House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday aimed at barring immigrants from being granted asylum in the United States if they have criminal histories. The No Asylum for Criminals Act was introduced ...

The American Civil Liberties Union and several migrant rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting President Biden's recently announced crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, challenging ...

The Biden administration is considering actions that would make the tough restrictions the president ordered in June almost impossible to lift. By Hamed Aleaziz Reporting from Washington The Biden ...

Border numbers are down significantly. But migrant activists say the restrictions President Biden imposed in June are weeding out people who may have legitimate claims of asylum. By Hamed Aleaziz ...

Border patrol officers have told migrants fleeing torture and persecution that they "don't care" and that asylum doesn't exist anymore in the United States as they enforce President Biden's executive ...

United States Border Patrol agents are denying asylum access to families fleeing violence in Mexico, treating them abusively and dismissively, and returning them to the country they fled in fear.

The Biden administration is debating changes that would make it harder to lift the sweeping asylum restrictions it enacted in June, drafting plans to alter the criteria that would be used to ...

During several campaign rallies this year, Donald Trump denounced the political practice of asylum—namely, the legal status requested by foreigners fleeing political persecution and violence and ...

Melanie Griffiths has received funding from the ESRC and British Academy for migration-related research. She sits on the trustee boards of the NGOs Right to Remain and Open Door. The first two sites ...

JUÁREZ, MEXICO — It’s mid-June, and Yoemar has lost his shoes. He’s running in wet, muddy socks up the riverbank now. He’s running through thickets of thorny little bushes, his fingers wrapped up in ...

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