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Migrant families wait in line to receive clothing at a shelter operated by Catholic Charities in McAllen, Texas, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. The respite center takes in migrants who have tested negative for the coronavirus. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) XNYT29

August 12, 2021 at 4:18 am

In Texas, a quarantine camp for migrants with the coronavirus

Cities in South Texas, the busiest crossing points along the border, are now at a harrowing place where two international crises intersect: an escalating surge...

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June 16, 2021 at 5:22 pm

U.S. ends Trump policy limiting asylum for gang and domestic violence

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday reversed Trump-era immigration rulings that had made it all but impossible for people to seek asylum in the United...

May 16, 2021 at 11:13 am

From India, Brazil and Beyond: Pandemic Refugees at the Border

YUMA, Ariz. — Standing by the hulking border wall, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watched as a car dropped off passengers at the edge of...

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May 3, 2021 at 3:32 pm

Migrants Separated From Their Children Will Be Allowed Into U.S.

Four parents from Mexico and Central America who were among thousands of migrants deported without their children under the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy...

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May 3, 2021 at 7:01 am

Migrants Separated From Their Children Will Be Allowed Into U.S.

Four parents from Mexico and Central America who were among thousands of migrants deported without their children under the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy...

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April 4, 2021 at 12:22 pm

A Car Crash in the California Desert: How 13 Died Riding in 1 SUV

HOLTVILLE, Calif. — The Ford Expedition was so heavy its wheels spun at first in the desert sand as it cleared a breach in the...

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Jose, a migrant from Honduras, with his son at a shelter in Reynosa, Mexico on Dec. 4, 2019. Jose and his son, who were kidnapped while waiting in Mexico under a Trump-era policy that barred asylum seekers from entering the U.S., were among the first to be admitted since the Biden administration announced last week that it would begin letting in some migrant families who had been kept out under the policy. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

February 17, 2021 at 8:30 pm

Father and son abducted in Mexico are allowed into the U.S.

They were among the first to be admitted since the Biden administration announced last week that it would begin letting in some migrant families who...

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February 6, 2021 at 9:26 am

Migrant families force Biden to confront new border crisis

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden’s first immigration crisis has already begun as thousands of families have surged toward the southwestern border in recent weeks,...

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January 27, 2021 at 12:17 pm

The Reality Behind Biden’s Plan to Legalize 11 Million Immigrants VIEW

LOS ANGELES — Maria Elena Hernandez recently retrieved a flowery box tucked in her closet and dusted it off. For more than a decade, she...

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Bryan Diaz, right, spends an afternoon with family at home in Nuevo, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020. Bryan misses school and is eager to take the vaccine, but has relatives who are skeptical. “We talked about it, but my parents don’t want us to try it until it’s 100 percent,” he said. “They want to be sure it’s safe.” (Carlos Gonzalez/The New York Times) XNYT125 XNYT125

December 11, 2020 at 2:39 pm

The vaccines are coming. A divided and distrustful America awaits.

After months of anticipation, the vaccine’s arrival is near. It lands in a country that is both devastated by the virus and deeply divided over...