Asylum seekers

Since the pandemic started, asylum seekers waiting in Mexico have had their immigration court hearings postponed — again and again. With their lives and…

By Lorne MatalonIn what is cited as evidence that a Trump administration policy targeting Central Americans asylum seekers is an effective deterrent,…

By Lorne MatalonGuatemala has sealed its borders and banned the arrival of commercial flights, including those from the United States, in an attempt to…

A 41-year-old Congolese woman seeking asylum died Wednesday in U.S. custody shortly after she entered a border station in South Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.

By Mallory Falk, KERAThe Otero County Processing Center is a squat, beige facility surrounded by desert, about 30 minutes outside El Paso, in Chaparral,…

By Mallory Falk, KERAWhen Jesús Enrique Rodriguez Mendoza turned himself in to immigration officials, he figured he would be detained but assumed it would…

A controversial Trump administration policy requiring some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases progress through U.S. immigration courts has now expanded to the Big Bend Sector.

Advocates say migrants who request asylum experience abuse and extended detention. By Mallory Falk President Donald Trump took office a year ago promising…