Michelle Hackman
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Migrants From Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua Drive Border Arrests
The three countries have faced a combination of political repression and economic hardship. → Read More
ICE Says Immigrant Women in Custody Still Entitled to Abortion Services
Top immigration officials are planning to instruct detention centers around the country that women in custody are entitled to abortions and should be transferred to receive one if they are being detained in a state where abortion is now illegal. → Read More
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Immigration Enforcement
Texas and Louisiana won a circuit-court ruling blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines narrowing detention efforts to target noncitizens deemed most threatening. → Read More
U.S. Border Agents on Horseback Used Unnecessary Force Against Haitian Migrants, Report Says
An internal review said the agents on horseback involved in the widely publicized incident last year were acting at the request of Texas state police. → Read More
San Antonio Tractor-Trailer Deaths Add to Rising Border Death Toll
Stricter enforcement and growing numbers of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally lead some to take more risks, such as hiding in the back of a truck. → Read More
U.S., Latin American Countries to Pledge to Take In More Migrants
The summit agreement calls on countries to build up their own asylum systems, create more work visas and step up their own border enforcement. → Read More
Adult Children of Work-Visa Recipients Forced to Return to Parents’ Countries
Green-card waits, especially for Indian families, are so long that their children age out of eligibility to stay in U.S. → Read More
Border Patrol Agent Who Killed Texas School Shooter Was From Agency’s Elite Team
The three officers who confronted Salvador Ramos belong to Bortac, a highly trained squad who are among a contingent of border agents who work in Uvalde and responded to the shooting. → Read More
Applicants for U.S. Citizenship Sue Government After Being Left in Limbo for Two Years
Ali Mohammed and 12 other candidates for U.S. citizenship are suing the federal government for what they say are unreasonable delays in the processing of their applications. → Read More
Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42
The pandemic-era policy allowed migrants to be immediately turned away at the southern border without a chance to apply for asylum. → Read More
Desperate to Cross Into the U.S., Some Brazilians Create Phony Families
The illegal arrangements allow some Brazilian migrants to get a green light from Border Patrol and start new lives. → Read More
To Resettle Ukrainian Refugees, U.S. Depends on Kindness of Strangers
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U.S. Opens Program to Take In Ukrainian Refugees
Americans can now apply to sponsor Ukrainian refugees under the Biden administration’s new Uniting for Ukraine program. Under the program, which [was launched on Monday](https: → Read More
Immigrants to Get Extension for Expiring or Expired U.S. Work Permits
Most immigrants will be able to keep working as the government processes a huge backlog of permit applications. → Read More
Biden Blocked by Judge From Winding Down Title 42 Border Policy
A judge’s temporary restraining order stops the administration from moving ahead with its plan to end the pandemic-era practice. → Read More
Facing Heat From All Sides, Mayorkas Defends Border Policies
The Homeland Security secretary defended the administration’s plans to lift Title 42, a controversial pandemic-era border policy, in two congressional hearings Wednesday, as Republicans bashed his handling of the border. → Read More
Supreme Court Weighs President’s Powers to Change Immigration Policy
The court heard the Biden administration’s appeal of lower court orders forcing it to maintain the so-called Remain in Mexico program, a Trump-era policy it sought to abandon. → Read More
Pandemic Border Policy Could Complicate Covid Relief, Ukraine Bills
When Congress returns this week, a pandemic-era immigration policy could complicate efforts to pass coronavirus relief legislation and possibly another Ukraine aid measure. → Read More
Biden Says U.S. to Send Ukraine $800 Million in Military Aid
President Biden also announced a ban on Russian-affiliated ships from U.S. ports and said the additional military aid to Ukraine would include heavy artillery weapons. → Read More
U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Top One Million in Six Months
Border agents made 209,906 arrests along the border in March, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, making it the busiest month in two decades. → Read More