Immigration Reform
The latest news, analysis and debates on immigration reform and policy.
Texas denies ordering police to push migrants back into the Rio Grande
Texas officials on Tuesday vehemently denied a new press report that they had ordered police to push illegal immigrant children back into the Rio Grande and refused to give water to those who make it across the river from Mexico.
Defense Department sitting on 20,822 unused border wall panels
The Defense Department revealed Tuesday that it has more than 20,000 unused border wall panels in storage that it is trying to dispose of after President Biden halted construction.
Experts debate whether new citizenship test will be harder to pass
The Biden administration’s attempt to redesign the citizenship test has some immigration advocates arguing it will make it tougher for new arrivals to win citizenship.
Overwhelmed Border Patrol releases terrorism suspect into U.S.: Federal audit
The Border Patrol caught a terrorism suspect at the southern border but was too overwhelmed by the surge of migrants to properly flag the person and instead released the person into the country, according to a new government audit.
4 people, including a baby, die crossing the Rio Grande into Texas in 48-hour period, official says
An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period over the holiday weekend, authorities said.
CBP officer accused of taking bribes to allow drug smugglers into U.S.
A Customs and Border Protection officer was indicted Monday on charges of taking bribes to allow drugs to be smuggled across the southern border.
Canada’s new brain-drain plan targets America’s tech-worker immigrants
Canada has a plan to steal high-skilled immigrant tech workers from the U.S., and it is not using a smokescreen to hide its plan.
U.S. charges four Mexicans in death of 53 migrants trapped in sweltering truck
Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against four Mexicans they say helped orchestrate last year’s smuggling tragedy that saw 53 illegal immigrants die after being trapped in a tractor-trailer on a 100-degree Texas afternoon.
DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that largely mirrors Trump’s
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to end birthright citizenship, finish building the southern border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels as part of an aggressive - and familiar - immigration policy proposal he laid out Monday in a Texas border city.
Immigration drove white, Asian population growth in U.S. last year
Without immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year.
Justices OK law banning encouragement of illegal immigration
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that makes it illegal to encourage illegal immigration, ruling that it does not stifle First Amendment speech.
Mayorkas’ non-deportation policy survives Supreme Court challenge
The Supreme Court breathed new life into President Biden’s lenient immigration policies Friday, giving the Department of Homeland Security tacit approval to refuse to arrest and deport illegal immigrants even where the law says it must try.
Supreme Court upholds federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a section of federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration, ruling against a California man who offered adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to U.S. citizenship.
