Biden selects Harris to lead response to migrant surge at US-Mexico border
President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House's response to the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border.
Biden administration releases images of Texas border facilities housing migrant children
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared two videos and 44 photos of the processing centers, located in Donna and El Paso, that are housing unaccompanied migrant children.
US officials to hold talks in Mexico on migration amid surge at border
A surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Several top U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday.
Biden administration awards ICE $86M contract to secure hotel rooms for immigrant families
The Biden administration has awarded ICE an $86.9 million contract for hotel rooms near the Mexico border to provide temporary shelter and processing services for undocumented families who have not been expelled from the US but have been placed in immigration proceedings for their removal.
‘The border is closed’: Mayorkas says Biden not responsible for migrant surge, stresses effort for control
The White House dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to four Sunday news shows in an effort to stress that it was working to get things under control at the US-Mexico border.
ICE secures temporary housing for migrant families amid surge at the US-Mexico border
U.S. immigration officials confirmed to FOX Television Stations that they are providing temporary shelter for some migrant families amid a growing surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
First buses of undocumented immigrants arrive at Dallas convention center
Four buses filled with 15- to 17-year-old undocumented teen boys rolled into downtown Dallas around 10 p.m. Wednesday.
8 immigrants killed in crash while fleeing police on Texas highway
Eight people in a pickup truck loaded with immigrants were killed when the vehicle crashed into another truck during a police chase that began when the driver refused to pull over for a traffic violation near the Texas border city of Del Rio, authorities said.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says border under control despite surge in migrants
A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem Tuesday but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.
Migrants wear Biden T-shirts at US-Mexico border, demand clearer policies
Demonstrators hold signs saying, 'Biden, please let us in!'
Border Patrol: SUV with 25 people inside during deadly crash came through hole in border fence
Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into Southern California’s border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday.
Deadly crash involving SUV carrying 25 people prompts human smuggling investigation, ICE confirms
ICE is looking for possible human smuggling cases after an SUV carrying 25 people was involved in a deadly crash near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Biden meets with Mexican president Monday to discuss migration, other issues
President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US
President Biden has lifted a freeze on green cards that blocked most legal immigration to the US. Former President Trump had halted the issuance of green cards, arguing that immigrants were a "risk to the US labor market."
Thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico to be allowed into US
The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.
Biden's decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build border wall
President Joe Biden has officially ended the "national emergency" that former President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
US won't make immigration arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites
The U.S. government says it won't be making routine immigration enforcement arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Biden signs immigration orders aimed at undoing Trump-era policies, reuniting families
President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to address family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, border security and legal immigration, part of efforts to undo Trump’s policies.
Department of Justice rescinds 'zero tolerance' immigration rule that separated families at border
The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.
Federal judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban
A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.