Immigration

The Biden administration announced plans to revive a Trump-era border policy in November that forces asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration court date.

A recent surge of anti-government protests in Cuba have turned a spotlight back on calls for reform in the one-party Communist country. And for Cuban Americans whose families left the country in previous decades, it’s a reminder of what was lost and gained in their immigration to the U.S. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez takes a closer look at the Cuban...

Senate aides and immigration advocates say Democrats are considering proposing that the government use its existing parole power to let about 7 million migrants stay temporarily in the United States.

The Biden administration defended using a Trump-era health policy to deport undocumented migrants even as it opens Canada and Mexico borders to travelers. 

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed immigration authorities to stop mass worksite arrests of undocumented immigrants

Federal immigration agents will stop making mass worksite arrest of immigrants employees suspected of living in the U.S. without legal permission

The Biden administration admitted 11,411 refugees to the U.S. in fiscal year 2021, falling far short of the president’s revised admissions cap of 62,500.

The former U.S. special envoy to Haiti who resigned last month said he did so after learning on the news about the deportation of Haitian migrants. 

Two U.S. officials said that a debate over starting deportations before the migrant surge in Del Rio, Texas, was a political battle between progressives and others at the Department of Homeland Security.

If you want to understand why people migrate, the story of Florida State Rep. Marie Woodson will interest you. Woodson emigrated from Haiti to the U.S. in 1981 to get a good education and job, and planted her roots in South Florida. NBCLX Storyteller Eric Rodriguez spoke to her about why Haitians leave their country, and what happens to a...

Scenes of thousands of Haitian migrants gathering at the border town of Del Rio, Texas, and images of some being chased down by border control agents on horseback shocked many Americans. But not those who understand how the history of Haiti and U.S. immigration policy led to this moment. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez digs into the story behind the...

Refugee admissions to the United States fell to a record low during the 2021 budget year despite President Joe Biden’s pledge to bring back the program that was decimated by the Trump administration.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said immigration officers can no longer detain and deport people solely because they’re undocumented. 

The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue migrants who recently crossed into the country without permission or are deemed to pose a threat to public safety

Four United Nations agencies have called on countries to refrain from expelling Haitian migrants without properly assessing whether they need protection.

President Joe Biden is finding himself caught between a hard place and an even harder one when it comes to immigration.

More than 200 people jailed under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border enforcement operation are being released after weeks of detainment in state prisons without charges and far from lawyers. Despite the release, Abbott’s program remains under fire from attorneys and others who say he is running an operation that is unconstitutional and illegal. They allege the operation is targeting...

Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct immigration sweeps

The Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will be partially reopened late Saturday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

As U.S. authorities moved out the last of the more than 14,000 migrants who gathered beside a border bridge in Del Rio, thousands of other Haitians en route between the border and South America are coming to the realization that a window of time has closed.