“We are in a full-blown emergency, and I cannot say this stronger, the system is broken.” The Trump administration is reportedly planning on keeping more than a thousand detained children in a military base that ...
Scott Warren was arrested in 2018 for allegedly having “harbored” two fatally weakened undocumented migrants in a facility run by No More Deaths. (PeoplesDispatch) Scott Warren, an activist associated with the organization No More Deaths, ...
The U.S. Homeland Security Department is helping to stem migration from Guatemala. In a new effort to tackle immigration issues, the United States is sending additional homeland security agents to Guatemala, where they will assist ...
Mexico is one of the U.S.’ biggest trading partners, and the new Mexico tariffs complicate the president’s goal of creating a revised trade pact between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. President Trump announced new tariffs ...
City leaders issued a cease-and-desist letter after they said proper permits were not issued before the project began. But on Thursday the mayor said the project has been given permission to continue. (By Julian Aguilar, ...
“There’s a lot of talk about looking for alternatives, but the detention centers are full, the massive operations continue … they separate families and even a child lost her life.” The Mexican immigration agency is ...
“The Trump administration just ignored bedrock environmental and public health laws to plow a disastrous border wall through protected, spectacular wildlands.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday that it is waiving 41 ...
“I know this border. The president is doing the right thing, he’s right on this issue, and if he asked, I’d go work for him in a heartbeat” – Mark Morgan President Trump announced the ...
“This one’s particularly ugly.” (By Julia Conley, Common Dreams) In what one critic deemed a “nauseating example of the revolving door” through which powerful political players often move in and out of the private sector, ...
The practice of blood testing asylum seekers will deter false family asylum cases, or so the Trump administration hopes. The Trump administration will phase in DNA testing of families applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico ...
Citizen Truth Reporter Jenna Mulligan is traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border and reporting on immigration issues. In the latest video, Jenna visits the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson, AZ. The church recently converted into a migrant ...
“Our immigration system has reached a breaking point as we continue to see an overwhelming surge of migrants, with more than 100,000 arriving at our border in March alone.” In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, ...
This video is part of a series on immigration at the border. In a previous video Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan rode along on a water drop and aid drive in the Arizona desert which ...
Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan is reporting live from the border as she travels through Arizona, California and Mexico to get a firsthand account of immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. Look for her video ...
“Early this morning, #USBP Agents found a 3-year-old boy alone and crying in a cornfield in TX. He had his name & phone numbers written on his shoes.” Last Tuesday morning, US Customs and Border ...
The crossing was captured by patrol cameras, and Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station intercepted the migrants on U.S. soil. U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered a group of 360 Central American migrants crossing the ...
“Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held…will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and States!” House committee chairs have requested documents from the White House and Department of Homeland Security ...
A battle over the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico Policy” is being played out in the court system. The Trump administration pushed an emergency stay motion through to the U.S. Court of Appeals 9th district ...
Kevin McAleenan seems to have the support of many congressional Democrats, and the experience in immigration law enforcement that has earned him respect throughout the department. Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen ...
“Strikes me as just a frustration of not being able to solve a problem. Honestly, it wasn’t Secretary Nielsen’s fault.” In the past four days, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielson resigned, U.S. Secret ...
The ACLU is looking into reports of abusive treatment of transgender women and gay men at an ICE detention center near Chaparral, New Mexico. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) authored a letter released on ...
Trump pledges veto in response to bipartisan vote ending national emergency declaration at the southern border. On Thursday, 12 Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. Senate and voted to end Trump’s declaration of an emergency ...
“The hallmark of a civilized society is measured by how it treats its people and those within its borders,” Sabraw said in his ruling. (Reuters) – In a blow to the Trump administration’s U.S.-Mexico border ...
Before we get to the veracity of what Trump said or lack thereof, let’s first address what the man spoke about. Trump’s agenda, at least in principle, was devoted to the areas where members of ...
Scores of Telugu-speaking students, 8 recruiters among those arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (NewsClick) At least 200 Indian students and eight student recruiters of Indian origin have been arrested and several others ...
The masses of asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border will now have to wait in Mexico for their trial dates. Many of the people in the migrant caravans arriving at the US border are ...
A “reverse migrant caravan” of Americans travel every day into Mexico for affordable health care. According to a report from TruthOut, thousands of Americans cross the border every day into Mexico to access affordable dental care ...
Volunteers for No More Deaths are facing jail time and fines for their attempt to help migrants crossing into the US illegally. Several volunteers are facing prison time for leaving food and water for undocumented migrants ...
Guzmán’s trial is a telenovela-style explainer on why a wall is unlikely to stop the lucrative U.S.-Mexico drug trade. (The Conversation, by Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong) The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán ...
“DOD is transitioning its support at the southwestern border from hardening ports of entry to mobile surveillance and detection.” The Pentagon has approved an official request to keep active duty troops at the Mexico border ...
A federal judge ordered a citizenship question to be removed from the 2020 census but the case will likely be appealed. In the latest installment of a never-ending saga concerning the US 2020 census, a federal ...
Amid the endless reporting about the situation at the US-Mexico border, the potential for a growing health crisis remains largely unreported. The large number of people in holding at the border greatly increases the odds ...
(FactCheck) On the day he met with congressional leaders to discuss the budget stalemate, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims about the Southwest border and the wall he wants to build: Trump ...
“As repeatedly stated by a series of U.N. human rights bodies, detention of children based on their migratory status is a violation of international law.” (Common Dreams) A day after the 7-year-old girl’s small body returned ...
The brutal murder of two teenage members of the migrant caravan is a reminder of the violence that migrants are trying to escape. Two teenage members of the migrant caravan that traveled from Central America to ...
“Anyone who has good faith should have agreed to this pact.” Last Monday, more than 150 member countries of the United Nations (U.N.), agreed on an international treaty to address the growing challenges related to ...
“The narrative and characters in ‘Icebox’ are inspired by so many personal stories that were told to me through years of research and outreach,” – director Daniel Sawka. “Icebox” is a timely new film about one Honduran boy’s quest ...
Q: During the Obama administration, did Border Patrol agents use tear gas to control crowds of migrants during incidents at the U.S.-Mexico border? A: Yes, and the gas was also used by administrations prior to his, news ...
After being detained for three weeks, a Philadelphia man just barely escaped being deported to Jamaica in a case of mistaken identity. ICE almost deported Peter Sean Brown, a 50-year-old American citizen born in Philadelphia to ...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested for the Department of Defense (DoD) to keep 4,000 troops on the U.S.-Mexico border. The DHS wants the Pentagon to keep the troops on the border from ...
The changing of the guard in Mexico brings increased scrutiny as thousands of immigrants sit in shelters on the border between the US and Mexico awaiting their fate. Nearly 100 more of the Central American ...
Wilder Hilario Maldonado Cabrera was the youngest defendant on the juvenile docket that day, and he was one of the last children left in government custody who had been affected by the zero-tolerance policy. (ProPublica) ...
“Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime,” says Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after U.S. Border agents fire tear gas into Mexico. (Common Dreams) As legal experts and human rights advocates ...
It happened, again. This time, in the grocery line. I’d grabbed a couple early evening, post Sunday matinee snacks and taken my place behind those who appeared to have the least number of items. Two ...
Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan, who is stationed in Mexico, traveled to meet and interview the migrant caravan first-hand as it arrived in Mexico City. This is the first of her reports. After spending five ...
Thanks to an overnight bus ride by Citizen Truth reporter Jenna Mulligan, Citizen Truth is reporting live from Mexico City where the migrant caravan carrying thousands of migrants from Central America began to arrive yesterday ...
Members of a migrant caravan heading to the U.S. filed a lawsuit suing for their right to declare asylum in the U.S. Six migrants in the caravan traveling from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border filed ...
Despite all the vitriol surrounding immigration policy, the reasons behind the crisis in Central America are rarely examined in depth by mainstream media outlets. This article will provide a brief, and by no means exhaustive, ...
The troop deployment would be the first time that any U.S. president has turned to active duty forces of this magnitude to counter approaching refugees to the U.S. border. On Tuesday, U.S. Northern Command chief ...
Nieto’s plan provides temporary ID cards and work permits, housing in local hotels, and medical care for all migrants. It also offers schooling for all children. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has offered work permits ...