Many South American asylum seekers in Mexico City have adopted pay-by-the-week rooming houses and outdoor encampments as temporary shelter en route to the U.S., almost a month after President Biden's crackdown on the border and long wait times for an asylum appointment. Read more» 
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With much of the Southwest baking under record temperatures, immigrants’ rights advocates worry President Biden’s decision to effectively close the border to asylum seekers will endanger lives and further marginalize climate-displaced people seeking refuge in the U.S. Read more»
Border leaders said they are anticipating the effects of President Biden's order that partly bans asylum claims to be somewhat beneficial in limiting unauthorized crossings, while immigration advocates expressed concern the order would lead to more harm to already vulnerable people. Read more»
Immigrant rights groups plan to mount legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s recent restrictions on asylum-seekers at the southern U.S. border and say the president's executive order will only make the situation worse. Read more»
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history, the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies over the last decade. Read more»
Despite several updates, the CBP One phone app used to schedule appointments at ports of entry along the U.S-Mexico border is still inaccessible to migrants with a range of disabilities, including those who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues, and have intellectual disabilities. Read more»
A federal judge refused to block U.S. Customs and Border Protection from turning back asylum seekers looking for protection in the U.S. without getting an appointment through CBP One, a cellphone application critics have called "notoriously glitchy."
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Immigration advocates challenged the Biden administration's use of CBP One — a cellphone application to create appointments for asylum seekers — arguing the border-wide policy violates federal law by sending people back to dangerous circumstances in Mexico.
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