Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Guatemala made up the top five nationalities out of the more than 900,000 undocumented migrants apprehended so far in Fiscal Year 2023
The minors were found inside an abandoned truck trailer in Mexico’s state of Veracruz on Sunday along with 237 other undocumented migrants
The new Office of Asylum Seeker Operations will help migrants find “food and a safe place to sleep,” as well as file the appropriate paperwork needed to get work permits
The ruling also blocks the Biden administration's use of “alternatives to detention” for undocumented migrants that are released into the country on parole
In Fiscal Year 2023 alone, which began in October, Border Patrol agents have intercepted around 1,000,000 undocumented immigrants
The number of migrant encounters in the Swanton Sector, which has a 203-mile land border and a 92-mile water border, has significantly increased by 846% in the past fiscal year
The proposal also plans to track how much health care is being spent on migrants and invalidate out-of-state IDs for illegal immigrants
The trailer found on Sunday had fans and ventilation ports cut into its roof that provided oxygen to those inside
The move comes amid pressure from several immigration advocates and lawmakers
Migrants from at least seven countries decided to come together to embark on a trip to the United States
The migrants were brought to Canada with the promise of getting good jobs in order to support their families back home. However, the men and women were made to work at farms, factories, and warehouses, and were made to live in unlivable conditions.
