The Senate Has Confirmed The First Woman Of Arab And Mexican Descent To Direct US Citizenship and Immigration Services
The agency is integral to the immigration system, but hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader in more than two years.
32 Children Who Were Deported To Guatemala Last Year In Violation Of A Court Order Have Yet To Be Brought Back
ICE deported the unaccompanied children in November, 10 minutes after a federal judge ordered that they remain in the US.
Detained Immigrant Children Didn't Have Adequate Masks During A COVID Outbreak, Whistleblowers Allege
This is the second whistleblower complaint about conditions for unaccompanied immigrant children at the Fort Bliss shelter in less than a month.
A Senator Is Holding Up Biden's Border Patrol Nominee Over The Deployment Of Federal Officers In Portland
"I am unable to advance this nominee until DHS and DOJ give Oregonians some straight answers about what they were up to in Portland last year."
These Asylum-Seekers Were Turned Away By Trump After Fleeing Deadly Violence. Now They Have A Second Chance.
“I felt like I was losing my strength."
The Biden Administration Will Limit The Detention And Arrest Of Pregnant Immigrants
The change comes after one report found that ICE had detained more than 4,500 pregnant people between 2016 and 2018.
The Number Of Immigrants Jailed By ICE Has Ballooned Under Biden This Year
“These numbers are going to skyrocket as long as the border activity stays up,” one former ICE director said.
An Immigrant Died In ICE Custody After Staff Didn't Send Him To A Hospital, An Inspector Found
“This highlights the issue with urgent care in ICE detention,” a doctor who teaches at USC told BuzzFeed News.
Biden Is Expanding A Plan To Bring Back Asylum-Seekers Who Were Forced To Wait In Dangerous Mexican Border Towns
Nearly 28,000 immigrants were ordered deported without being present at their last court hearing under Trump-era restrictions that put them at high risk of violent crime while they waited in Mexico.
The US Can Again Grant Asylum To Domestic Violence Survivors After The Attorney General Tossed Out A Trump Administration Decision
“The vacating of these decisions allows these cases to be treated like any other — fairly and without bias or prejudgment."
Biden Is Expanding A Program To Allow More Young Central Americans To Apply To Get Into The US From Their Home Countries
The program allows parents from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who are in the US to seek approval for their children to also be allowed in.
Biden Has Given Prosecutors More Power To Decide Which Immigration Cases To Drop
Prosecutors can now dismiss cases for immigrants who have been longtime green card holders, are pregnant or elderly, have a serious health condition, or have been in the US from a young age.
Biden Wants Mexico To Do More To Stop Immigrants Trying To Cross The US Border
The White House is continuing to pressure Mexico to do more within its own borders to alleviate pressure at the southern border.
Biden Is Planning To Make Big Changes To How The US Handles Asylum-Seekers At The Border
Exclusive: The plan could represent President Joe Biden’s most consequential immigration policy to date and fundamentally change the dynamics at the southern border.
A New Plan By The Biden Administration Will Speed Up Court Cases For Families Crossing The Border
The plan will begin in courts in Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Biden Will Allow Haitian Immigrants In The US To Obtain Temporary Protected Status
The designation of temporary protected status will apply to Haitians — or individuals without nationality who last resided in Haiti — who were in the US as of May 21.
Biden Has Changed Which Immigrants ICE Targets, But He's Still Being Criticized On Both Sides
“If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority,” a senior ICE official told BuzzFeed News.
They Missed Their US Asylum Hearings Fearing The Cartel Would Kill Them. Now They’re Stuck In Mexico.
"It's like seeking refuge in Canada and being sent to wait in Afghanistan where you might be killed."
A 19-Year-Old Asylum-Seeker Forced To Wait In Mexico Was Killed Days Before He Was Scheduled To Enter The US
"I lost him in my arms."
Biden Is Going To Scrap A Trump-Era Plan To Force Immigrants To Submit Eye Scans, Voice Prints, And DNA
Immigrants who have received some benefit, like a green card or work permit, would have had to submit their biometric data at any point up until becoming a US citizen.