Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
- 19-Sep-2021
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a day after a U.S. judge blocked it. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an appeal with a Washington-based appellate court of […]
U.S. fires tear gas into Mexico to repel migrants, closes border gate for several hours
- 26-Nov-2018
TIJUANA: U.S. authorities shut the country’s busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into Mexico on Sunday to repel Central American migrants approaching the border after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed the asylum-seekers would not easily enter the country. Traffic in both directions was suspended for several hours at the San Ysidro port of entry […]
Trump backs down on separating immigrant children, legal problems remain
- 21-Jun-2018
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive order requiring immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally […]