May 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online
New Immigration Court Docket Aims to Speed Up Removals of Newly Arrived MigrantsMigrants in five cities—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York—will be placed in a "recent arrivals docket" that aims to have judges rule on their claims within 180 days instead of the four years or so that it currently takes.
By Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat | The Associated Press
4 minute read
February 01, 2022 | Daily Business Review
US Expels Venezuelan Migrants to Colombia Under COVID PowersThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it will expel Venezuelans to Colombia "on a regular basis," without elaborating on the frequency.
By Manuel Rueda and Elliot Spagat
3 minute read
November 12, 2021 | Daily Business Review
New Fast-Track Docket for Migrants Faces Familiar ChallengesEcuadorian Neptali Chiluisa crossed the border in June in Arizona and was detained for a week. He found work at New York construction sites. He acknowledges coming for economic reasons and wonders if he has any options for temporary legal status.
By Claudia Torrens, Philip Marcelo and Elliot Spagat
7 minute read
March 21, 2019 | Daily Business Review
Migrants Encounter Snafus With New US Asylum PolicyJudge Scott Simpson told administration lawyers to file a brief by April 10 that explains how it can assure migrants are properly notified of appointments.
By Elliot Spagat
5 minute read
March 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review
Guidelines Ask Agents to Target Spanish Speakers at BorderThe Trump administration launched the program in late January in what marks a potentially seismic shift on how the U.S. handles the cases of immigrants seeking asylum and fleeing persecution in their homeland.
By Elliot Spagat
5 minute read
January 30, 2019 | Daily Business Review
US Launches Plan for Asylum Seekers to Wait in MexicoThe U.S. returned one asylum seeker to Mexico on the first day of what would be one of the most dramatic changes to the U.S. immigration system of Donald Trump's presidency, if the policy survives an anticipated legal challenge.
By Elliot Spagat
6 minute read
January 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Lie Detectors Trip Applicants at US Border Agency, Study FindsTwo out of three applicants to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection fail its polygraph, according to the agency, more than double the average rate of eight law enforcement agencies that provided data to The Associated Press under open-records requests.
By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
13 minute read
November 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Trump to Deal With Surging Migration to US, Scant ResourcesPresident-elect Donald Trump will face an immigration system that is maxed out when he takes office in January as a high number of Central Americans and Haitians continue to come to the U.S. through the Mexican border.
By Alicia A. Caldwell, Astrid Galvan and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
10 minute read
September 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review
US Toughens Stance on Haitians Seeking Entry at BorderThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean nation who have overwhelmed California border crossings with Mexico in recent months.
By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
8 minute read
November 19, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Study Finds More Mexicans Leaving the US Than ComingMore Mexicans are leaving the United States than migrating into the country, marking a reversal of one of the most significant immigration trends in U.S. history.
By Elliot Spagat
4 minute read