Immigration

The crisis along the southern border is not going away. While Trump tried to fix it by decree, Biden is trying to overhaul the process. But experts warn the problem goes beyond policy: The immigration system is obsolete and cannot handle an exodus that does not stop.

In the first half of 2021, Mexico has received a record 51,654 asylum requests from migrants coming from 83 countries around the world, mostly Honduras and Haiti.

President Biden promised change at the southern border. But by continuing a Trump-era policy, known as Title 42, his administration is creating an invisible wall for thousands of asylum seekers who now find themselves in an indefinite limbo throughout border cities.

The arrival of a homemade sailboat with at least 10 suspected Cuban migrants on a popular South Florida beach on Monday appears to indicate a resurgence in illegal migration from the communist-run island hit hard by the pandemic.

Ciudad Juárez took years to come up with a system to handle the constant arrival of migrants. But the pandemic diminished local aid efforts just as the U.S. started returning thousands of migrants to Mexico under Title 42. Organizations on the border have rushed to house them.

Ciudad Juárez has had to house the migrants sent back by the U.S. under Title 42. It has faced other migratory crises, but the pandemic has reduced the capacity of shelters. Biden's administration will not stop sending people back to Mexico.

The pandemic has limited the capacity of the 18 shelters in Ciudad Juárez. But the U.S. has continued to expel migrants. The city's government has turned a local gym into a shelter and is considering opening other spaces for them.

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On his first day in office, President Biden signed a proclamation terminating the national emergency that Trump used to funnel money from the Pentagon to build the wall.

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