Many of the more than 1.2 million Vietnamese immigrants who now call the United States home arrived during the Vietnam War. A new wave of Vietnamese immigration has more recently generated discussion over immigration in the community and has emerged as a major election season talking point.
Temporary centers have been set up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to facilitate the processing of immigrants entering the country more quickly.Cesar Contreras toured one of the facilities opened last year in El Paso, Texas, in this story narrated by Veronica Villafañe.
People are making genetically identical clones of their beloved pets in the U.S. state of Texas so the animal can live after the pet.
At Mexico’s northern border, the arctic blast that swept through all of North America this week has also caused record low temperatures. Concerns have been raised about the ability of migrants to withstand winter weather warnings.
In September, there was a sudden surge in the number of migrants crossing the Rio Grande after a decline in illegal immigration at the border. City officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, were forced to declare and extend a state of emergency due to the sudden surge of thousands into the border city.
Since 1998, the U.S. Border Patrol recorded more than 8,000 migrant deaths along the border with Mexico.VOA immigration reporter Aline Barros visited a South Texas county with a high rate of migrant deaths.
The emergency health order that was used during the pandemic at the U.S.-Mexico border to quickly deport migrants back to Mexico or their home countries has ended.The emergency health order that was in place during the pandemic at the border between the United States and Mexico to swiftly deport migrants to Mexico or their home countries has been lifted.
The Customs and Border Protection mobile app CBP One is now the only way for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border seeking legal entry into the country to request processing appointments. However, despite the app’s incredible high demand, some users complain it doesn’t work.
Authorities in the Texas border city say they will continue to carry out their emergency declaration contingency plan
Thousands of migrants are waiting for Title 42, a Trump-era policy allowing the swift expulsion of migrants at the U.S. border, to expire on December 21 in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which is located just south of El Paso, Texas