APACHULA, Mexico/WASHINGTON | By Gabriel Stargardter and Julia Edwards Mexico is struggling to stem the flow of Central American migrants traveling to the United States ahead of the U.S. presidential election, causing major concern in Washington, which is weighing sending more agents to help. In 2014, Mexico moved to strengthen […]
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by Alex Nowrasteh Republican frontrunner Donald Trump claims he is going to build a wall along the border and get Mexico to pay for it. This has been laughed off as infeasible, perhaps even a little nutty. Yet perhaps we should have held back our disdain a little longer. In […]
This is what it looked like when the U.S.-Mexico border opened for 3 minutes
4 May
by Foster, on News
On Sunday five families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border gathered on both sides of the fence dividing San Diego from Tijuana in hopes of briefly embracing their loved ones. The initiative, called “Opening the Door of Hope,” was a joint effort by the U.S. Border Patrol and pro-immigration NGO Border […]
By Jacob Gershman The number of immigration court cases involving foreign nationals from El Salvador has almost caught up to the total from Mexico. The latest data on deportation proceedings from the U.S. immigration court system underscores how migration flows have shifted in recent years, changes driven in part by surging […]