U.S. moves to speed up asylum process along southern border
Biden administration officials said the policy overhaul would allow the government to more quickly grant U.S. refuge to those who qualify and deport those who don't.
Judge orders U.S. to reinstate "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy
The Trump-era policy required 70,000 non-Mexican asylum applicants to wait for their U.S. court hearings in Mexico, often in squalid tent camps and dangerous border towns.
ICE ramps up vaccination of detainees, but many have refused
In the past six weeks, ICE has reported over 5,000 new coronavirus cases among immigrants in its detention facilities.
ICE deportation agents ordered not to detain crime victims
By minimizing the "chilling effect" of potential deportation, the policy change can encourage undocumented immigrants to contact law enforcement, ICE argued.
U.S. increases border deportations, prosecutions amid migrant surge
The efforts mark a new, more stringent chapter in the Biden administration's border policy.
U.S. sued over poor conditions at emergency sites for migrant teens
"My anxiety attacks have been abnormal here — they have gotten worse since I arrived," a 16-year-old migrant girl from El Salvador said in a court declaration.
Texas shelters for migrant kids to operate without state oversight
After August 30, 36 Texas-based shelters housing migrant children in federal care will no longer be regulated or inspected by state officials.
U.S. expands citizenship eligibility for certain children born abroad
Children born abroad to couples who used assisted reproductive technology, like surrogacy, will now qualify for U.S. citizenship, even if the U.S. parent is not biologically related to them.
Judge blocks Texas plan to stop vehicles with migrants
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state authorities last week to stop and re-route vehicles suspected of transporting migrants who crossed the southern border illegally.
U.S. to continue migrant expulsion policy indefinitely
By citing a public health law, U.S. officials at the southern border have been able to expel migrants to Mexico or their home countries without allowing them to apply for humanitarian refuge.
Federal watchdog investigating Army base housing migrant children
Incidents of self-harm, panic attacks and escape attempts among migrant children housed at Fort Bliss have alarmed federal officials who worked at the site.
Lawsuit against U.S. border policy of expelling migrants resumes
U.S. border officials have been using a public health law first invoked by the Trump administration to expel some migrants without allowing them to request asylum.
DOJ sues Texas over plan to stop vehicles transporting migrants
Border Patrol holding facilities for unaccompanied children and families could become dangerously overcrowded due to Texas' order, the Biden administration argued in its lawsuit.
DOJ threatens legal action against Texas over migrant order
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, instructed state authorities to stop vehicles suspected of transporting migrants, alleging that they could spread the coronavirus.
Court order dashes hopes of teenage DACA applicants
"I feel frustrated that there's significant opposition to giving us an opportunity for something we didn't choose to do. We were kids. We didn't choose this," said 18-year-old Agustin, who applied for DACA this year.