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The Biden administration reached an immigration enforcement deal with Mexico as Title 42 neared end. MEXICO CITY -- When Emiliano, 51 years old, finally reached Mexico from his native Venezuela, he was detained by Mexico's immigration authority, known by its Spanish-language initials as INM. Imprisoned in a crowded room, he said he and other migrants were never given medications or access to their phones, even to let family know where they were. "When you enter that place, you lost your human rights," Emiliano, identified by only his last name to protect his identity, told Human Rights Watch, per the human rights monitor's recent report. "There were so many of us, we slept one on top of the other ... Half of us have COVID-19 symptoms. I was afraid I would die." Emiliano's experience is one of hundreds of thousands of migrants who have overwhelmed Mexico's migration authorities. But in an eleventh-hour deal with the Biden administration, Mexican P...

Republicans are escalating their yearslong effort to put Democrats on their back foot on immigration, blaming liberal policies for sparking a "crisis" at the border Im migration is once again emerging as a major issue ahead of the 2024 president ial election next fall,. Republicans are seeking to paint Democrats as inept at the border, blaming liberal policies for sparking a "crisis" that could overwhelm border communities and breaking new ground on how they'd fix it -- at the same time that Democrats argue conservatives would enforce overly harsh punishments that don't address the root causes of the issue and go against American values. Among GOP president ial candidates ' proposals are trying to send the Military into Mexico and using drone strikes on cartels, while President Joe Biden, seeking reelection, has sought to curb asylum and border crossings, drawing progressives' ire, without embracing the tactics of Republican predecessor and riva...

As the last major Trump-era border restriction ends Thursday, officials will resume processing all migrants as they did before the pandemic. With the end of the last major Trump-era border restrictions Thursday, the Biden administration will revert to processing all migrants as was done before the pandemic. Authorities will now rely more heavily on immigration law as defined under Title 8 of the U.S. Code. The law outlines processes for deportation and carries strict penalties, including five- and 10-year bans on reentry for those deported. It will be a significant departure from the use of Title 42, a section of public Health law that allowed for fast-track expulsions during the pandemic and carries no such consequences. "Starting at midnight, people who arrive at our southern border will be subject to our immigration enforcement authorities under Title Eight of the United States Code," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a White House briefing Thursday a...

A bipartisan group of senators on Monday visited the border in El Paso, Texas, as they work to craft an elusive legislative response to the ongoing surge of migrants Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden made the same trip, a bipartisan group of senators on Monday visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, as they work to craft an elusive legislative response to the ongoing surge of migrants entering the United States. The group, led by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., spanned the political spectrum. Texas Republican John Cornyn, who has made increased border security a top priority, was joined by Republican Sens. Thom Tillis, Jerry Moran and James Lankford, all of whom toured an El Paso migrant facility on Monday afternoon alongside top Biden ally Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Mark Kelly, of Connecticut and Arizona. After meeting with city officials, nonprofits and business owners to discuss the impact that migration in El Paso has had on the ...

What is the real impact of Title 42 and how could it contribute to record border crossings? Authorities at the southern border have been arresting, detaining and removing migrants at the border more times in the past year than ever before in U.S. history. Much of that work has been done under the Title 42 public Health order, implemented in the early days of COVID-19, which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants without opportunities to apply for asylum. While Republicans have insisted Title 42 should remain in place as a means of handling the record numbers , mounting evidence indicates the protocols actually contribute to that very issue. MORE: Title 42 on hold after Roberts grants temporary stay in states' appeal to keep restriction Over the past several years, a groundswell of migration has built up throughout Central and South America with many people waiting for the end of pandemic-era restrictions like Title 42. Legal battles between mostly GOP-led states, the federal ...