U.S. closing 6 makeshift housing sites for unaccompanied children
The Department of Health and Human Services will continue to house migrant children at four emergency sites, including a tent camp at the Fort Bliss Army base.
Many DACA applicants waiting for approval as court ruling looms
A looming federal court decision threatens the Obama-era program, which offers deportation relief to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
U.S. probing conditions at Texas site holding migrant children
CBS News has reported that migrant children held at Fort Bliss are constantly monitored for self-harm, escape attempts and panic attacks.
U.S. to admit asylum-seekers who had to wait in Mexico
The Biden administration has been slowly processing asylum-seekers who were previously required to wait in dangerous border cities and squalid tent camps in Mexico.
Migrant kids endure "despair and isolation" in government tent city
Migrant children held at a U.S. government site in Texas are constantly monitored for incidents of self-harm, panic attacks and escape attempts, sources said.
Justice Department reverses Trump-era restrictions on asylum
Many of the asylum cases filed by Central American migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border cite domestic violence and gang persecution.
U.S. expands immigration program for Central American children
Officials have portrayed the program as an alternative to the often dangerous trek migrant children take to reach the U.S. southern border.
2,100 migrant kids may still be separated from parents, DHS says
The Biden administration facilitated the reunification of seven children with their parents in May and expects to reunite an additional 29 families in coming weeks.
Biden admin threatens to sue Texas over migrant facility plans
At the center of the standoff is a proclamation by Governor Greg Abbott that would force shelters in Texas to stop housing migrant children in federal custody.
Texas bid to evict migrant kids from state shelters alarms advocates
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott instructed over 50 shelters and foster care porgrams in the state to stop housing migrant children in federal custody.
U.S. to accelerate court cases of some migrant families
U.S. immigration judges will generally be expected to issue decisions within 300 days of a family's first court hearing.
Migrant sisters recount crossing border alone while mother stayed behind
Brenda, 13, and Rosa, 15, are two of more than 45,000 migrant children who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied in the past three months.
Trump's ICE deported 348 parents without ensuring children could go with them
Some parents were deported without their children even after telling ICE officers that they wanted their children to come with them, the DHS inspector general found.
U.S. scraps plan to house "tender age" migrant children at Army base
The move comes amid concerns about subpar conditions and prolonged stays at Fort Bliss, a makeshift housing facility holding more than 4,500 unaccompanied minors.
Biden admin extends deportation relief for Haitian immigrants
By expanding eligibility for a program the Trump administration sought to end, the Biden administration is allowing an estimated 100,000 Haitian immigrants to apply for Temporary Protected Status.