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It was badly ill-equipped to process families and children and move them through complex legal asylum proceedings. Immigration courts were soon bogged down in yearslong backlogs.

Dec 21, 2023 · All of those currently being released by CBP have court dates and locations where they must appear for their immigration hearings, the three Homeland Security officials said.

The Biden administration is making contingency plans for a possible spike in immigration ahead of a Trump presidency, according to two U.S. officials.

Aug 28, 2024 · So far, six sponsor applications have been turned over to investigators at Homeland Security Investigations, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement assigned through an agreement between ...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Donald Trump signed executive orders declaring a national emergency at the border and reinstating the "Remain in Mexico" policy, among other immigration-related actions.

Biden’s budget also asks Congress for $405 million to hire 1,300 more Border Patrol agents, funding to keep ICE’s 34,000 existing detention beds, $1 billion for aid to Central America to ...

60,000 immigrants married to U.S. citizens and eligible for the "parole in place" program live in swing states. "People are paying attention," one community activist said.

Jun 18, 2021 · Immigrants could be flown from the busy Rio Grande Valley or Del Rio, Texas, sectors into El Paso, for example, and then sent back across the border from there.

May 15, 2024 · Many migrants are stopped by Mexican officials at the Guatemala-Mexico border and promptly returned to Guatemala, immigration advocates told NBC News.