Migrant caravan in Mexico heads for US border as Americas Summit starts
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey to coincide with the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. Migration activists said the group could be one of the region’s largest migrant caravans in recent years. […]
US special envoy to Haiti resigns, blasts returning migrants to “collapsed state”
Ciudad Acuna, Mexico/Washington DC, USReuters The US special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest in a letter that blasted the Biden administration for deporting hundreds of migrants back to the crisis-engulfed Caribbean nation from a camp on the US-Mexican border in recent days. Daniel Foote, a career diplomat named to his post in July, said […]
Hundreds of migrants depart southern Mexico in caravan to protest slow asylum process
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula en masse on Saturday in a caravan headed to the Mexican capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings. The group of approximately 500 people included families with young children from Haiti, […]
As policies shift, Protestants and other faith groups join Catholics in helping immigrants at the US-Mexico border
RNS The Catholic-run welcome centre in Nogales, Mexico, was the last stop for many migrants before crossing the border into the United States. But what once was a way station has become a waiting room, as staffers report the average amount of time people now spend in the city surrounding the center is more than […]
Migrants raped and trafficked as US and Mexico tighten borders, charity says
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Central American migrants are being kidnapped, raped and trafficked in Mexico as they seek to enter the United States amid a migration crackdown, a medical charity said on Tuesday. In Mexico’s Nuevo Laredo city – separated from the United States by the Rio Grande – almost 80 per cent of […]
ESSAY: AMERICANS’ SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION IS AT RECORD HIGHS – BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS OUT OF SYNC WITH THEIR VIEWS
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARIANO SANA, of Vanderbilt University, looks at what polls show about American views on immigration…
US Hispanic evangelical group offers to house migrant children in churches
RNS The head of the largest Hispanic evangelical Christian network in the United States announced it will offer to work with the Trump administration to provide resources and shelter to migrant children crossing the US-Mexico border. Speaking during a call with reporters on Monday, Rev Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, […]
Pope Francis speaks out over building of walls following visit to Morocco
Pope Francis has again spoken out against the building of walls as US President Donald Trump presses ahead with his bid to build a “wall” along the US-Mexico border. Speaking on the papal plane following a two day visit to Morocco, the Pope reportedly said that those who prefer to build walls instead of bridges […]
IMMIGRATION: HE SURVIVED TRAFFICKING; CAN MEXICAN CHEF WEATHER TRUMP?
US President Donald Trump’s unprecedented rhetoric and crackdown on immigration might alter the fate of millions of migrants. ELLEN WULFHORST, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the story of one of them – and how his faith sustains him…
Lifelong trauma seen for migrant children caught at US border
Thomson Reuters Foundation Migrant children separated from their parents at the US-Mexican border risk lifelong damage to body and mind due to the trauma, brain experts said ahead of Thursday’s deadline to reunite all families. “Extreme stress during early childhood creates a lifetime of increased susceptibility to a number of both medical and psychological difficulties,” […]