U.S. Considers Greensboro Site To House Unaccompanied Minors
Federal officials are considering a former Greensboro private school as a transitional housing site for unaccompanied refugee minors.
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Domestic Abuse Survivors Fear Deportation Under Trump Policy Biden Has Yet To Reverse
Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. "Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled," one lawyer says.
Biden Administration Limits Power Of ICE To Arrest Immigrants In Courthouses
The decision rolls back a Trump administration practice of seizing people who were in courthouses for reasons unrelated to their immigration status.
Beyond The Border, Fewer Immigrants Being Locked Up But ICE Still Pays For Empty Beds
The number of immigrants in detention peaked under former President Donald Trump. Now those detention centers have emptied out, but ICE is still paying more than $1 million a day for empty beds.
NPR/Marist Poll: Biden Gets High Marks On COVID-19. It's Not The Case On Immigration
Two-thirds of Americans approve of how Biden is handling the pandemic, but only a third approves of how he's dealing with immigration. An increasing number also say they will get vaccinated.
House GOP Leader Blasts Biden At Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills
Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children.
DHS Directs FEMA To Help With Surge Of Migrant Children At Southern Border
The deployment highlights an escalation in the Biden administration's response to the increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S. border.
The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?
Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.
U.S. Offers Protected Status For People From Myanmar As Coup Leaders Crack Down
The Biden administration will offer temporary protected status to people who fear returning to Myanmar after the military coup and ensuing suppression of protesters that has killed at least 70 people.
Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February
The swelling number of minors has left CBP scrambling to quickly move children from detention in crude holding cells built to house adult men to temporary shelters appropriate for adolescents.