Hundreds of Honduran migrants, many carrying young children, set out in a caravan for that country's border with Guatemala on Wednesday, hoping to reach the United States. Some of those who gathered at the San Pedro Sula bus station said they can't support their families ...
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
U.S.-bound Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home from Tijuana
The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution. According to ...
Clash with migrants at border with Mexico begs question of how much U.S. force is too much
U.S. Border Patrol agents near Tijuana, Mexico, faced a choice as they looked out over the chaos at a crowd of migrants that included rock-throwing men as well as barefoot children: Do they respond with force — and, if so, what kind? The circumstances at ...
U.S. government shutdown looms as Trump digs in on border wall demand
President Donald Trump's renewed demand for U.S. taxpayer funding of his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall was threatening again on Tuesday to bring on a budget standoff and a partial government shutdown, leaving Congress just 11 days to act. With time running short, Trump and Republican ...
Trump likely to give U.S. troops authority to protect immigration agents
U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to give troops authority to protect immigration agents stationed along the border with Mexico if they come under threat from migrants seeking to cross into the United States, an official said Monday. Ahead of U.S. congressional elections earlier this ...
Migrants seeking asylum in U.S. fearful, anxious after protesters greeted their arrival in Tijuana
Many Central American migrants camped in Tijuana after crossing Mexico in a caravan said Monday that a protest over the weekend by residents demanding they leave frightened them and left them even more anxious while they try to get into the United States. The angry ...
New Salvadoran migrant caravan forms, swells as hundreds wait at U.S.-Mexico border
At least 150 Salvadorans set off on Sunday from their impoverished Central American country in a U.S.-bound caravan, ignoring their likely rejection at the U.S.-Mexico border where a larger caravan of mostly Hondurans has been stalled for days. Guarded by police officers, the men, women ...
Migrant caravan in Mexico unwittingly takes center stage in U.S. elections
The Central American migrants trekking toward the United States in a caravan have unwittingly become key players in Tuesday's U.S. midterms, though many are not even aware the elections are happening. As Americans headed to the polls for a clutch vote seen as a referendum ...
Trump plans to deny asylum for migrants entering U.S. illegally in caravans
President Donald Trump was expected to announce on Thursday his plans to automatically deny asylum to migrants who try to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry — part of his latest election-season response to caravans heading toward the border. It was unclear whether ...
'Divisive Donald at his worst': Democrats, some Republicans blast Trump ad as racially charged
U.S. President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans blasting it as the most racially divisive political ad in three decades. The online ad features courtroom footage ...
4,000 U.S.-bound migrants to rest, hope to win mass transport to Mexico City
Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan that has already advanced 250 miles (410 km) into Mexico hope they won't have to walk anymore, at least for a while. Red Cross personnel on Wednesday bandaged the swollen feet of Honduran farmer Omar Lopez in ...
