Tag: US border

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  US land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed until December 21

  

  U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico are expected to remain closed to non-essential travel until Dec. 21 at the earliest amid a rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases, officials in Washington and Ottawa said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:34 UTC

  US Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump's asylum policy for immigrants at US/Mexico border

  

  The US Supreme Court granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  A photograph shocks world opinion and questions Trump's immigration polices

  

  A shocking photograph of a Salvadoran man and his baby daughter drowned in the Rio Grande fuelled a surge of emotion around the world on Wednesday, as US Democrats furiously denounced Donald Trump's immigration policies.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  World Press Photo Award for a photo that made history and changed policy

  

  The haunting image of a little girl crying helplessly as she and her mother are taken into custody by US border officials on Thursday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Investigation into the death of Guatemalan child in the custody of US Border Patrol

  

  An investigation has been launched after a seven-year-old girl died while in the custody of the US Border Patrol. The Guatemalan child, named as Jakelin Caal Maquin, was detained last week after crossing the US-Mexico border with her father, officials say.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:22 UTC

  Central American migrants storm US border; Mexico will deport those violently trying to cross

  

  The U.S.-Mexico border at the San Isidro Port of Entry was closed in both directions for more than five hours on Sunday after hundreds of migrants rushed the area, prompting federal authorities to launch tear gas in an apparent attempt to get the group to disperse.