US immigration

US border agents engaged in ‘shocking abuses’ against asylum seekers, report finds

Revealed: documents released after six years of legal tussles uncover over 160 cases of misconduct and abuse

Ed Pilkington in New York

21, Oct, 2021 @3:54 PM

At the Ready: the Latino teens training to be border patrol agents

In a complex, eye-opening new documentary, El Paso high schoolers hold complicated reasons for wanting to become part of a divisive institution

Veronica Esposito

19, Oct, 2021 @6:36 AM

A nurse’s journey from treating Covid in Brazil to death in the US desert

Lenilda dos Santos left her home in rural Amazonia, part of a South American exodus driven by a coronavirus-era depression

Tom Phillips in Vale do Paraíso

18, Oct, 2021 @4:00 AM

Biden to reinstate Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ migrant policy

DoJ says reinstatement depends on approval from Mexican government as critics say news is ‘appalling’

Amanda Holpuch

15, Oct, 2021 @6:57 PM

Canada invited Chelsea Manning to country just so she could be thrown out

Bizarre request made ahead of immigration hearing for Manning, whose previous attempts to enter Canada have been denied

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

07, Oct, 2021 @4:34 PM

Senior state department official calls Biden’s deportation of Haitians illegal

Harold Koh, a legal adviser and Obama administration veteran, criticises use of health protocol to expel thousands of migrants

Julian Borger in Washington

04, Oct, 2021 @10:53 PM

Senate Republicans block bill to avert government shutdown – as it happened

Republicans refuse to raise debt limit and support $3.5tn bill with only days left until the Thursday deadline

Lauren Aratani in New York (earlier) and Gabrielle Canon in Los Angeles (now)

28, Sep, 2021 @12:35 AM

Inhumanity on the border forces NBA players to question if the US has changed

Basketball players were among those who campaigned to remove Donald Trump from office. But clear injustices in America still remain

Etan Thomas

27, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM

Haiti deportations justified because of Covid, Biden homeland secretary says

As pressure remains over events at Texas border, Alejandro Mayorkas promises investigation of use of horses to round up migrants

Amanda Holpuch

26, Sep, 2021 @4:42 PM

‘Law and order’ views linger in Del Rio after migrant encampment cleared

Some residents of the small west Texas city responded to the migrants with hate and fear. Others directed anger at politicians

Alexandra Villarreal in Del Rio, Texas

25, Sep, 2021 @1:12 PM

Last Haitian migrants removed from Del Rio encampment, homeland security chief says

Mayorkas says 8,000 of 15,000 people have returned to Mexico while 5,000 are being processed by US officials

Richard Luscombe

24, Sep, 2021 @8:36 PM

‘Treated like animals’: Julián Castro condemns Biden over humanitarian crisis at US border

Democrat says denying rights of Haitian people to claim asylum contradicts Biden’s promises to reverse ‘Trump’s cruelty’