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Biden administration further tightens asylum restrictions at border
The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher.
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Trump points to migrants with criminal pasts. Officials say the data's distorted
Republicans are pointing to newly released immigration enforcement data to bolster their argument that the Biden administration is letting migrants who have committed serious crimes go free, but the numbers have been misconstrued.
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Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas to try it next
Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients’ immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023.
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Debate moderators refute Trump claims of immigrants eating family pets
ABC moderator David Muir corrected former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate on Tuesday night after Trump unsubstantiated claims about Haitian immigrants eating family pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Police deny Venezuela gang has taken over rundown apartment complex in Denver suburb
Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say a Venezuela street gang with a small presence in the city has not taken over a rundown apartment complex.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attacks Harris for busing migrants, then brags about his own busing program
The attack from Abbott comes as the Trump campaign has sought to tie Harris to chaos surrounding migrants and the U.S. border.
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Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows
U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July. That would possibly end a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows.
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Immigration was the most passionate topic at Dallas Chamber congressional panel
Dallas Regional Chamber congressional panel at the Hyatt Regency hotel lead to discussions on key issues voters are concerned about come November.
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Congressional forum held in Downtown Dallas
After Congress did not take up a bipartisan border security bill, President Joe Biden issued an executive order modeled on a Trump-era policy to limit people crossing into Texas illegally. It’s one of the key issues in the November election. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan saw that first hand at a Congressional forum in Downtown Dallas.
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Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.
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Texas sues over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status
Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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Number of migrant buses leaving Texas for blue cities drops sharply to zero
The number of buses transporting migrants out of Texas has dropped sharply since President Joe Biden’s executive action limiting asylum claims went into effect on June 4, NBC News reports.
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Application opens for program protecting undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation
The application period opened Monday for a new federal immigration program that allows undocumented spouses to remain in the U.S. as they apply for legal status.
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Presented with rise in border crossings, Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem
Vice President Kamala Harris was never the “border czar,” as critics claim. She was assigned to tackle the “root causes” of migration from three Central American nations — El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — that were responsible for a large chunk of border-crossers, administration officials said.
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Impact, potential fallout of Abbott executive order for public hospitals treating undocumented migrants
Community leaders and advocates are expressing concerns over an executive order issued Thursday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
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Gov. Abbott orders Texas hospitals to report illegal immigrant healthcare costs
Concerns rise over an executive order issued by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. If it survives anticipated legal challenges, the order directs all public hospitals in Texas to turn over data related to undocumented patients. As Maria Guerrero explains, community advocates are urging worried migrants to continue seeking medical care without fear.
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15 states sue to block Biden's effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage
Fifteen states have sued the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Act’s health insurance.
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Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border
Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries have left from Mexico’s southern border on foot in an attempt to make it to the U.S. border.
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Unaccompanied migrant kids suffered ‘severe' sexual abuse by housing provider, DOJ says
The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has engaged in the “severe, pervasive” sexual abuse and harassment of children in its care, the Justice Department alleges.
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Migrant aid group asks judge to push back on Ken Paxton's investigation
A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants.