Immigration
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.
The Trump administration is creating a center that will give immigration agents access to information from U.S. intelligence agencies. Migrants and others denied entry will be unable to see the evidence against them because it is classified.
Trump's Controversial 'Remain in Mexico' Immigration Policy Expands Along Texas' Southern Border
The Migrant Protection Protocols, a program requiring migrants to wait in Mexico as their asylum requests are pending, is in effect in Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo and Brownsville.
West Texas Detention Facility Enacting Water Conservation Measures after Depletion of Local Water Tanks
The Sierra Blanca facility, which houses ICE detainees, shuts down its water supply at 11 p.m. daily to allow its on-site water tanks to replenish overnight.
Homeland Security Says It Will Dramatically Increase Asylum Workforce by Year's End
The Trump administration has struggled to handle a growing backlog of cases and declining workforce morale.
Trump’s Asylum Ban Could Apply Retroactively to Thousands of Migrants Even Though Officials Promised It Wouldn’t
The Trump administration promised that asylum-seekers who already had U.S. cases, but had been forced to return to Mexico to await court dates, could still get asylum. That might not be the case.
Dozens of Lawmakers to Ask DOJ to Reverse Course on Immigration Judge Union Decertification
The judges have filed an unfair labor practice over the Justice Department's efforts to strip them of their collective bargaining rights.
Play of the Day: Someone Had to Get a Cost Estimate For a Border Moat Filled With Gators
New reporting says Donald Trump had some interesting ideas about border security.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Is the Federal Government's Least Popular Agency
Survey also finds a slightly higher percentage of Americans prefer a smaller government with fewer services than a big government.
The Trump Administration Issues Dozens of Corrections to Its Error-Riddled Immigration Rule
Just weeks before a sweeping immigration policy takes effect, the administration is correcting substantive errors, including ones uncovered by ProPublica that would have had big impacts on military families.
Federal Government Awards Three Contracts for 65 New Miles of Border Fencing in South Texas
The cost of the new fencing will range between $385 million and $800 million. Construction is set to begin in early 2020.
Google Says Google Translate Can’t Replace Human Translators. Immigration Officials Have Used It to Vet Refugees.
Documents shared with ProPublica show that immigration officials have been told to vet refugees’ social media posts using Google Translate. Language experts caution even students against using the service.
Hundreds of CBP Officers Returned to Port Duty after Assisting U.S. Border Patrol
In late March, more than 700 officers from ports of entry in El Paso; Laredo; Tucson, Arizona; and San Diego were reassigned amid the growing number of migrants arriving at the country’s southern border.
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