Immigration

Married couple Israel Mateo Mateo, left, and Mayvellin Rivera Marcial, right, have masks off for a portrait together, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 in Keyport, Wash. Both are immigrants. He’s from Guatemala and is facing deportation court proceedings, and she’s a DACA recipient from Mexico. 216266

February 25, 2021 at 6:00 am

What Biden’s sweeping immigration changes could mean in Washington state

Many undocumented immigrants felt relief at Biden's inauguration, but there's caution and confusion as they and their lawyers try to figure out what is changing...

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FILE – In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, migrant teens line up for a class at a “tender-age” facility for babies, children and teens, in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, in San Benito, Texas. With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the U.S. The U.S. Health and Human Services on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, authorized operators of long-term facilities to pay for some of the children’s flights and transportation to the homes of their sponsors. (AP Photo/Eric Gay File) CER207 CER207

February 24, 2021 at 10:28 am

Amid surge, US tries to expedite release of migrant children

With long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to speed release of children to their relatives in the U.S., and...

February 22, 2021 at 9:32 am

Court to take up Trump immigration, abortion referral rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up challenges to controversial Trump administration policies affecting family-planning clinics and immigrants, even though...

In this image taken from video made available by the Guardia Civil, an officer of the Guardia Civil helps a man out from under glass bottles in a container in Melilla, Spain, Friday Feb. 19, 2021. Spanish authorities say they have found and rescued 41 migrants who tried to reach continental Europe from North Africa in the past four days, some of them hiding inside a container of discarded glass bottles and a bag of toxic ash. (Guardia Civil via AP) LON101 LON101

February 22, 2021 at 7:57 am

Europe-bound migrants found hiding in broken glass, toxic ash

Migrants and asylum seekers are taking desperate risks in their attempts to reach Europe: burying themselves amid broken glass, inside bags of toxic ash, hiding...

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FILE – In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, a child plays at a camp for asylum seekers stuck at America’s doorstep, in Matamoros, Mexico. More people have been arriving at an encampment in Matamoros, a dangerous city just south of the Texas border where hundreds of asylum-seekers have been waiting under Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program. It’s possible even more may come after the Biden administration announced Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, that it would allow an estimated 25,000 people sent back by the program to enter the U.S. as their cases are reviewed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) LA154 LA154

February 15, 2021 at 7:09 am

Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration VIEW

President Joe Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse former President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration...