Immigration

Immigration

Migrants from over 140 different countries apprehended at the border since October 

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

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Brazil reintroduces visa requirements for American tourists 

Visa requirements for the four countries had been scrapped by a unilateral decision made by former president Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 in an effort to boost tourism in the country

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DHS does not have operational control of the U.S. border, says Border Patrol chief 

During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in McAllen, Texas, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz was asked about DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ claim last year that the department had operational control of the border

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New York City ICE office has backlog for asylum appointments until 2032

Around 802,396 undocumented migrants who were apprehended in the U.S.-Mexico border from March 2021 to Feb. 13 of this year have been released into the country

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Record numbers of asylum seekers using U.S.-Canada 'irregular border crossing'

The U.S. Border Patrol said it intercepted more than 2,200 people crossing through unofficial entrances in four months since October

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Estimated 250,000 migrants entered Miami past 18 months, says Radio y Televisión Martí

In many cases, the church is the first home for these mostly Cuban, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan and Haitian migrants who come to the city with the desire of building a new life in a free society

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8 dead after migrant vessels capsized off San Diego coast

"This is one of the worst smuggling tragedies that I can think of in California, certainly here in the city of San Diego," said San Diego Fire-Rescue Lifeguard Division Chief James Gartland

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VIDEO: Large group of migrants storm bridge linking El Paso and Mexico

The videos show migrants of all ages pressing toward the border’s fence and rushing through the bridge's toll booths, while police stand behind barricades

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Undocumented migrants costing U.S. taxpayers $151 billion a year, study finds

According to the study, undocumented immigration costs an average American taxpayer around $1,516 a year

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Border Patrol: Smugglers are using drones to spy on agents 

Agents found footage captured by small unmanned aircraft systems to observe the agent’s movements and actions when they encounter a group of migrants