Immigration

Asylum-seekers spend years without any advancement on their cases, which ties up not just applicants but attorneys who can't take on new clients, further straining the system.

Advocates say the HHS audit raises questions about whether some migrant minors are being exploited by nonfamily members for child labor.

Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez entered Brownsville, Texas, with her parents and two siblings on May 9. She died on May 17, her ninth day in Border Patrol custody.

Experts predicted a huge influx of migrants when the Title 42 Covid ban ended in May. Instead, crossings have hit new lows for a number of reasons — some of them temporary.

The governors of South Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia issued their orders this week, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did so earlier.

Raymond Mattia was shot to death on May 18. “We said our goodbyes while he was in a body bag,” a relative said. “The elders said it was very disrespectful.”

Raul Ortiz led the Border Patrol through a large part of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Title 42 emergency health restrictions, which allowed agents to swiftly turn migrants away.

Steve Anthony Shand of Florida was driving a rented passenger van with two migrants inside when he was arrested in Minnesota in early 2022, authorities said.

In addition to lacking health insurance, DACA recipients cited fears around costs and immigration status as barriers, a report first shared with NBC News found.

The former adviser to President Donald Trump will stand trial on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border.

The freshman senator has been elusive about her ambitions after her term concludes in 2024, with no timeline for a decision to run for re-election.