Biden taps Texas sheriff Ed Gonzalez as ICE director
Gonzalez is charged with the formidable task of reforming an agency whose work has come under withering criticism from progressives.
U.S. launches operation targeting migrant-smuggling gangs
The Biden administration is trying to cut off funding sources for these groups.
Latino lawmakers urge Biden to push through immigration bills
During a meeting Tuesday, Latino lawmakers and President Biden discussed the possibility of using the budget reconciliation process to legalize some undocumented immigrants.
Immigration agencies drop use of "illegal alien," "assimilation"
U.S. immigration officers were instructed to use words like "noncitizen" or "migrant" as part of an effort to discard immigration terms viewed as dehumanizing.
Biden retains historic-low refugee cap for now, angering allies
While he scrapped Trump-era categories that narrowed who could be resettled in the U.S., Mr. Biden did not increase the record-low 15,000-spot refugee ceiling.
Under Trump border rule that Biden has kept, few can seek asylum
Just 0.3% of more than 600,000 migrants expelled by U.S. border officials under a pandemic-era policy have been allowed to pursue U.S. refuge.
Biden to announce picks for DHS immigration, cybersecurity posts
Absent from his list of DHS appointments is a director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Biden sets immigration priorities in first funding plan to Congress
The plan includes no new funding for wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border — which President Biden halted on Inauguration Day.
Biden officials defend response to record arrivals of migrant children
The Biden administration is on track to open 11 makeshift shelters to accommodate the increasing number of migrant children.
Facilities housing migrant kids are "stretched beyond thin," monitor says
In one overcrowded holding facility in south Texas, there were not enough caregivers to care for 500 migrant children under the age of 12, the report said.
A record number of lone children arrived at the U.S. border in March
U.S. agents along the southern border carried out approximately 170,000 total apprehensions in March — a 70% increase from the previous month.
Watchdog finds widespread mistreatment of immigrants at ICE facility
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that immigrants received poor medical care and excessive punishment for peacefully protesting.
Attorneys raise concerns about housing sites for migrant children
Attorneys who inspected two emergency housing sites for migrant children in Texas also reported limited or non-existing recreational and educational services.
Biden administration moves to safeguard DACA program for "Dreamers"
A federal judge in Texas is set to issue a ruling in a lawsuit filed by Texas' Republican attorney general, who is seeking to have the Obama-era program gradually terminated.
U.S. adding 16,000 emergency beds for migrant children
The plan involves repurposing convention centers, camps for oil workers and military bases to house the influx of migrant children.