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Border city mayor says Texas closed park without permission after crossings increased
The mayor of Eagle Pass, the border town at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings, says state troopers have closed a large public park along the Rio Grande.
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US delegation meets with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
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New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network
One unassuming town on the Great Plains in Colorado has built a generational migrant support network over decades.
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Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.
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A minor who died in a poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old, company confirms
A 16-year-old who died after getting sucked into equipment at a Mississippi poultry plant used a 32-year-old man’s identity to get hired.
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At least 3 migrants in custody after boat lands at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
At least three migrants are in the custody after a boat allegedly landed at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Monday morning, officials said.
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At least 3 migrants in custody after boat lands at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park: MDFR
At least three migrants are in the custody after a boat allegedly landed at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Monday morning, officials said. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, a call was received shortly before 8 a.m. Monday about a hazardous situation involving a boat with occupants on board. It was mutual aid call with different agencies responding. Authorities told…
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One person hospitalized after migrant boat capsizes near Sunny Isles Beach
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a group of 15 migrants after their small boat capsized near Sunny Isles Beach on Tuesday.
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1 person hospitalized after migrant boat capsizes in Sunny Isles Beach
NBC6’s Lorena Inclan is live from Sunny Isles Beach where one person was hospitalized when a migrant boat capsized Tuesday morning.
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1 airlifted to hospital after migrant boat carrying 15 capsizes near Sunny Isles Beach
Three people were injured, including one who had to be airlifted to the hospital early Tuesday morning after a migrant boat capsized before coming ashore on Sunny Isles Beach, police said.
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Good Samaritan describes encounter with migrants on capsized boat
A boat captain sat down with NBC6 to describe the moment he encountered dozens of migrants on a capsized boat in the Florida Keys.
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As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media.
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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.
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2-month-old baby found abandoned on the Texas-Mexico border
Border patrol agents found a 2-month-old baby abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, according to Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.
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US grants temporary legal status to thousands of Venezuelans, permitting them to work
Venezuelans who arrive in the U.S. after July 31 of this year will not be eligible for the protection.
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Mexican railway operator halts trains after migrants get hurt while climbing aboard
A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A visa program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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Child, 3, riding on a migrant bus from Texas to Chicago dies
A 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died while on the way to Chicago, officials said Friday.
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Judge denies request to block Florida law making it a crime to drive people in the US illegally
Civil rights groups asked a federal judge to stop Florida officials from enforcing a section of a new state immigration law that criminalizes transporting someone who has entered the United States unlawfully. But the judge on Tuesday denied the request immediately on a technicality, saying Gov. Ron DeSantis and other defendants weren’t given proper notice. The request for a temporary...