U.S. customs systems being restored after widespread outage
Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, where U.S.-bound passengers clear customs in advance, had warned travellers to expect delays. Continue reading
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Court rules against U.S. government, says migrant children need soap, sleep
A panel of judges on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the U.S. government that contended detained immigrant children might not require soap during shorter stints in custody under a longstanding settlement agreement. Continue reading
U.S. border sees under 100K migrants for first time in 5 months
In July, there were 82,049 people encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, down 21 per cent from June when there were 104,344 people and down 43 per cent from May. The number of families and minors crossing the border also dropped. Continue reading
Homeland Security chief says family separations at U.S. border are down
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said fewer than 1,000 children have been separated from families out of 450,000 family groups that have crossed the border since October. Continue reading
Migrant children draw jail-like scenes of Texas detention center
The three pictures were made by two 10-year-old children and one 11-year-old at a McAllen, Texas, temporary shelter. Two of the children were from Guatemala and it wasn’t clear where the third was from. Continue reading
43-year-old migrant collapses at U.S. border station, dies in hospital
A 43-year-old El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later died at a hospital, officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Wait, There’s More podcast: How Canada’s legal weed can get you banned from the U.S.
Tamara Khandaker speaks with reporter Patrick Cain and lawyer Heather Segal about legal weed and the problems it’s causing for Canadians trying to cross the U.S. border. Continue reading
Mexico detains nearly 800 migrants as immigration agents deployed across country
The National Migration Institute said 1,000 immigration agents had been deployed in the north and south of Mexico. Continue reading
‘People are dying’: Conditions at U.S. migrant camps are grave, report says
“The state of human rights in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands is grave and is only getting worse,” the Border Network for Human Rights said in its report. “People are dying because of what is happening.” Continue reading
U.S. doubled number of asylum seekers sent to Mexico daily: official
Luis Carlos Cano, a spokesman for Mexico’s national immigration agency in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, said starting Thursday some 200 asylum seekers per day were being sent back, up from 100 previously. Continue reading