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 …
Read More »President Biden Tours El Paso For First Border Visit Of His Presidency
Uriel J. García and Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune President Joe Biden toured El Paso for about four hours on Sunday, visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since taking office in the White House. He was greeted by Gov. Greg Abbott upon arrival at the El Paso airport. …
Read More »Supreme Court Rules To Keep Title 42 In Place For Now
Uriel J. García and Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to keep in place the emergency health order the federal government has used for more than two years to quickly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, at the southwest border. The latest ruling replaces …
Read More »Abbott Blasted for ‘Cruel Stunt’ as Migrants Bussed to Kamala Harris’ Home on Christmas Eve
Human rights defenders condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and “extremist Republicans’ cruel values” after several busloads of migrants were dropped off outside U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C. home in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas Eve. For the second time since September, Central and South American migrants were bussed from …
Read More »Buses From Texas Drop Off More Than 100 Migrants In A Bitterly Cold Washington, D.C., On Christmas Eve
Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune More than 100 migrants bused from Texas arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve — enduring freezing temperatures in the state’s latest instance of sending migrants to cities led by Democrats. The Washington Post reported Sunday that volunteers who …
Read More »Title 42 Immigration Policy Must End This Week, Court Rules
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal appeals court denied a request Friday from Republican-led states to delay the lifting of an emergency health order the federal government has used for more than two years to quickly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, at the southwest border. The …
Read More »U.S. Can’t Quickly Expel Migrants Under Title 42, Federal Judge Says
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the federal government from continuing to use an emergency health order known as Title 42 to immediately expel migrants at the southern border after they have entered the United States. Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court …
Read More »D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Relocating Migrants To The Capital
Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. District of …
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