Migrant spike at US-Mexico border slows trade as Washington seeks answers
Eagle Pass, TexasReuters Railroad companies and business groups are pressing the US Government to reopen trade routes on the Texas-Mexico border after authorities closed two crossings in response to a rise in migrant crossings in recent days. US Border Patrol apprehended about 10,800 migrants at the south-west border on Monday, according to an internal agency […]
No shade, no water, and record heat: More migrants die in US desert
Sunland Park, New MexicoReuters Veteran firefighter Daniel Medrano got out of his truck somewhere in the barren outskirts of Sunland Park, New Mexico, where a vast expanse of yellow sand is dotted by stubby bushes. Under one, he found a body. Medrano wrapped a black scarf around his nose and mouth as he looked closer: […]
The Long Read: Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants at Mexico border
LAURA GOTTESDIENER, TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
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 […]
Increasing risk: Activists, academics say surveillance tech makes US-Mexico border even deadlier
AVI ASHER-SCHAPIRO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on claims by humanitarian groups and researchers that hi-tech surveillance on the US-Mexico border is pushing migrants onto deadly routes…
“Desert Chaplains”: Pastor-led group seeks missing migrants in border desert
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from Arizona on how the Capellanes del Desierto (Desert Chaplains) rescue and recovery group work to find missing migrants along the US-Mexico border…
Essay: Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
US-based professor of geography, JOSEPH NEVINS – in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the reasons behind the growing number of deaths on the US-Mexico border…
Migrants stuck in Mexico hopeful US will lift COVID-era expulsion policy at border
Reynosa, MexicoReuters News the United States is poised to end a pandemic-related border expulsion policy is buoying hopes of thousands of migrants who have waited months in Mexico for a chance to seek asylum in the United States. US health officials are set to announce plans this week to terminate the order, known as Title […]
US border arrests top one million in fiscal year 2021
Washington DC, USReuters US authorities have made more than a million arrests of migrants at the US-Mexico border so far in fiscal year 2021, according to preliminary figures shared with Reuters, a tally that underscores the immigration challenges facing President Joe Biden. At the current pace, the total border arrests for the fiscal year, which […]
“Ticking time bomb” – Photos in US report show families, children crammed into border facilities
Washington/New York City, USReuters Government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the south-west US border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where some children have no access to showers or hot meals. A report issued by investigators for the Department of Homeland Security said supervisors […]