Migrant surge at US border pushes Texas city to ‘breaking point’
A sharp rise in migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed a Texas city to “breaking point”, its mayor has warned. With more than 2,000 people a day seeking asylum, services in El Paso have been overwhelmed, leaving the authorities struggling to cope. The influx has also hit the Texas border city of […]
Texas troopers told to push migrants back into Rio Grande and deny them water
Border security agents in Texas have allegedly been ordered to push migrants back into the Rio Grande river and to withhold water. Concerns about the “inhumane” treatment of migrants along the border with Mexico were outlined in an email from an unnamed trooper to the Texas Department of Public Safety. In the email the trooper […]
The US began transporting certain migrants from Canada to Texas for processing or removal
The United States began transporting migrants crossing from Canada to the US to Texas for processing and, as the case may be, deporting them to Mexico or their country of origin under a border restriction introduced by covid-19, according to an official of National Security. The US Border Patrol recently recorded a record number of […]
Migrants in El Paso face uncertainty after Supreme Court left Title 42 in effect amid legal challenges
The future of migrants waiting in El Paso, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border remains uncertain following Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing federal officials to continue expelling migrants who have received an asylum hearing. “We expected something else,” said Rosanni Rodríguez, a Venezuelan migrant, when she was told of the court decision. Rodriguez huddled with […]
Increasing numbers of migrants arrive in New York, the number reached a record of more than 62,500 people last week
The latest signs of the crisis facing New York are the huge white tents that the city’s mayor says he never imagined he would have to build. The arrival of buses from the border shows no signs of slowing down and these new emergency shelters on Randall’s Island could soon house hundreds of migrants. Months […]
Learn About ‘Corazon Migrante,’ the Social Integration Program Helping Migrants Across Latin America
When a person migrates to another country, either for work or because they were displaced from their territory by armed conflicts, there are many situations that can affect them. One of the main issues is integration. Integration is about adapting to the customs of the new place where the migrant settles. This is not just […]
