Door knocks and DNA tests: How Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids

Door knocks and DNA tests: How Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids

President Donald Trump‘s administration is conducting a nationwide, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents during President Joe Biden’s term. Trump officials say they want to track down those children and ensure their safety. Many of the children came to the U.S. during surges at the border in … Read more

Relief at a trade hub on the southern US border, but no end to its unease

Relief at a trade hub on the southern US border, but no end to its unease

EL PASO — On. Off. Maybe? The businesses that sit along the border between the United States and Mexico have gone through a full cycle of will-he-or-won’t-he when it comes to President Donald Trump’s tariffs over the last six weeks. For three chaotic days in early March, manufacturers, distributors and customs agents in a desert … Read more

Trump wins Texas governor Abbott’s endorsement at US-Mexico border

Trump wins Texas governor Abbott’s endorsement at US-Mexico border

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott help serve food to Texas National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who will be stationed at the border over Thanksgiving. | Photo Credit: AP Republican Donald Trump won the endorsement of Texas Governor Greg Abbott at an event near the U.S.-Mexico border … Read more

U.S. immigration system under strain as pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire

U.S. immigration system under strain as pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire

As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early on May 12, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S. Some migrants still waded apprehensively into the Rio Grande, defying officials who shouted for them to turn back, while elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border people hunched … Read more

Texas police: Migrants found ‘suffocating’ in train; 2 dead

Texas police: Migrants found ‘suffocating’ in train; 2 dead

Officials investigate the scene where migrants were found trapped in a train car, Friday, March 24, 2023 in Ulvalde, Texas. | Photo Credit: AP Two migrants were found dead and at least 10 were hospitalised on March 24 after police in South Texas received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train traveling … Read more