California-Mexico border, once overwhelmed, now nearly empty
SAN YSIDRO, California — When the humanitarian aid workers decided to dismantle their elaborate tented setup — erected right up against the border wall — they…
Senators call detention of migrants at Guantanamo ‘misguided’
WASHINGTON — Senators who visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the Trump administration has flown hundreds of migrants for deportation, on Saturday called…
Florida measure would relax restrictions on the hours teens can work
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that would relax restrictions on working hours for Florida teenagers is moving through the state Legislature amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal…
Trump administration ends funding for migrant children’s legal aid
President Trump’s administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a…
Migrant deaths hit record number in 2024, UN agency says | Migration News
Nearly 9,000 fatalities confirmed worldwide, but real toll likely much higher.Nearly 9,000 people died last year trying to cross borders, the United Nations agency for…
Six dead, 40 missing as migrant boat capsizes near Italy’s Lampedusa | Migration News
Italian media say 10 people rescued as search continues for more survivors.Six migrants and refugees have died and 40 are missing after the boat they…
Trump administration deports migrants despite judge’s order halting removal
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime…
Grupo Frontera’s online political moments explained
A rundown of Grupo Frontera’s most highly scrutinized online political comments and non-comments Grupo Frontera gets that people want to ask them about the U.S.-Mexico…
Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app for ‘self-deportation’
The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows people…
Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from U.S. into limbo following human rights criticism
PANAMA CITY — After weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp…
Trump’s address to Congress revived false immigration claims
WASHINGTON — During Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including that then-President Biden had secretly flown migrants into…
Vance visits the U.S.-Mexico border to tout Trump’s immigration crackdown
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Vice President JD Vance participated in an aerial tour of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and met with law enforcement officials as part…
Heavy on migrant crime, light on inflation: 8 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Trump laid out an aggressive approach to “renewing the American dream” in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, heavily emphasizing…
A rancher on the border with Mexico celebrates Trump’s return
NACO, Ariz. — John Ladd sleeps better knowing Donald Trump is in the White House.Not just in some figurative sense. When Ladd lies his head down at…
Federal prison officer ‘alarmed’ about ‘inhumane’ handling of migrants; senators want hearing
Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s decision to hold detained migrants — many…
Panama, Costa Rica turn into ‘black hole’ for migrants, observers say
MIRAMAR, Panama — Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts…
Panama to formalize smuggling boat route to handle ‘reverse flow’
PANAMA CITY — Panama said Tuesday that it’s working to formalize a route long favored to smuggle migrants on the way to the United States, which is…
Facing Trump, Costa Rica, Honduras join Panama as stopovers for deportees
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries walked off an airplane in Costa Rica’s…
Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
PANAMA CITY — Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under President Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for…
Sending migrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the Trump administration has started sending people…