy frozen nationwide. The vote was 5-4 with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining three liberal justices in saying they would’ve allowed the Biden administration to...

Opaque waiting lists for asylum-seekers to enter the United States at the Mexico border have carried over from the Trump administration, frustrating many migrants to the point that they cross illegally. U.S. authorities began working with advocates in late April to start accepting more migrants seeking protection in the United States. In Tijuana, one group’s waiting list soared to about...

The Biden administration hailed securing border funding from Mexico after years of failed attempts by former President Donald Trump.

Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in “unnecessary use of force” against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn’t whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday authorizing the National Guard and DPS to return immigrants to the Texas-Mexico border.

Immigrant advocates head to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday in hopes of saving an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children.

Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned, trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week on the edge of San Antonio.

Several thousand migrants who set off in southern Mexico with the goal of reaching the United States have dissolved their march after Mexican officials handed out about 3,000 temporary residence permits.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Joe Biden can shut down the Trump-era policy that led to thousands of immigrants being sent back across the border awaiting asylum.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Joe Biden can shut down the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Vikki Vargas reports June 30, 2022.

California is the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants who are living in the country illegally. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday. It makes all low-income adults eligible for the state’s Medicaid program regardless of their immigration status. The move will provide coverage for an additional 714,000 people. It will...

The Supreme Court gave the Biden administration permission to end the so-called “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy, which forced people seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico for their hearings.

Federal prosecutors late Wednesday announced smuggling charges against two men in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants after they were found Monday in San Antonio in a trailer without water or air conditioning.

A global look at some of the deadliest incidents involving trafficked migrants in trucks or shipping containers.

Efforts to identify the dead are being complicated by a lack of identification documents, the need to share fingerprint data across borders and even stolen IDs.

Criminal complaints filed separately in San Antonio federal court Tuesday charge Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez with “possession of a weapon by an alien illegally in the United States.”

Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat.