Opaque waiting lists at the Mexico border to gain a chance at obtaining asylum in the United States have persisted under President Joe Biden, leading many migrants to give up and cross illegally or languish for months in border towns.
Author: ELLIOT SPAGAT
Migration gets top billing as Biden hosts hemisphere leaders
Migration has taken center stage at an assembly of Western Hemisphere leaders, reflecting its emergence as a top foreign policy issue amid red-carpet drama over who comes and who stays home.
What is the revived US policy on Mexico border?
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Biden administration is set to reinstate a Trump-era policy this week to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court – with changes and additions. The first migrants are to be sent from El Paso, …
US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico to reinstate a Trump-era border policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, U.S. officials said Thursday. Revival of the…