migrants

A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement says it’s expanding coronavirus testing at detention facilities

Coronavirus border closures and cascading crackdowns have left thousands of desperate migrants trapped in limbo in some of the world’s harshest conditions.

European Union foreign ministers are criticizing what they say is Turkey’s use of migrants for political ends

Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala by Mexican troops, shipped to detention centers or returned to Honduras, officials said Tuesday. An unknown number slipped past Mexican authorities and continued north.

Democrats visiting two migrant detention facilities in Texas Monday described deplorable conditions inside.

In a surprise announcement that could derail a major trade deal, President Donald Trump says he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border. He said the percentage will gradually increase — up...

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The Pentagon may send about 300 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in roles that could put them in contact with migrants and thus mark a break from current practice, officials said. Charles Summers, a spokesman for Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, said Shanahan was expected to approve the proposal, which was developed as a response to a call from...

Central American migrants traveling through southern Mexico toward the U.S. on Tuesday fearfully recalled their frantic escape from police the previous day, scuttling under barbed wire fences into pastures and then spending the night in the woods after hundreds were detained in a raid. In the Chiapas state town of Tonala, migrants flocked to one of the few places they...

Thousands of migrants from Central America gathered at the Guatemala-Mexico border Friday. After several broke the Guatemalan fence, the migrants rushed through the entry way to attempt to enter Mexico.

Dulles International Airport has implemented facial recognition software for international travelers; the system will be used to identify visa holders as they leave the country. Passengers have their pictures taken before boarding, and those photos are compared to their visa photos.

President Donald Trump called the for immediate deportation of migrants arriving at the U.S. border, tweeting “When somebody comes in we must immediately, with no judges or court cases, bring them back from where they came.” Immigration advocates say that may be illegal, arguing that migrants coming to claim asylum have a right to a hearing.

Some 50 million children around the globe have been “uprooted,” forcibly displaced from their homes or migrated to another country in search of a better life, UNICEF said in a report. The report released Wednesday found that while children make up about a third of the world’s population as of 2015, they accounted for nearly half of all refugees, with...

Around 10 people were initially taken into custody by officials, with some of them being treated for injuries.

Four migrants made it to shore on Virginia Key Tuesday morning.

Between 17 and 20 migrants landed on Fisher Island early Friday morning, as officials from multiple agencies launched an investigation into possible smuggling.

A boat carrying a group of migrants was intercepted by the Coast Guard near Key Biscayne Thursday.

A total of 37 migrants from Cuba landed Monday evening about 20 miles east of Key West.