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The sheriff of Arizona’s easternmost border county is calling on state and federal officials for help with the sudden daily releases of more than a hundred migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., including families with small children.
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Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damageCongress' official watchdog says in a report that the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump did major environmental damage.
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Advocates and medical officials say the remains of 42 undocumented individuals were found in July – the most for that month in more than a decade.
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Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat.
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A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up for rejection at a privately run detention center in New Mexico.
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U.S. border authorities stopped migrants entering the country illegally more in July than June, suggesting lower numbers that followed the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions may have bottomed out.
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Prices range from $500 to $2,000 each – depending on condition and size.
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Dozens of Democratic members of Congress are asking the Biden administration to end expedited screening of asylum seekers in Border Patrol custody, calling it a “rushed practice” that has allowed little access to legal counsel.
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A federal judge has blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to many migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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A judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit opposing an asylum rule that's a key part of the Biden administration’s immigration policy.