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Jan 24, 2020

Some see end to caravans as Mexican guardsmen stop migrants

From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the caravans of Central American migrants and asylum seekers stream past his front door in recent years, throngs of people driven to flee poverty and violence in hopes of a better life in the United States. […]

Jan 24, 2020

Some see end to caravans as Mexican guardsmen stop migrants

From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the caravans of Central American migrants and asylum seekers stream past his front door in recent years, throngs of people driven to flee poverty and violence in hopes of a better life in the United States. […]

Jan 15, 2020

AP Explains: US sending asylum seekers to Central America

The United States began sending Honduran and Salvadoran asylum seekers to Guatemala in November and last week said it would expand the practice to Mexicans. The U.S. could also start sending asylum seekers from Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Brazil to Honduras starting as early as the end of the month under a similar […]

Jan 15, 2020

AP Explains: US sending asylum seekers to Central America

The United States began sending Honduran and Salvadoran asylum seekers to Guatemala in November and last week said it would expand the practice to Mexicans. The U.S. could also start sending asylum seekers from Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Brazil to Honduras starting as early as the end of the month under a similar […]

Sep 9, 2019

US tells migrant woman 8 months pregnant to wait in Mexico

Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions, a Salvadoran woman who had crossed the Rio Grande and was apprehended by the Border Patrol was forced to go back to Mexico. Agents took her to the hospital, where doctors gave her medication to stop the contractions. And then, according to the woman and her lawyer, she was almost […]

Sep 9, 2019

US tells migrant woman 8 months pregnant to wait in Mexico

Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions, a Salvadoran woman who had crossed the Rio Grande and was apprehended by the Border Patrol was forced to go back to Mexico. Agents took her to the hospital, where doctors gave her medication to stop the contractions. And then, according to the woman and her lawyer, she was almost […]

Sep 6, 2019

Mexico claims success in stopping migrants; activists say no

Mexico says it has complied with a 90-day deadline from the U.S. to reduce the flow of migrants through its territory, but activists say Mexico’s crackdown has only forced migrants into greater desperation and more illicit, dangerous routes. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard  gave a final report on Mexican government efforts, three months after threats […]

Sep 6, 2019

Mexico claims success in stopping migrants; activists say no

Mexico says it has complied with a 90-day deadline from the U.S. to reduce the flow of migrants through its territory, but activists say Mexico’s crackdown has only forced migrants into greater desperation and more illicit, dangerous routes. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard  gave a final report on Mexican government efforts, three months after threats […]

Jul 30, 2019

Trump administration, Democrats make progress on new NAFTA

Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from “no way” to “maybe” on President Donald Trump’s rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress toward a deal that would clear the […]

Jul 30, 2019

Trump administration, Democrats make progress on new NAFTA

Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from “no way” to “maybe” on President Donald Trump’s rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress toward a deal that would clear the […]

Jul 23, 2019

Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across US

The Trump administration announced this week that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days. Fast-track deportations can apply to anyone in the country illegally for less than two years. Previously, those deportations were […]

Jul 23, 2019

Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across US

The Trump administration announced this week that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days. Fast-track deportations can apply to anyone in the country illegally for less than two years. Previously, those deportations were […]

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