Another Jacob Lawrence painting located after 60 years

Another panel from American artist Jacob Lawrence's sweeping series "Struggle: From the History of the American People" has surfaced after being hidden from public view for six decades. Three panels from the groundbreaking collection remain unaccounted for.

Biden meets with Mexican president Monday to discuss migration, other issues

President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.

Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US

President Biden has lifted a freeze on green cards that blocked most legal immigration to the US. Former President Trump had halted the issuance of green cards, arguing that immigrants were a "risk to the US labor market."

Man lives in Missouri church for 3 years to avoid deportation

Alex Garcia is a Honduran immigrant who has spent more than three years inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation.

Border Patrol seizes over $2.8M in cocaine-frosted corn flakes

The cocaine-soaked cereal was discovered inside of a large shipment headed from South America to a private residence in Hong Kong.

ICE nearly released sex abuse convicts after confusion over Biden's 'release them all' memo

Immigration authorities prepared to release three men in Texas convicted of sex offenses against children in an apparent misapplication of President Joe Biden’s enforcement directives.

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico into US

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.

Biden's decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build border wall

President Joe Biden has officially ended the "national emergency" that former President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Coast Guard saves 3 Cubans stranded on island for 33 days

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men and a woman who said they had been stranded for 33 days on a deserted island between Florida and Cuba. 

US won't make immigration arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites

The U.S. government says it won't be making routine immigration enforcement arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Biden signs immigration orders aimed at undoing Trump-era policies, reuniting families

President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to address family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, border security and legal immigration, part of efforts to undo Trump’s policies.

Drugs worth $1.6 million seized at Texas border found in shipments of cabinets, toilet paper

The alleged drugs - estimated to have a street value of $1.6 million - were found in three separate shipments coming in from Mexico: vinyl samples, kitchen cabinets and toilet paper.

Federal judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban

A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority of President Joe Biden.

Biden halts border wall construction; contractors told to stop building

President Joe Biden has ordered a "pause" on all border wall construction. During his campaign, Biden pledged not to build "another foot" of Trump's wall at the US-Mexico border.

DACA recipients hoping Biden clears new pathway to citizenship

After four years of hardline immigration policies, thousands of New Yorkers are hopeful the new Biden administration will bring relief to their communities with a possible pathway to citizenship.