Colombia and Panama failing to protect migrants in Darien Gap: HRW | Migration News

Colombia and Panama failing to protect migrants in Darien Gap: HRW | Migration News

Human Rights Watch has urged the two countries to ensure the safety of people crossing the dangerous migration route. Colombia and Panama have failed to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers crossing a dangerous yet popular jungle migration route between the two countries, Human Rights Watch (HRW)…

Advocates gird for Texas migrant law that could upheave US immigration | Migration News

Advocates gird for Texas migrant law that could upheave US immigration | Migration News

Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States Supreme Court briefly allowing it to go into effect on Tuesday….

‘Horrific’: US Supreme court allows Texas to detain, deport migrants | Migration News

‘Horrific’: US Supreme court allows Texas to detain, deport migrants | Migration News

The United States Supreme Court has lifted a pause on a controversial law that allows Texas state authorities to detain and deport migrants and asylum seekers, a measure critics have dubbed the “show me your papers” law. The top court on Tuesday voted six to three to allow the law,…

‘Incendiary and wrong’: Biden spurs anger for calling migrant ‘an illegal’ | Joe Biden News

‘Incendiary and wrong’: Biden spurs anger for calling migrant ‘an illegal’ | Joe Biden News

Rights advocates have slammed United States President Joe Biden for referring to an undocumented immigrant as “an illegal” during his State of the Union address, accusing him of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor Donald Trump. During Thursday’s speech at the US Capitol, Biden was heckled by Republicans over…

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue | US-Mexico Border News

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue | US-Mexico Border News

US President Joe Biden to visit border town of Brownsville, Texas as Donald Trump heads to Eagle Pass, Texas. US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent in the November election, will make separate visits to the US-Mexico border on Thursday as immigration has become a key…

Mexican president says agreement reached to keep US border crossings open | US-Mexico Border News

Mexican president says agreement reached to keep US border crossings open | US-Mexico Border News

Talks between Lopez Obrador and US officials follow temporary shutdown of some rail crossings. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says an agreement has been reached with United States officials to keep border crossings between the two countries open after temporary closures during a high number of crossings. The announcement…

Republicans block Ukraine funding over US-Mexico border despite Biden pleas | Russia-Ukraine war News

Republicans block Ukraine funding over US-Mexico border despite Biden pleas | Russia-Ukraine war News

Republican senators in the United States have blocked $106bn in new funding for Ukraine and Israel, rejecting appeals from President Joe Biden amid anger over the exclusion of immigration reforms they had demanded as part of the package. Biden had earlier warned of dire consequences for Kyiv – and a…