Number of migrant children in US custody more than doubled in past two months, data shows

Attorneys, advocates and mental health experts say that while some shelters housing the migrant children are safe and provide adequate care, others are endangering children’s health and safety.

‘We Build the Wall’ campaign co-founder indicted on charges of tax fraud

Brian Kolfage, co-founder of the “We Build the Wall” online fundraising campaign, has been indicted for alleged tax fraud by the North District of Florida attorney’s office.

Netflix series 'Zero' is a racial breakthrough in Italian TV

The Netflix series "Zero" is the first Italian television production to feature a predominantly Black cast. With cultural tensions heightened, the protagonists of "Zero" hope the series will help accelerate public acceptance that Italy has become a multicultural nation.

Dozens of migrant children at Long Beach, Pomona centers treated for COVID-19

About four dozen migrant children being housed at an intake center at the Long Beach Convention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, along with 14 more at the Pomona Fairplex.

As Biden approves more refugees, NYC groups ready to help

HIAS, African Refuge, and other organizations are poised to help the influx of refugees expected to come to the New York area under President Biden's new cap.

U.S. to begin reuniting families separated at border

Three months after President Biden created of the Family Reunification Task Force, his administration announced that four families would be reunited soon.

Biden raises US refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500

President Joe Biden is formally lifting the nation's refugee cap to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former President Donald Trump’s limit of 15,000.

US begins reuniting families at Mexican border in ‘beginning’ of broader effort

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that four families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration will be reunited this week in the U.S.

Pentagon cancels border wall construction contracts paid for with military funds reallocated by Trump

A Pentagon spokesperson said the funds were originally intended to go towards schools for military children, overseas military construction projects in partner nations and the National Guard and Reserve equipment account.

Number of migrants hiding on trains into US spikes

People have been found riding on top of rail cars, holding onto the undercarriage, and even within new vehicles that are being shipped north.

Smugglers attempt to float pickup truck across Rio Grande into U.S.

Smugglers attempted to float a Ford Ranger pickup truck with over $500K of marijuana aboard across the Rio Grande River in Texas.

More live finches found in luggage at JFK Airport

U.S. Customs agriculture specialists inspecting a piece of luggage found 40 finches stuffed inside hair rollers.

149 people found locked in tractor-trailer in Texas

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to a checkpoint on  I-35 near Laredo found 149 locked in a tractor-trailer.

Homeland Security surveillance plan at Canadian border questioned

The Department of Homeland Security has agreed to reopen the public comment period on plans to build a number of high-powered surveillance towers along Vermont's border with the Canadian province of Quebec.

US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space

Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, another step in the Biden’s administration rush to set up temporary space.