US migration

In this September 26, 2019 file photo, asylum seekers, in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego. (Source: AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)
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Latin American leaders make appeal to US on migration

Migrants travel on a train with the intention of reaching the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Mexican border state: costs of 'migrant crisis' reach nearly $1 billion

FILE PHOTO: Migrants camp between the two border fences as they wait for authorities to request asylum in San Ysidro, California, US, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico 30 April, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes
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US parole program to continue post-Title 42, Mexico to accept returnees

FILE PHOTO: Asylum-seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela, walk near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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What is the US 'Title 42' immigration policy and why is it expanding?

FILE - Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022. A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)
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Illegal border crossings to US from Mexico reach annual high

Migrants crowd a room with walls of plastic sheeting at the US Customs and Border Protection temporary processing center in Donna, Texas, US in a recent photograph released March 22, 2021. Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28)/Handout via REUTERS
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Inside border facility in Texas, migrants crowd together, new photos show

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy address as Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a visit to the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration

Jill Biden has been a prominent supporter of her husband during the 2020 campaign, appearing alongside him and holding events and fundraisers Photo: Collected
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US first lady to help reunite migrant kids with parents

Hondurans taking part in a new caravan of migrants, set to head to the United States, gather in front of police officers blocking the road in Vado Hondo, Guatemala January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
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Guatemalan military clears US-bound migrant caravan from road

Cuban migrants, under the "Remain in Mexico" program, celebrate after media announced that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Biden win bolsters asylum seekers' hopes of policy shift

Migrants voiced hope that Donald Trump's defeat would bring greater respect for human rights/ AFP
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Migrants on Mexican-US border celebrate Biden win

Honduran asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US under Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) pass the time at a makeshift encampment near the US port of entry at the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, August 24, 2019/ Reuters
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Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has 'broken' border courts

Migrant families turn themselves to US Border Patrol to seek asylum following an illegal crossing of the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas, US, August 23, 2019. Picture taken August 23, 2019/ Reuters
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Trump administration taps disaster, cyber funds to cover immigration