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U.S. MEXICO BORDER

Workers unload equipment to set up a temporary shelter to receive migrants deported by the United States, in the El Punto area of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jan 23, 2025
Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for deportations from U.S.
The shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people, a municipal official has said.
Migrants wait to be processed on U.S. soil after crossing from Mexico in El Paso, Texas, in May 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 15, 2025
Trump’s immigration crackdown will be swift and ugly. Here’s how.
U.S. President-elect Trump plans major immigration crackdowns, focusing on deportations, birthright citizenship, and humanitarian programs, marking a significant shift in policy.
Migrants seeking asylum gather near the border wall between the United States and Mexico after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them on Dec. 19.
WORLD / Society
Dec 23, 2024
'Bless Donald Trump': Human smugglers cash in
"Coyotes," as they are known, are banking on a pickup in trade due to the president-elect's campaign promise to crack down on migrants once he takes office.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, despite its likely legal failure, could still serve as a political strategy to appear tough on immigration while highlighting systemic obstacles to comprehensive reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2024
Why Trump can’t just end birthright citizenship
Donald Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship faces major legal obstacles, as the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to everyone born on U.S. soil.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers a speech during the inauguration of a family medicine unit in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2024
Trump’s demand that Mexico stop migrants and drugs may never be met
Mexico's new leader must find ways to appease Trump while avoiding the perception that she easily bends to U.S. demands.
Family members carry the body of Widman Alexander Tax Chinic on June 19 in Yepocapa, Guatemala. He drowned months earlier while trying to cross into the U.S.
WORLD / Society
Oct 26, 2024
In Guatemala, families mourn the migrants who never reached the U.S.
For the families in mourning, the U.S. election campaigning about immigration and the salvos about who is doing what to secure the border are far away.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin (right) in Douglas, Arizona, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2024
Harris calls for more immigration controls at border and tougher fentanyl measures
Immigration is a top issue for voters. Arizona is a closely contested election state, with a high population of Latino voters sought by both parties.

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