U.S. cities already struggling to shelter thousands of migrants are calling for federal help and an end to some Republican governors’ political gamesmanship over immigration. Crossings along the U.S. Mexico border are expected to increase later this month after the end of pandemic-era asylum restrictions. Chicago already has seen the number of new arrivals grow tenfold in recent days. Shelter space is scarce and migrants awaiting a bed are sleeping on floors in police stations and airports.
U.S. cities already struggling to shelter thousands of migrants are calling for federal help and an end to some Republican governors' political gamesmanship over immigration. Crossings along the U.S. Mexico border are expected to increase later this month.
It's an approach that pairs beefed-up enforcement with expanded legal pathways and diplomacy.
Migrants rushed across the border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. before the asylum restrictions are lifted.
A new Biden administration policy is dramatically lowering the percentage of migrants at the southern border who enter the United States and are allowed to apply for asylum, a new analysis finds.
Mexico’s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group are offering what may be at least a partial solution to squalid conditions at camps just south of Brownsville, Texas.
A New Yorker upset the city has been housing homeless migrants in his Staten Island neighborhood has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message: “Immigrants are not safe here.”
As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts.
An increase in immigrant children has created challenges for schools in areas that have seen a recent wave of migrants, from Texas to Illinois, Massachusetts to Florida.
Mayors, governors and others have been forceful advocates for newly arrived migrants seeking shelter and work permits. However, their efforts and existing laws have exposed tensions among immigrants who have been in the country for years.
Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while also allowing local judges to order them out of the U.S. under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
In summer 1954, the Eisenhower administration launched a military-style effort to remove Mexican immigrants who were in the country illegally. Donald Trump has lauded the raids since he first ran for president. People affected by the raids and historians argue Trump is using fragments of history for political reasons.
Senators are closing in on details of an agreement that could unlock Republican support for Ukraine aid, which they hope to unveil soon.
