About one-fourth of agents in the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas have tested positive for COVID-19.
Author: Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
Police help Border Patrol catch migrants, which is bad policy, experts say
Police act like immigration officers, stopping migrants in Texas and Arizona. That shouldn’t happen, legal experts say.
For many migrants able to cross US border, there’s often chaos, COVID tests and then relief
The Biden administration has expelled some migrant families at border, but allowed others to enter. Their rising numbers threaten to strain services.
Migrant children pushed through immigration court alone as activists scramble to provide legal help
As the number of unaccompanied minors at the border continues to grow, legal advocates are scrambling to reach the minors and offer legal help.
Migrant children are still being temporarily separated from relatives under Biden administration
More than 4,000 migrant children were transferred in January to the custody of the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
‘Just crippling’: Texans devastated by ice storm are now hunting empty shelves for food and water
The slow-moving winter storm slamming Texas has left many without power, food or fresh water. Officials are strategizing how to combat the problem.
Surge of unaccompanied minors at border poses challenge for Biden administration
The number of unaccompanied immigrant minors arriving at the border has spiked in recent months, posing a challenge to Joe Biden’s immigration plans.
Biden’s effort to reunite Trump-era separated families is trickiest immigration challenge
More than 600 families remain separated, with parents’ whereabouts unknown. Biden’s efforts to reunite them could be his top immigration challenge.
Millions of Americans unemployed because of COVID are still waiting on unemployment assistance
As many as 7 million pandemic unemployed workers haven’t received unemployment benefits or even a reply, as evictions and major holidays approach.
Thousands of unaccompanied minors arrive at US-Mexico border as Border Patrol grapples with COVID-19 deaths
Thousands of unaccompanied minors are flooding the U.S.-Mexico border after months of child deportations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.