The U.S. should stop trying to combat Central American criminal groups solely through deportation and start tackling the societal issues that allow the groups a foothold in the country, transnational crime experts said Tuesday.
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Rep. Kathleen Rice said Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security “punished” New Yorkers earlier this year for a controversial law by banning trusted traveler programs, which provide expedited airport lanes for pre-approved travelers.
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Agreements with Mexico and three Central American countries are increasing America’s capacity to stem the flow of illegal immigration in unprecedented ways, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday.
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The U.S. has had only “modest success” in encouraging the return of refugees to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain and Western Nineveh, according to an official on the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed humanitarian aid for migrant children and E. Jean Carroll’s recent accusation that President Donald Trump had raped her.
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As the Trump administration pressures Congress and Mexico to address the uptick in asylum-seeking families arriving at the southern border, the Senate Judiciary Committee showed a rare moment of bipartisanship in affirming a willingness to “look at many options” for a new immigration bill.
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A new exhibit of her artwork at the President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C., provides a window into the lives of Syrian women and children forced to flee their homeland. In a series of 25 paintings and two installations, Zughaib walks viewers through the conflict in which an estimated 570,000 Syrians have been killed and more than 13 million displaced since the civil war erupted in 2011.
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DHS told lawmakers at a packed U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the nation is experiencing an “unprecedented border security and humanitarian crisis.” But several Democratic senators criticized DHS for its call to prolong detention and punish immigrants in the name of deterrence.
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Migrants from Central America coming through Mexico are the target of a U.S. immigration crackdown. But over half of the 42,000 asylum cases decided in fiscal 2018 involved people from countries outside Central America.
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Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan answered questions on immigration enforcement during a 2020 budget review hearing.
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