Hochul’s $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response
Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed … Read More
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Voice to parliament: migrant and refugee groups reject ‘divisive’ no campaign proposal for constitutional recognition
The nation’s peak body representing culturally diverse communities has criticised the voice to parliament no campaign’s push for constitutional recognition of migrants as “offensive” and “divisive”, saying they never asked … Read More
Texas national guard soldier shoots and wounds migrant at Mexico border
A Texas national guard soldier has shot and wounded a migrant in the shoulder along the US-Mexico border. According to Texas military records reviewed by the Military Times and the … Read More
US to house some migrant families in hotels in shift by Biden administration
Some migrant families arriving in the US will be housed in hotels under a new program managed by nonprofit organizations, according to two people familiar with the plans, a move … Read More
Biden to spend $86m on border hotel rooms for migrant families
The Biden administration will spend $86 million on hotel rooms near the Mexican border to hold migrant families, reports say. The six-month contract will see around 1,200 families hosted in … Read More
Yemen’s Houthi rebels admit teargas caused fire in migrant detention centre
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday broke their silence on the cause of a fire that tore through a detention centre for migrants earlier this month, killing at least 45 people, … Read More
Biden is on his heels amid a migrant surge at Mexico border
Somehow, they didn’t see it coming. Within weeks of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, the Biden administration had reversed many of the most maligned Trump-era immigration policies, including deporting children … Read More
Images of Confusion, Then Anguish: Migrant Families Deported by Surprise
When 149 migrants were escorted onto a bridge by U.S. Border Patrol agents, they had no idea where they were being taken. Many collapsed, crying, when they learned they were … Read More
US senator ‘fought back tears’ after seeing sobbing girl at border migrant facility
A US senator says he “fought back tears” after seeing a teenage girl separated from her family sobbing among hundreds of children at a border migrant facility. Senator Chris Murphy … Read More
On Mexico’s Border With U.S.,Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up
Mexico is struggling to deal with a new wave of migrants expelled from the U.S. while even more come north hoping to cross. Shelters that were empty four months ago … Read More
Biden Administration Directs FEMA to Help Shelter Migrant Children
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in processing an increasing number of children and teenagers who have filled detention facilities at the … Read More
Biden to deploy Fema to help with surge of migrant children at Mexico border
The Biden administration will send federal help to manage and care for the thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border has increased this year. The administration, … Read More
Moroccan police accused of burning migrant shelters near Spanish enclave
Migrants in northern Morocco said they had been forced to sleep out in the open after repeated raids by police, who allegedly burned down their shelters in camps near the … Read More
Facing Pressure, Biden Administration Scrambles to Shelter Migrant Children
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took steps on Wednesday to address surging migration to the border, restoring a program allowing some Central American children to apply from their home country … Read More
Scores Are Dead or Injured in Fire at Migrant Center in Yemen
CAIRO — A fire broke out Sunday in a detention center for migrants in Yemen’s capital, Sana, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 170 others, scores seriously, … Read More