When a Legend Airlines Airbus A 340 landed at San Salvador airport on July 15 after an 18-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates, its crew quickly realized something was wrong. Salvadoran officials refused to connect the jet bridge to allow the roughly 300 passengers, all Indian nationals, to disembark, according to three former crew […]
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Mexico Pres says flow of migrants to continue
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned on Sunday during an interview with “60 Minutes” that unless the United States complies with Latin America’s requests for aid, the tide of migrants will continue. In January, Obrador issued a series of demands for what the U.S. must do to stop the flow of migrants to the […]
Federal Judge rules DACA unlawful
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a longstanding program protecting migrants who came to the US as children from deportation is unlawful. The judge, however, did not grant a request to terminate those protections over the next two years. Nine Republican-led states sued to end it, claiming they have to spend millions of […]
Manhattan besieged by immigration chaos
Native New Yorkers who’ve lived in Manhattan for decades say recent migrant arrivals are bringing lawlessness into their formerly peaceful Upper West Side neighborhood and disrupting a residential building that’s home to elderly people with special needs. The Stratford Arms hotel on W. 70th Street used to function as a student dormitory, operated by the […]
Border Patrol Finds 2 Year, 3 Month-Old Siblings Abandoned At Border
Border Patrol agents on Tuesday rescued two small children abandoned along the Rio Grande River, including a 3-month-old in an infant carrier – the latest instance of child abandonment at the southern border. In a statement, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the 2-year-old girl and 3-month-old boy, both Honduran nationals, are siblings and were […]
Memos Show Trump Making Effort To Expel More Immigrants
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws. Under the Obama administration, undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes were the priority for removal. […]