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Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from US

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under US President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. The temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people and should be ready in […]

Trump launches sweeping border crackdown, mass deportation push

Updated: 4:20pm (AEDT) Washington DC, US/Piedras Negras, Mexico Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum and taking steps to restrict citizenship for children born on US soil. Declaring illegal immigration a national emergency, Trump ordered the […]

Migrants in Mexico anxious to enter US legally before Trump ends humanitarian programs

Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the US legally before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Trump plans to end President Joe Biden’s humanitarian programs, including one that allows migrants in parts of […]

Struggling with US asylum app, migrant families split at border

Migrants, mostly from Venezuela seeking asylum in the U.S., use their phones to access the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP ONE application to request an appointment at a land port of entry to the U.S., in a shelter near the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 24, 2023.

Mexico City Reuters Dozens of migrant families are splitting up at Mexico’s northern border as they struggle to secure US asylum appointments on a government app beset by high demand and persistent glitches, migrants and advocates say. The anxiety of separation is piling more pressure on families who have often taken perilous journeys through several […]