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News Articles: immigration policy

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights (formerly known as CAIR Coalition) attorney, Atenas Burrola Estrada speaks during an presentation on immigration enforcement at a school in Washington, DC on January 10, 2025.

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  • National

Immigrants and advocacy organizations brace for Trump's Day One actions

Days before Donald Trump takes office with the promise of mass deportation, immigrants are bracing for Trump's potential first actions. Some are staying away from going to work, while immigrant advocacy organizations have launched "know your rights" campaigns across the country.

January 18, 2025
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Hondurans David Melgar, 28, his wife Gabriela Maradiaga, 26, and their son Tailer Melgar, 8, have their paperwork checked by CBP agents atop the Paso del Norte Bridge to be allowed into the United States for their CBP One appointment in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico on Monday, December 9, 2024. The family waited only a few weeks to get the appointment in southern Mexico.

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  • Politics

Trump's promise to end CBP One app worries migrants waiting in Mexico

Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed to end the CBP One app, which people outside the U.S. use to book appointments to petition for asylum.

December 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Rodney Scott, former chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, speaks following a border tour with former Vice President Mike Pence, Monday, June 13, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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  • National

Trump nominates Rodney Scott to lead Customs and Border Protection

Rodney Scott at CBP and Caleb Vitello at ICE would work alongside Stephen Miller, who was named deputy chief of staff for policy and Tom Homan, also tapped to be a "border czar."

December 06, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Migrants wait to climb over concertina wire after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • National

Court backs Texas over razor wire installed on U.S.-Mexico border

A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, Texas.

November 28, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks at Snap-on tools, April 18, 2017, in Kenosha, Wis.

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  • Science

Foreign nationals propel U.S. science. Visa limits under Trump could change that

The incoming Trump administration is likely to crack down on the H-1B visas used by tech companies and research institutions to hire top talent from other countries.

November 23, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
From an aerial view the Mexican and American flags fly over the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.

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  • National

Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.

November 23, 2024
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  • Julian Aguilar
President Joe Biden is shown speaking with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande.

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  • National

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

November 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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  • National

Immigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump’s policies

Civil and immigration rights groups say they are better prepared this time for potential Trump border policies. But they also expressed disappointment with Democrats on immigration issues.

November 07, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally on Aug. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

What we know — and don’t know — about the Harris policy agenda

Vice President Harris is only just beginning to lay out her policy platform for her compressed election race. Here’s what we know so far.

August 18, 2024
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  • Alejandra Marquez Janse
Attendees at the Republican National Convention hold up signs reading "Mass Deportation Now!" last month in Milwaukee.

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  • National

Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles

Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time in office show how difficult that would be to execute.

August 14, 2024
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  • Joel Rose and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio delivers remarks alongside rancher John Ladd (right) and Paul A. Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, as Vance tours the U.S. Border Wall on Thursday in Montezuma Pass, Ariz. Vance is visiting the border on the final stop of his first visit to the Southwest as a vice presidential candidate.

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  • Elections

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration'

JD Vance employed that particular phrase — the “Harris administration” — repeatedly Thursday, as the Trump campaign moves to put the vice president in the spotlight.

August 01, 2024
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  • Ben Giles
Vice President Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.

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  • Politics

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech

The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.

July 30, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
Yasmelin Velazquez, 35, from Venezuela sits with her sons (from left) Jordan and Jeremias Velazquez while selling souvenirs in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Saturday. Velazquez is part of a growing number of migrants staying in Juárez and working while trying to get an appointment via the CBP One app.

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  • National

Illegal crossings hit Biden-era low as migrants wait longer for entry

The number of migrants trying to cross the southern U.S. border illegally has gone down significantly. But migrants still face long waits using a government app for asylum claims.

July 30, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Volunteers with Border Relief Collective provide aid to migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego, California. Dozens of migrants seeking asylum come through the intensely rugged area each day.

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  • National

California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis

Record-breaking heat exacerbates an already dangerous situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

July 13, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Border patrol agents pick up migrants waiting to be processed in Dulzara, California on June 25, 2024.

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  • National

At the border, migrants ‘wait and see’ as encounters with Border Patrol dip 40%

The Biden administration touts the recent decline in border crossings as a policy win. But one family's story of risking the journey shows why asylum restrictions aren't a long-term solution.

June 27, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
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