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 […]
US-Mexico border: On bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, two sides of Biden border crackdown

ANDREW HAY and JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ, of Reuters, report on the impact of President Joe Biden’s new approach to the crisis on the US-Mexico border…
US-Mexico border: Migrants are being raped as they await entry to US

LAURA GOTTESDIENER, TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG AND DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
The Long Read: Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants at Mexico border

LAURA GOTTESDIENER, TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
Struggling with US asylum app, migrant families split at border

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 […]