U.S. aims to resettle up to 50,000 Latin American refugees in 2024
The U.S. will keep the refugee cap unchanged at 125,000, while more than doubling the allocation for refugees from the Western Hemisphere.
Historic Venezuelan refugee crisis tests U.S. border policies
More than 7 million Venezuelans have fled their homeland's economic collapse in recent years — and many of them are heading to the U.S.
Bodies of 2 migrants, including 3-year-old boy, found in Rio Grande
U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported record levels of both migrant deaths and crossings in recent years.
Border crossings soar to near-record levels, testing Biden strategy
U.S. border agents apprehended roughly 140,000 migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border during the first 20 days of September, an average of roughly 6,900 each day.
U.S. offers thousands of Venezuelan migrants legal status, work permits
The Biden administration will make hundreds of thousands of migrants from Venezuela eligible for work permits and deportation protections under an expansion of the Temporary Protected Status policy.
U.S. offers thousands of Venezuelan migrants legal status, work permits
The Biden administration will make hundreds of thousands of migrants from Venezuela eligible for work permits and deportation protections under an expansion of the Temporary Protected Status policy.
Migrant children being separated from parents to avoid overcrowding, report finds
An independent court monitor said migrant children as young as 8 were separated from their parents for several days to avoid overcrowding in a Texas holding facility.
Polls: Latinos want Biden to take more immigration actions
A majority of Latino voters in key states want President Biden to take further actions to both grant legal status to undocumented immigrants and secure the border.
U.S. reopens troubled facility for migrant children in Texas
In response to an increase in border crossings by unaccompanied minors, the Biden administration is housing migrant children in a former work camp, for a second time.
Federal judge again declares DACA immigration policy unlawful
While he declared the program unlawful, Judge Andrew Hanen allowed 580,000 DACA recipients to continue working and living legally in the U.S.
Judge orders Texas to remove floating border barriers, siding with Biden
Earlier this month, Texas repositioned the buoys closer to American soil after federal officials concluded that roughly 80% of the barriers were in Mexico.
U.S. reminds migrants to apply for work permits
The Biden administration is sending emails and texts to tens of thousands of migrants to remind them that they are eligible to apply for work permits.
Family deportation program off to slow start as border arrivals rise
The U.S. has carried out fewer than 100 deportations under a program the Biden administration set up in May to deter unlawful border entries by migrant families.
Feds tell New York to improve its handling of migrant crisis
New York City has struggled to house nearly 60,000 migrants, setting up makeshift shelters at hotels, tent facilities and an airport hangar to house the new arrivals.
Biden policy that has allowed 200,000 migrants to enter U.S. faces legal test
Republican-led states are challenging a Biden administration policy that allows up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the U.S. each month.