ICE secures temporary housing for migrant families amid surge at the US-Mexico border

U.S. immigration officials confirmed to FOX Television Stations that they are providing temporary shelter for some migrant families amid a growing surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Biden administration faces growing questions about preparedness for surge of migrants at US-Mexico border

The Biden administration is scrambling to build up capacity to care for 14,000 young undocumented migrants now in federal custody, and more are likely on the way. Immigration experts say the predicament was predictable.

House OKs bills offering pathway to legal status to Dreamers, farm workers, other immigrants

The House voted Thursday to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers and immigrants who have fled war or natural disasters abroad, giving Democrats a win in the year’s first vote on an issue that once again faces a steep uphill climb in Congress.

8 immigrants killed when pickup crashes near Mexican border

Eight people in a pickup truck loaded with immigrants were killed when the vehicle crashed into another truck during a police chase that began when the driver refused to pull over for a traffic violation near the Texas border city of Del Rio, authorities said.

'Dreamers' hope Congress enacts a pathway to citizenship

President Biden used an executive order to return temporary legal status to Dreamers. But only Congress can give Dreamers permanent legal status.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says border under control despite surge in migrants

A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem Tuesday but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.

FEMA deploys to help with border crisis

FEMA's primary responsibility is responding to natural disasters. This will test the agency to be able to do both. 

US to house up to 3,000 migrant teens at Dallas convention center

The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths

Trump slams Biden on border, White House says it doesn’t take immigration ‘advice’ from him

Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden's immigration policies amid a flood of migrants at the border since his victory. In response, the White House called Trump's policies while in office "not only inhumane but ineffective."

SUV in crash where 13 died came through hole in border fence

The Border Patrol says 13 people killed in a Southern California crash were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into the border fence with Mexico.

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.