Latest Immigration News

Over 30 injured after a van with 50 migrants overturns in Serbia, reports say

Jul. 26, 2024 07:49 AM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A van carrying some 50 migrants overturned on Friday in southwestern Serbia, injuring more than 30, the country's state television reported. The incident happened on the road between the eastern town of Pirot, near the border with Bulgaria, and Nis, in...

House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy

Jul. 25, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely...

El Paso County officials say it’s time the state of Texas pays for Operation Lone Star arrests

Jul. 25, 2024 11:04 AM EDT

El Paso County leaders say a recent surge in migrant arrests by the state has cost the border county millions of dollars and spurred them to issue a disaster declaration this week — a move they have avoided for more than two years. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego on Tuesday...

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US

Jul. 23, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. Several...

Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border

Jul. 22, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

CIUDAD HIDALGO, México (AP) — Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday, as they attempt to make it to the U.S. border. Some of the members of the group said they hoped to make it to the U.S. border before elections are...

Behind Biden's asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

Jul. 21, 2024 00:58 AM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Posters inside a complex of giant, white tents tell migrants in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi they should tell an officer if they fear being deported and “your claim will be heard.” On a side wall where migrants are seated in a processing area, a video conveys the...

Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot

Jul. 19, 2024 19:49 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — The fight to keep a proposed border initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet. Immigrant advocates kept the issue alive this week by filing notice to the state Supreme Court that they will appeal the judge’s ruling. A Maricopa County...

Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says

Jul. 19, 2024 19:32 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as...

Mexican president calls Donald Trump 'a friend' and says he'll warn him against closing border

Jul. 19, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president called Donald Trump “a friend” Friday and said he would write to the former U.S. president to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López...

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made at the Republican National Convention as Trump accepts nomination

Jul. 19, 2024 02:19 AM EDT

As former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday he laid out his vision for running the country. He painted a dire picture of the state of the U.S. and outlined a range of actions he planned to take. But his comments were marked with a myriad of false and...