Human rights groups are calling on the Biden administration to consider the effects that climate change-fueled heat has on migrants when designing the government's border policies.
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday released the letter sent by 68 groups to the U.S. government, urging a new approach to actions on the southwestern border after this summer’s deadly heat. The Southwest has become one of the fastest warming regions in the U.S. as climate change increasingly wreaks havoc on the environment. The letter says limiting entry to migrants hoping to apply for asylum can prompt them to make risky journeys through dangerous areas.
The American Bar Association’s policymaking body is supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding…
The Biden administration is proposing changing how asylum claims are handled. The aim is to reduce the backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that's…
Some immigrant teens say they've waited weeks or months in massive facilities and don't know when they'll be released to relatives in the United States.…