DHS issues new rules that limit arrests, deportation of migrants
The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue migrants who recently crossed into the country without permission or are deemed to pose a threat to public safety.
FEMA denies Gov. Greg Abbott's request for emergency declaration over border crisis
FEMA denied Gov. Greg Abbott’s request for an emergency declaration on the border. News broke of the denial as a state committee overseeing border security efforts examined the cost of the crisis and efforts to prevent another.
Border officials paint dire picture of ongoing crisis at Texas-Mexico border
Border officials testified in front of the Texas House Corrections Committee, stressing there is continued unrest at the Texas-Mexico border with record numbers of drug seizures and arrests.
California to replace the word ‘alien’ from its laws
California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.”
Officials: All migrants are gone from Texas border camp
No migrants remained Friday at the Texas border encampment where almost 15,000 people — most of them Haitians — had converged just days earlier seeking asylum, the local mayor said.
Biden's special envoy to Haiti resigns to protest migrant expulsions
U.S. officials say the Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster.
Many Haitian migrants from border camp staying in US, officials say
U.S. officials say many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that Haitians who enter the country illegally face immediate expulsion.
Officials: Many Haitian migrants are being released in US
Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, undercutting the Biden administration's public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.
Mayorkas: Border Patrol horseback photos 'horrified' him
DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas said images of what appeared to be Border Patrol agents on horseback rounding up migrants trying to cross the border “horrified” him.
More than 6,000 migrants removed from Texas encampment, officials say
U.S. officials say more than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants have been removed from an encampment at a Texas border town.
Del Rio, Texas migrants: US tries to block border, begins flying Haitians home
The United States began flying some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed from Mexico into a Texas border camp back to their poverty-stricken homeland.
US will fly 'massive' number of Haitian migrants to Haiti, official says
A US official says the Biden administration plans on “massive movements” of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border city on flights to Haiti starting Sunday.
Thousands of Haitian immigrants congregate at tiny Texas border town
Customs and Border Patrol estimates some 12,000 Haitian migrants have now crossed the Rio Grande into the U.S. illegally. It's unclear how so many amassed so quickly in Del Rio.
Federal court in El Paso blocks Abbott's migrant transportation order
According to the ruling, Abbott's order violates the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution because it authorizes DPS to “make and act upon immigration determinations, the province of federal law.”
Over 800 unaccompanied migrant kids apprehended at the border in a single day as numbers surge
There are expected to be more than 210,000 migrant encounters in July
At least 10 dead as van carrying migrants crashes in South Texas near border
An overloaded van carrying 29 migrants crashed Wednesday on a remote South Texas highway, killing at least 10 people, including the driver, and injuring 20 others, authorities said. All of the passengers were migrants.
Migrant children stopped at US-Mexico border reaches all time high
A U.S. official says the number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July.
CDC extends order allowing migrants to be expelled amid COVID-19 pandemic
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday it will extend an order under Title 42 which expels noncitizen migrants and prohibits asylum-seekers from entering the U.S. in an effort to stop further spread of COVID-19.
Texas Democratic congressman calls on Biden to appoint new border czar
The letter asks President Biden to appoint a new border czar and recommends former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, who worked under President Obama.
Justice Department sues Texas following Gov. Abbott's executive order over transport of migrants
The Justice Department sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday over an executive order limiting transportation of migrants in Texas, arguing it violates federal law.