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Immigration

Judge partially ends historic Flores agreement that protects migrant children

A federal judge agreed with the Biden administration that Texas and Florida have made it impossible for the federal government to abide by some of the provision of the 1997 agreement.

Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump

Gangs have pillaged their way through the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, killing, raping and kidnapping thousands of people in recent year.

Biden’s halt on border crossings — and Mexico’s policies — ‘disorient’ asylum seekers

President Joe Biden's executive order has spurred longer wait times for migrants in Mexico seeking asylum, causing a living situation in constant flux.

Border arrests fall more than 40% after Biden’s halt to asylum processing, Homeland Security says

Biden has both sought to crack down on new arrivals at the border and to offer new immigration pathways.

Family of two young US citizens awarded over $1.5 million for being falsely imprisoned by feds at border

A federal judge in San Diego found that the U.S. government violated the constitutional rights of two children who were detained for up to 34 hours at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Attorneys say Biden administration’s new safety standards for migrant children in custody not enough

The 1997 Flores agreement was the result of over a decade of litigation over widespread allegations of mistreatment in the 1980s.

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