Almost every tactic Trump has deployed to discourage them from trying to enter the country has failed, and, much like with his other attempts to alter long-standing U.S. policy, he has met pushback from federal judges, w ...
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Gillibrand seeks to improve asylum process for immigrants
Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand pitched her ideas Thursday to improve the asylum process while touring a law clinic at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that helps immigrants with legal matters ...
Judge expresses skepticism of return-to-Mexico asylum process
Twelve asylum seekers required to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings presented themselves one by one before an immigration judge over nearly four hours Wednesday. ...
Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico Seek to Stay in US
Several asylum seekers who are being forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration court told a judge Tuesday that they are afraid to return to Mexico as they await their next hearing — a devel ...
Mexican journalist seeking US asylum again ordered deported
A Mexican journalist has again been ordered deported from the United States despite his fear that his past stories about corruption make him a target in one of the world's most dangerous countries for reporters. The atto ...
Judge strikes down bulk of Trump asylum policy
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down most of the policies former Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued that made it almost impossible for victims of domestic and gang violence to seek asylum. ...
Most recent court order on immigration will have serious unintended consequences
The legal maze facing asylum seekers at the Southern border has become even more convoluted. A recent federal court order that suspended the Justice Department regulation making illegal crossers ineligible for asylum ope ...
Migrants plot next move as tensions in Tijuana heighten
For thousands of Central Americans packed into a sports complex in Tijuana that’s crowded with tents and smells strongly of sewage, the journey has only gotten harder. ...
Caravan Migrants in Tijuana: God Will ‘Touch the Heart of Donald Trump’ and Let Us In
“I have faith in God we’ll get to the United States,” said Aguilar, who carries a Bible and a change of clothes in his backpack. “With the faith we have, [Trump] have a hard heart, but if God touches it, he’ll change and ...
Send Judges to the Border, Not Troops
The Trump administration’s handling of the migrant crisis is a failure. Here are concrete steps it could take to make things better. ...
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