Border Officials Releasing Detained Migrants in Yuma
Some politicians pushed back against the practice, while officials have used the term "breaking point" to describe the situation at the border.
Surge in Family Migration Leaving Void in Rural Guatemalan Schools, Communities
Chairs pile up in the classrooms of villages where debt cycles and tougher immigration enforcement mean a new migration trend: parents traveling with younger children.
U.S. Immigration: The View From Mexico and Guatemala
In search of perspectives from outside the U.S. on the current state of immigration at our southern border.
US Hopes to Work With Central America to Slow Migration
High levels of violence in those so-called Northern Triangle countries has been a key driver of migration.
Lawyer Worries Video Conference Hearings Could Cost Asylum-Seeking Client
The practice is intended to make a swamped system more efficient, but some question the impact on due process.
Desperate Migrant Families Overwhelm US Border Agencies
The Border Patrol says it made an all time monthly high of about 66,000 apprehensions of people crossing the border in February.
Crowd Protests as Family is Arrested by Border Patrol
Protesters say agents separated a 12-year-old girl from her mother and father, who were arrested for not having the proper visa to be in the U.S. legally.
Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico Seek to Stay in US
Several asylum seekers have said they are afraid to return to Mexico while they wait for their next hearing.
Coalition Wants Shelter For Newly Released Migrant Families
The current system that places the families at churches is not sustainable, an advocate says.
ICE: Roughly 400 Immigration Detainees Quarantined in Arizona
The number represented about 15 percent of those quarantined over mumps virus exposure.
2,200 Quarantined Over Mumps Outbreak at Immigration Centers
The outbreak has renewed long-held concerns over access to medical care at immigration facilities.
Mexico Closes 5 Immigrant Detention Centers
A statement from the federal immigration agency cited a lack of "minimum working conditions" at the facilities.
Guidelines Ask Agents to Target Spanish Speakers at Border
The guidance applies to a program requiring asylum seekers wait in Mexico.
Pima County Votes to Oppose Border Razor Wire, National Emergency
Both resolutions passed the board of supervisors on party-line votes.
Feds Extend Temporary Protected Status for People From Four Countries
A professor says the roughly 10-month extension leaves bigger questions unanswered.
