Immigration

At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria this week, the country’s health minister said Friday, amid fears the death toll could be far higher. The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better…

Chris Magnus said Republican governors are drawing more migrants to the U.S. by pushing falsehoods about the opportunities that await them in Northern cities.

Vertol Systems, which has lavished money on Republicans, was once represented by Gaetz and his former law partner, who now works for DeSantis.

The group of about 50 migrants at the heart of the lawsuit were flown last week to Martha’s Vineyard after fleeing Venezuela.

A young woman seeking asylum killed herself in an NYC shelter amid an ongoing political battle between Texas and the Biden administration, Mayor Eric Adams says.

A new busload of migrants arrived at the vice presidents residence in Washington, DC on Saturday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to a new level by catching officials flat-footed in Martha’s Vineyard with two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants.

At meetings, some DHS officials have expressed frustration with the Biden administration’s reluctance to send migrants to inland cities, as GOP governors have done

Two planes of about 50 migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts on Wednesday night from Florida, by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Massachusetts officials say the planes initially came from Texas. DeSantis’ move is just one of many by Republican governors to send migrants elsewhere in the U.S. in what they consider to be a failure of the Biden Administration’s border...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending his actions after sending two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, as Democrats are denouncing the action. At a news conference Thursday, DeSantis reiterated that the state was sending the immigrants to a “sanctuary” destination. “We are not a sanctuary state and it’s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction,...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s office said it is supporting officials on the island after learning of the situation.

A new surge of migrants, primarily from Venezuela, is overwhelming the Border Patrol and shelters in El Paso, Texas, where nearly 1,000 have been released near bus stations over the past week in hope that they will find their own way to their next destinations in the U.S. 

D.C. declared a public emergency to provide services to migrants who have arrived on buses from border states for months. 

The Border Patrol says one of its agents rescued an infant and a toddler who were left alone in southwestern Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

The Biden administration has unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children.

For a second time, the Department of Defense has denied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for the National Guard to help with the influx of migrants in the District. Bowser sent a new request for the National Guard to help with migrants who have been bused to D.C. from Texas and Arizona. She called it a “humanitarian crisis” in...

Yes We Can World Foundation provides bilingual education to kids awaiting asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. LX News contributor Moon Mandel brings you inside a converted 55-passenger bus where classes are held, and students can receive clothing, food and assistance in the immigration process.

News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has sent a new request for the National Guard to help with the influx of migrants arriving to the District. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a new request for the National Guard to help with the influx of migrants arriving in the District. She called it a “humanitarian crisis” in the nation’s capital. Bowser asked for 90-day deployment and a review at the end of that period. In the request, Bowser said most of the migrants being bused...