NYC Council debate safety of temporary migrant shelters
The New York City Council held a hearing on Friday to examine the status of resources and services for asylum seekers who continue to arrive in the city.
Biden keeps US target for refugee admissions at 125,000
President Joe Biden on Tuesday kept the nation’s cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the 2023 budget year, despite pressure from advocates to raise it even higher to meet the need after falling far short of that target this year.
Work begins on migrant center in the Bronx
A relief center for migrants will soon be opening in the Orchard Beach parking lot and will offer shelter, food, legal aid, and more.
As shelters fill, NYC's migrant housing draws controversy
Controversy is growing over where asylum seekers arriving in New York City are being housed, with reports of overcrowding and a lack of privacy.
At least 77 dead when boat carrying migrants sinks off Syria
At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.
NYC opening emergency centers to deal with migrant crisis
New York City plans to build 'Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers' to house the influx of migrants being bused to the city.
NYC and other 'sanctuary' cities navigate migrant influx from GOP states
Few places in the U.S. have a more deeply ingrained reputation as a refuge for immigrants than New York City. But for Mayor Eric Adams, reconciling that image with an influx of migrants sent to the city as part of a political tactic from several Republican governors is proving difficult.
Migrants sue Gov. Ron DeSantis over Martha's Vineyard relocation 'scheme'
Venezuelan migrants flown from San Antonio to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard have sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his transportation secretary for engaging in a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme” to relocate them.
U.S. border crossings rise among Venezuelans, officials say
Nearly 7 of every 10 stops of Venezuelans crossing illegally into the country in August occurred at sectors of the Texas border. Officials said migrants were stopped over 200,000 times last month.
NYC considers using cruise ships to house migrants
New York City is floating the idea of using cruise ships as temporary housing. "We're not going to leave any stone unturned," Mayor Eric Adams said.
2 buses of migrants dropped off outside VP Harris’s residence near Naval Observatory in DC
Two buses of migrants were dropped off Thursday morning outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in northwest Washington, D.C.
Massachusetts activates National Guard due to migrant flights
The governor of Massachusetts plans to activate the National Guard as part of the effort to deal with migrants who were flown to Martha's Vineyard.
Mayor Adams says NYC homeless shelter system near collapse
With a surge of migrants being bused to the city by Texas officials, New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the shelter system is nearing its breaking point.
Florida sends planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard
As Republican governors continue to send migrants out of their states, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of immigrants to the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday.
NYC helping migrants who were bused from Texas relocate to other states
New York City officials claim that many of the migrants who are being bused from Texas did not want to go to New York so they are helping them get to other states.
9 migrants found dead in Texas river, Border Patrol says
Officials made the discovery while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains.
Texas officials stop airplane human smuggling attempt, one migrant allegedly paid $11,000
Texas officials say 13 illegal immigrants were part of the human smuggling scheme.
Migrants sent by Texas governor arrive in Chicago seeking 'better future'
Bused from Texas, a group of migrants shipped out to sanctuary cities arrived in Chicago Wednesday night as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants into Democrat-led cities.
VISION Act fails: California won’t bar parolee transfers to immigration agents
State corrections officials estimated that if the bill becomes law it could cost the state an additional $22 million a year to supervise more than 2,500 parolees who otherwise would have been deported.
Gaps in Arizona border wall filled with double-stacked shipping containers
Arizona Gov. Ducey said 11-day project closed 3,820 open feet of the wall with 130 shipping containers.