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Afghan migrants trapped for weeks in woods because of Poland and Belarus standoff

Tuesday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A group of Afghans has been trapped for three weeks at the edge of a forest on the border between Poland and Belarus, caught in a no man's land between Polish security forces who will not let them enter Poland and Belarusian... Read More.

CBP encounters highest monthly number of migrants attempting to cross border since 2000

Tuesday, August 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 200,000 individuals at the southern border in July, reaching a number not seen in two decades, according to preliminary figures reference by a senior Department of Homeland Security official in a court filing Monday. In the... Read More.

Harris visits southern border amid GOP pressure on migrants, set to blame Trump

Friday, June 25 by ABC News

(EL PASO, Texas) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first visit to the southern border since taking office on Friday, amid GOP pressure and ahead of former President Donald Trump doing so next week. Harris will tour a processing center in El Paso,... Read More.

Harris defends telling migrants ‘do not come,’ not visiting US-Mexico border

Tuesday, June 8 by ABC News

(MEXICO CITY) — Vice President Kamala Harris is having her first face-to-face meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday on her first foreign trip in office -- but a visit focused on addressing the root causes of migration risks being overshadowed... Read More.

DHS formally rescinds ‘remain in Mexico’ policy for migrants seeking asylum

Wednesday, June 2 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has formally terminated the Migrant Protection Policy (MPP), also known as the "remain in Mexico" policy, first enacted in 2019 by the Trump administration. DHS in January suspended all new MPP enrollments. "I have determined that MPP... Read More.

Two dead, 10 missing after boat carrying Cuban migrants capsizes near Key West

Friday, May 28 by ABC News

(KEY WEST, Fla.) -- Two people are dead and 10 others are missing after a boat traveling from Cuba capsized near the Florida Keys, officials said. The United States Coast Guard said its Resolute cutter had been on a routine patrol in the area on... Read More.

DHS launches operation to combat transnational organizations trafficking migrants across border

Wednesday, April 28 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As the world has seen images of migrant children being dropped over the border or left for dead, the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced an effort to prevent transnational crime organizations from smuggling migrants across the border. DHS said "Operation Sentinel"... Read More.

More than 172,000 migrants, most in nearly two decades, stopped at US-Mexico border in March

Thursday, April 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration authorities arrested or detained more than 172,000 migrants at the southwest border last month, according to administration officials. The total number of Border Patrol apprehensions was the largest in a month since the early 2000s. The vast majority were taken into custody... Read More.

Migrants coming from Central America to US: ‘We don’t have many options’

Thursday, April 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Crossing the Rio Grande is the last leg of an often long and always harrowing journey for hundreds of people hoping to start a new life in the U.S. It’s there that, even in the dead of night, the Texas Department... Read More.

Migrants released from Rio Grande Valley without court dates

Wednesday, March 24 by ABC News

By QUINN OWEN and BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration authorities in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas have been releasing a growing number of migrants from custody before they have court dates, a practice that Republicans have pointed to... Read More.

New photos show migrants in overcrowded Border Patrol facility in Texas

Monday, March 22 by ABC News

By BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- New photos released Monday by a Texas House Democrat show crowded conditions inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection overflow facility in Donna, Texas, where migrants, including families with children, are... Read More.

DHS head to migrants: ‘The message is quite clear, do not come’

Sunday, March 21 by ABC News

BY: LUKE BARR, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) —Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas placed the blame for the current influx of migrants on the southern border at the feet of the prior administration in an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC News' "This Week." "It... Read More.

Stories tagged with: migrants

Afghan migrants trapped for weeks in woods because of Poland and Belarus standoff

CBP encounters highest monthly number of migrants attempting to cross border since 2000

Harris visits southern border amid GOP pressure on migrants, set to blame Trump

Harris defends telling migrants ‘do not come,’ not visiting US-Mexico border

DHS formally rescinds ‘remain in Mexico’ policy for migrants seeking asylum

Two dead, 10 missing after boat carrying Cuban migrants capsizes near Key West

DHS launches operation to combat transnational organizations trafficking migrants across border

More than 172,000 migrants, most in nearly two decades, stopped at US-Mexico border in March

Migrants coming from Central America to US: ‘We don’t have many options’

Migrants released from Rio Grande Valley without court dates

New photos show migrants in overcrowded Border Patrol facility in Texas

DHS head to migrants: ‘The message is quite clear, do not come’

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