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Biden to build more US border wall, Trump demands apology

Members of the Texas National Guard try to dissuade migrants from climbing over the razor wire after they crossed the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, US, on 29th September, 2023.

Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it will add sections to a border wall to stave off record migrant crossings from Mexico, embracing a signature policy of former President Donald Trump. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination to challenge Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 presidential race. […]

The Long Read: Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants at Mexico border

Venezuelan asylum seeker Alejandra Pena, 34, kisses her son Natanael, one, next to their tent, while they wait to attempt to cross into the US by an appointment through the Customs and Border Protection app, called CBP One, at a makeshift camp, in Matamoros, Mexico, on 20th June, 2023.

LAURA GOTTESDIENER, TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…

US-Mexico border: Women of Welcome looks to evangelical women to change the conversation on immigration

Bri Stensrud joins a group of women from Women of Welcome, a group designed to teach community members about immigration through a Biblical lens

Research has shown evangelical women are more supportive than their male counterparts of policies impacting immigrants and refugees. EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…

New US asylum policies after Title 42 “don’t address root cause”, say faith-based groups

A young migrant, traveling alone from Guatemala, stands near the Rio Bravo river after crossing the border, to request asylum in the United States, as members of the Texas Army National Guard extend razor wire to inhibit migrants crossing, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on 13th May, 2023.

RNS The number of crossings at the United States-Mexico border reportedly are down since Title 42 ended last week. But some faith-based organisations tasked with refugee resettlement in the US – many of which also help those seeking asylum in the country – say fixing the country’s broken immigration system is far from finished. They point to […]

What does the future hold for Venezuelan migrants?

Wearing life jackets, migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, and parts of Africa and Asia board a tourist boat in Necocli to cross the Gulf of Uraba to reach Capurgana from where the jungle trek begins.

Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Venezuelans fleeing economic and political turmoil now face tough new border regulations in the US as Joe Biden’s administration tries to clamp down on a wave of migration. Millions have left the South American nation over the last decade for countries including neighbouring Colombia, Brazil and the United States. Wearing life […]

US-Mexico border: Amid confusion, El Paso pastors provide migrants with shelter and counsel

In this photo taken on Tuesday, 9th May, 2023, migrants wake up at the campsite outside Sacred Heart Church in downtown El Paso, Texas.

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the faith leaders who, along with prayers, are counselling migrants about the daunting challenges that await them on US soil…

Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

Migrants walk along the banks of the Rio Bravo river after crossing the border to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents before the lifting of Title 42, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, on 11th May, 2023.

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/El Paso, Texas, USReuters The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the US-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how President […]

US faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule

A migrant gestures to Texas National Guards standing behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, on 11th May, 2023.

United StatesRNS Many US faith-based refugee agencies have long called for the end of the emergency health rule that allowed the government to quickly expel undocumented immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border. But now that the rule is expiring at 11:59pm on Thursday, 11th May, those same faith-based refugee agencies are denouncing the replacement rules announced […]

Border crossings top 10,000 daily as migrants seek US entry before Title 42 ends

Migrants are seen after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to US Border Patrol agents, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on 9th May, 2023.

San Diego/Washington DCReuters Thousands of migrants are crossing into the United States this week before a new regulation takes effect that could bar most who cross illegally from seeking asylum, while others gathered on the Mexico side amid confusion about US policy. The US rolled out a regulation on Wednesday that presumes most migrants are ineligible […]

Migrants amass along US-Mexico border as COVID-era restrictions near end

US Border Patrol organize migrants after they gathered between primary and secondary border fences as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020 near San Diego, California, US, on 9th May, 2023.

El Paso, Texas, USReuters US border agents in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday urged hundreds of migrants amassing on city streets to surrender to authorities as illegal crossings rose in the run-up to the end of COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 later this week. At the same time, migrants were gathering at different […]

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