US seeks to shore up border as migrants gather ahead of end to Title 42
San Diego, US Reuters The Biden administration and Texas state government are sending reinforcements to the US-Mexico border to prepare for a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 restrictions known as Title 42 are set to end on Thursday. Hundreds of specialised investigative agents and air marshals from the US Department of Homeland Security […]
US parole program to continue post-Title 42, Mexico to accept returnees
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The United States will continue to accept migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under a humanitarian program after 11th May, when the COVID-19 health policy known as Title 42 is set to end, the US and Mexican Governments said on Tuesday. Mexico, for its part, will continue accepting back migrants […]
US to temporarily send 1,500 troops to Mexico border
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration will temporarily send 1,500 additional troops to help secure the US-Mexico border, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in preparation for a possible rise in illegal immigration when COVID-19 border restrictions lift later this month. The 90-day deployment of active-duty troops will supplement the work of the US […]
What is the US ‘Title 42’ immigration policy and why is it expanding?
Washington DC/New York, US Reuters The United States announced on Thursday it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the US-Mexico border back to Mexico, a move would block more nationalities from seeking asylum in the United States. At the same time, the […]
Biden lays out new immigration curbs on US-Mexico border
Washington DC, USReuters The United States will use Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, President Joe Biden said Thursday in his first major speech on border security. At the same time, the United States will allow up to 30,000 people from those three countries plus […]
Migrants crowd Mexico’s refugee offices amid fears of US policy change
Tapachula/Mexico City, MexicoReuters Thousands of migrants have flocked to government offices in southern Mexico seeking asylum since the United States said it would keep restrictions used to quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants who have crossed the US-Mexico border. Last month, the US Supreme Court said it would maintain a COVID-19 era measure for […]
Slipping over Mexico border, migrants get the jump on US court ruling
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Even before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States. The contentious pandemic-era measure known as Title 42 had been due to […]
Migrant aid: Faith-based groups on border unswayed after US lawmakers’ call to investigate them
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the response of Catholic Charities USA to accusations they were violating federal law by aiding migrants on the US-Mexico border…
“We’re waiting”: Migrants throng US-Mexico border in asylum limbo
Ciudad Juarez, MexicoReuters Hundreds of migrants bundled in coats and blankets formed a long line in cold winter air at the US-Mexico border on Wednesday, hoping the Christmas period will bring an end to uncertainty over their hopes of securing asylum in the United States. Many hoped entry would be easier after a 21st December […]
Frustration among migrants at US-Mexico border as COVID restrictions remain
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Washington DC, USReuters When Vladimir Castellanos learned that COVID-19 restrictions blocking him and other migrants from claiming asylum at the US border with Mexico may not be terminated this week, he said he felt deceived. Castellanos and his brother are Venezuelans, and they were among dozens of migrants gathered on both sides of […]