Immigration

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Analysis: Texas Republicans, squeezed between tariffs and immigration

by Ross Ramsey June 7, 2019

The president's threat to impose tariffs unless Mexico stops the flow of migrants into the U.S. has put Texas Republicans in a tough spot — choosing between their loyalty to Donald Trump and their worries about tariff's effects on the Texas economy.

Migrant apprehensions continue to surge on Texas-Mexico border

by Julián Aguilar June 5, 2019

In some Texas Border Patrol sectors, apprehensions of families has spiked 1,000 to 2,000% since October.

Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for detained migrant children

by Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post June 5, 2019

The administration says a huge influx of unaccompanied minors at the U.S-Mexico border has strained the budget and forced it to cut services at federal migrant shelters across the country.

Transgender woman who had been in ICE custody dies in El Paso after falling ill

by Robert Moore, The Washington Post June 3, 2019

The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have complained to federal agencies about the treatment of gay and transgender detainees at the New Mexico facility where the Salvadoran woman was held.

Border wall on private land given the green light to continue by New Mexico town

by Julián Aguilar May 30, 2019

City leaders issued a cease-and-desist letter after they said proper permits were not issued before the project began. But on Thursday the mayor said the project has been given permission to continue.

Trump says U.S. to impose 5% tariff on all Mexican imports beginning June 10 in dramatic escalation of border clash

by Damian Paletta, Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Updated: May 30, 2019

The Trump administration wants Mexico to combat the surge of Central American migrants traveling through the country on their way to seek asylum in the United States. More than 1,000 Central Americans crossed into the El Paso area Wednesday to surrender to authorities.

Private group backed by Trump supporters builds border barrier in El Paso

by Julián Aguilar May 27, 2019

The construction over the weekend started after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to build his long-promised wall with funds not appropriated by Congress.

Texas legislators strip last-minute $100 million request for border surge

by Edgar Walters Updated: May 26, 2019

The money had been included in a previous version of the state's supplemental budget, and legislators had intended for President Donald Trump's administration to repay the funds.

Federal judge temporarily blocks part of Trump’s plan to build border wall

by Fred Barbash, The Washington Post May 25, 2019

The judge said opponents had a good chance in prevailing on their claims that the administration is acting illegally in shifting money to pay for the wall.

Pentagon agrees to set up tent housing near the border for roughly 7,500 migrants

by Paul Sonne, The Washington Post May 24, 2019

The tents will be erected near the Tornillo, Donna, Laredo and Del Rio ports of entry, as well as in Arizona.

Border Patrol quarantines migrants at McAllen facility amid flu outbreak

by Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post May 23, 2019

The quarantine of nearly three dozen migrants at the agency's central processing center happened a day after the death of a 16-year-old who had contracted the flu.

Guatemalan migrant dies after being apprehended at the Texas-Mexico border

by Julián Aguilar May 20, 2019

The Guatemalan teenager, who hasn’t been identified, was found unresponsive Monday morning at the Border Patrol station in Weslaco.

Border Patrol erects more tents in the Rio Grande Valley to house asylum seekers as surge continues

by Julián Aguilar May 17, 2019

The agency said Friday that the Rio Grande Valley sector is holding an average of 8,000 migrants each day.

"The dam is going to overflow": In Mexico, pressure builds as U.S. immigration policies take hold

by Julián Aguilar May 16, 2019

While U.S. officials sound the alarm over a surge of migrants crossing the border, Mexican shelter operators and immigration officials are trying to find space for people from nearly every continent who must wait in Mexico as they try to claim asylum in the U.S.

Toddler apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border dies in El Paso after weeks in hospital

by Maria Sacchetti and Robert Moore, The Washington Post May 15, 2019

The boy is the fourth migrant child to die since December after being apprehended at the southern border and taken to the hospital. All have been from Guatemala.

Border detention cells in Texas are so overcrowded that the U.S. is using aircraft to move migrants

by Nick Miroff, The Washington Post May 11, 2019

“This is the worst I have ever seen it, by far,” said one veteran Border Patrol agent in South Texas.

Where is Texas’ growing population coming from?

by María Méndez May 8, 2019

Texas is growing at a rate of 1,000 people per day, and for the second year in a row, most of the people who moved to the state came from other countries in 2018. And the biggest growth in international migration isn't from Latin America.

Appeals court lets Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers stand

by Julián Aguilar May 7, 2019

Tuesday’s decision means the program will continue and that hundreds — if not thousands more asylum seekers — will be sent back across the U.S.-Mexico border pending further hearings.

The government is putting up more tents to hold migrants, but will it be enough?

by Julián Aguilar May 2, 2019

The facilities, in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley city of Donna, are designed to house up to 500 asylum seekers each. But the Border Patrol is still apprehending thousands of migrants a week.

Four missing, including three children, after migrants’ raft overturns in Rio Grande near Del Rio

by Nick Miroff, The Washington Post May 2, 2019

Drownings and migrant rescues along the Rio Grande are a regular occurrence, but the dangers have increased in recent weeks because the river is swollen with spring runoff at a moment when record numbers of Central American families are attempting to cross.

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