Refugee agency to fast-track release of some migrant children
This guidance is the Biden administration's latest effort to address the soaring number of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border.
15,500 unaccompanied migrant minors now in government custody
More than 5,000 of the unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. custody were stranded in Border Patrol facilities not designed for long-term custody.
ICE taps nonprofit to house some migrant families in hotels
The $86.9 million contract comes as the Biden administration moves away from the long-term detention of migrant families.
House passes bills with path to citizenship for "Dreamers" and farmworkers
The bills may represent Democrats' best chance of getting immigration legislation through the evenly divided Senate
With 13,000 migrant children in custody, Biden faces first border test
Biden is facing a daunting challenge with acute humanitarian implications that could overshadow successes in other areas.
Backlog of migrant children in Border Patrol custody soars to 4,200
Some migrant children in U.S. Border Patrol custody have told lawyers they are being held in overcrowded conditions.
FEMA deployed to help process migrant children
Migrant children have reported sleeping in overcrowded conditions and having limited access to showers while in Border Patrol custody.
"Staggering number" of migrant kids pack Texas facility, lawyers say
"Some of the boys said that conditions were so overcrowded that they had to take turns sleeping on the floor," a lawyer who interviewed the children told CBS News.
Border apprehensions spike as U.S. struggles to house migrant children
The U.S. took into custody more than 9,400 unaccompanied minors along the southern border in February — a 21-month high.
Biden stops enforcing Trump-era "public charge" green card limits
The Trump administration's "public charge" rule gave U.S. officials more power to deny green card applications from low-income immigrants.
Record 3,200 migrant children stuck in Border Patrol custody
More than 7,000 unaccompanied migrant children were transferred to U.S. refugee agency shelters last month — a record high for a February.
U.S. offers temporary legal status to Venezuelan immigrants in U.S.
The Temporary Protected Status designation offers deportation relief and work permits to eligible Venezuelan immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before Monday.
U.S. to wind down long-term detention of migrant families
ICE has begun releasing migrant parents and children from three family detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania.
U.S. shelters received more than 7,000 migrant children in February
On Friday, the Biden administration authorized shelters for unaccompanied children to return to their pre-pandemic bed capacity, citing "extraordinary circumstances."
Biden admin scrambles to expand housing for migrant children
Roughly 97% of the shelter beds the U.S. government has to house unaccompanied migrant children are currently full.