As US authorities deport planeloads of Haitians back to their crisis-wracked country from Texas, the migrants' fears that their long and treacherous journey was in vain are mounting.
President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements and getting swift blowback from allies in return.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador account for the majority of migrants arriving at the US southern border as gang violence and lack of economic opportunities are the main reasons migrants give for leaving.
Guatemala blocks part of caravan of migrants who're trying to reach United States to escape poverty, unemployment, and aftermath of two devastating hurricanes amid coronavirus pandemic.
US authorities fire tear gas into Mexico to repel Central American caravan migrants approaching the US-Mexico border as US President Trump vents his anger on social media.
The first wave of more than 500 migrants spent Sunday night on concrete benches at the Jesus Martinez stadium as authorities prepare to receive as many as 5,000 more from the lead caravan and several smaller ones hundreds of kilometres behind it.
A group of women in Mexico have been donating food to Central Americans bound for the United States, saying they have no intentions to stop their work despite the changing political climate.
Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray says he shared his concerns on separating parents from their children upon arrival with senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner at a meeting in DC.
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