Us Border

Migrants amass on Mexico-US border ahead of health policy expiration next week

Long lines of migrants from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, and elsewhere in Latin America began forming on Sunday in freezing temperatures, in the hopes of being allowed to seek asylum in the United States

US probing claims of confiscation of turbans of nearly 50 Sikh migrants along Mexican border

A rights group said the incident is part of a wider situation where the personal property of migrants is being confiscated and disposed of without explanation or replacement

On the US border, desperation of migrants outweighs fear

The journey comes with serious risks, as demonstrated by the case of 53 migrants found dead after being abandoned in a sweltering tractor trailer in San Antonio on Monday

Joe Biden signs immigration executive orders to roll back Donald Trump's 'zero tolerance' border policy

Biden's government is wary of flinging open the border until it has rebuilt an asylum and refugee system that can process potentially large influxes of people

'Wanted a better life for her,' says mother of Gurupreet Kaur, Indian girl who died near US-Mexico border

The parents of 6-year-old Indian girl Gurupreet Kaur, who died of heat stroke near the US-Mexico border, said they sought asylum in the US because they 'wanted a safer and better life for her'.

Donald Trump says he is confident about prevailing against lawsuits over declaration of national emergency

Legal experts have said challenges to Trump’s emergency declaration, which critics have called unconstitutional, is probably losing battle in a showdown likely to be decided by the conservative-majority US Supreme Court.

Mexico asks for investigation into use of force against migrant caravan; 25 arrested in latest attempt to cross US border

Mexico called on the United States on Thursday to investigate the use of force by border patrol agents against members of a Central American migrant caravan who tried to rush the US-Mexican border on New Year day.

'Vague', 'worthless': Politicians, activists slam Donald Trump's order on immigration policy, say it won't fix crisis

Even as US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday ending the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border, politicians, activists and immigration lawyers remained unconvinced and maintained that it did not "fix the crisis".

UN human rights chief calls US migration policy 'unconscionable', urges Washington to stop separating children from parents

The UN human rights chief on Monday urged Washington to stop separating migrant children from their parents at the US border, describing the policy as "unconscionable".

Donald Trump wall prototypes pop up near US border with Mexico

Nine months after President Donald Trump took office, the first tangible signs of progress on one of the central promises of his campaign – border wall – have appeared along the US border with Mexico.