In June, illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border reached their lowest level since President Joe Biden’s first month in office. Border officials apprehended 99,545 individuals between ports of entry, marking a significant 42 percent drop from May. This decline follows the Biden administration’s implementation of new immigration policies aimed …
Read More »As a Tropical Storm Bore Down on Southern California, Texas Sent Migrants on a Bus to Los Angeles
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Texas sent three dozen migrants to Los Angeles as the city was struck by Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, which caused record rainfall and flooding in parts of the region. According to a coalition of immigrants rights …
Read More »Court Allows Biden Rule Limiting Asylum At The Border To Be Kept In Place For Now
Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix A federal appeals court last week decided to allow the Biden administration to keep in place a temporary two-year rule that restricts asylum at the U.S. border, while the legal challenges to a lower court’s ruling play out. The decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
Read More »Federal Judge Blocks Biden Rule That Limits Asylum For Migrants At The Border
Ariana Figueroa, West Virginia Watch A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration’s rule that restricts migrants from seeking asylum if they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in another country or applying for an asylum appointment online. Judge Jon S. Tigar, who was appointed by …
Read More »Texas Investigating Claim That DPS Troopers Were Told To Push Migrants Back Into The Rio Grande And Deny Them Water
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A state trooper’s claims that superiors ordered officers at the border in Eagle Pass to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water has sparked a state investigation, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday. The trooper also reported that …
Read More »New York Mayor Eric Adams Sent Migrants To Florida, Texas And China
New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticized Republican leaders for transporting asylum-seekers to cities controlled by Democrats. However, he later sent several migrants to Republican-led states like Florida and Texas. Between April 2022 and April 2023, New York City spent approximately $50,000 to resettle 114 migrant households in different cities …
Read More »‘Playing With Human Lives’: Los Angeles Mayor Rips Texas Gov. Over Migrant Stunt
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday night announced that his state had dropped off its “first” busload of migrants in Los Angeles, the latest move by a right-wing governor to ship vulnerable asylum-seekers to a distant Democratic-led jurisdiction. “It is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human …
Read More »Sheriff Files Criminal Charges Over Florida’s Transport Of Migrants From San Antonio To Massachusetts
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has completed its investigation into the transport of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last September by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and filed criminal charges with the local district attorney. A statement from the …
Read More »Border Migrant Encounters Have Dropped By Half Since Title 42 Ended, Federal Official Says
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The number of encounters between U.S. agents and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped by half compared with the days leading up to the expiration of Title 42, the emergency public health order used to quickly expel people from the country, a top …
Read More »Biden Administration Proposes Major New Limits On Asylum At The Border
Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix The Biden administration is rolling out a proposed rule that for two years would bar migrants from applying for asylum at the Southern border if they have not first asked for protection in a country they traveled through. The administration is seeking to limit asylum requests …
Read More »Supreme Court Cancels Arguments Over Title 42, The Pandemic-Era Policy To Quickly Turn Away Migrants
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday canceled arguments in a case over the emergency health order the federal government has used for nearly three years to quickly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, at the southern border. The justices didn’t give an explanation …
Read More »Nearly 1,000 Migrant Children Separated From Families Under Trump Still Not Reunited
As some families seek restitution for the suffering caused by former President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday acknowledged that nearly five years after the policy was first enforced, 998 children have yet to be reunited with their relatives. On the two-year anniversary …
Read More »Democrats in Congress Condemn Biden Administration Expansion of Title 42
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum. In the letter, they also condemned the administration’s expansion of a controversial policy that immediately …
Read More »Texas Leads Lawsuit Against Biden Administration’s New Immigration Policy
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Biden administration, claiming a new immigration program the president announced last month that would allow 360,000 people a year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the country is illegal. Texas, …
Read More »Judge Refuses To Dismiss Legal Challenge To DeSantis’ Asylum-Seeker Flights
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix A state senator’s legal challenge to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ asylum-seeker airlifts will proceed to trial under a ruling that a state trial judge in Tallahassee handed down on Friday. “I think we need to just hear out these issues,” Circuit Judge John Cooper said following arguments …
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