Immigration

Immigration

Trump nomination sparks migration panic as new caravan struggles to reach U.S. border before election

The caravan is one of several that migrants have joined just four months before the presidential elections in the United States, which has been enduring a massive influx of illegal migration

Immigration

Disease risk increases due to closure of Darién Gap migratory crossings between Colombia and Panama

If the number of people traveling along the migratory route increases, the area’s hospital network would collapse

Immigration

Panama closes Darién Gap jungle trails to protect migrants from dangerous crossings and violent crime

The Panamanian government announced that “between four and five crossings were closed” in the Darién Gap as a measure to redirect and “take care” of migrants

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Shelters at Mexico's southern border overwhelmed as migrant housing costs triple amid national inflation

Inflation and the migratory flow caused the cost of keeping a migrant stranded on Mexico's southern border to triple

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Cuban woman arrested in Florida in connection with 2022 shipwreck that left 16 dead

In November 2022, a migrant smuggling case resulted in the tragic death of 16 people, four of whom were found drowned after a boat sank off the coast of Cuba

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Mexico reports nearly 1.4 million irregular migrants this year, high number of unaccompanied minors

Mexican authorities have also detected a large number of unaccompanied minors on the journey to reach the U.S. between January and May 2024

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New Biden asylum restrictions could impact Mexico's border with Central America

The new measure could impact Tapachula, the largest city on the border of Mexico with Guatemala, because within the next four months the largest migratory flow of the year is expected

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Border experts: Biden plan will bring another 2 million into country a year

Former Border security leaders serving under multiple presidents and whose careers span decades in law enforcement say President Joe Biden’s “border security” announcement Tuesday won’t secure the border but instead will facilitate more illegal immigration, bringing in another two

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Biden readies executive order to limit asylum and close the southwest border

The executive order that would impose significant restrictions on asylum claims and allow closure of the border from Mexico once certain thresholds for illegal crossings are exceeded

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Migrants continue crossing Rio Grande into U.S. despite deportations to southern Mexico

The U.S. is expelling migrants who cross the border and handing them over to the National Migration Institute federal agency in Mexico to be returned to the southern border at Guatemala