There are almost 42,000 people in custody, 4,000 more than before the arrival of the new administration. Detention centers are at 109% of their capacity
Opponents of the Republican state’s heavy-handed immigration program say spending of more than $11 billion has diverted funds from other areas
Washington has provided half of all defense spending that Kyiv has received since the start of the Russian invasion
The US president celebrated his U-turn on Ukraine, his tariffs war and his crusade against immigrants, urging lawmakers for more funds to finance a mass deportation
The Republican administration boasts that daily arrests at the border have fallen below 200, a figure not seen in 15 years
The designation of six Mexican criminal groups as terrorist organizations, which takes effect on February 20, raises questions about their size, activities, and territorial reach
The Venezuelan community in the United States, which largely supported the Republican, is disappointed by the new administration’s policies against them, especially the withdrawal of protection for exiles
Washington has displayed its power on the border with surveillance and reconnaissance missions
A report shows that between 2019 and 2023, the unauthorized population grew by three million, or 6% per year. The country had not seen such significant annual increases since the early 2000s
The clinical psychology professor has been working at the border for a decade, where he has witnessed all kinds of abuse and suffering. Now he is ‘very concerned of what’s to come’ under Trump’s second term
The U.S. president has created a new internal enemy, the Latino migrant, who must be identified, pointed out and deported
Donald Trump’s decision to lift the sanctions that Joe Biden had applied gives free rein for the intensification of attacks on Palestinian villages
Relatives of three Venezuelans transferred to the Caribbean prison sue the Trump administration for holding undocumented migrants incommunicado
One of the latest executive orders signed by Joe Biden prohibits these infrastructures from being built in areas with a high risk of cancer due to pollution
Missouri and Mississippi lawmakers have proposed creating ‘certified bounty hunters’ to work on the Republican’s mass expulsion campaign
Trump’s decision to return the island to the list of countries sponsoring terrorism halted the release of the 553 detainees agreed to during the Biden administration
Washington increases pressure on its neighbors with a decree that tightens the noose on organized crime but poses risks to Mexican sovereignty and compromises other areas of the bilateral relationship
EL PAÍS is following the routes, planes and companies behind the repatriation of hundreds of immigrants to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport
Supervisor had authorized a single air traffic controller to monitor planes and helicopters at the same time, contrary to standard procedure at the time of day the crash occurred
The federal funding freeze, rescinded after a judge paused it, is the latest episode in the president’s attempts to extend his authority beyond the limits of the law
Tehran uses the arbitrary imprisonment of Westerners as a foreign policy tool. The latest case is that of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
The immigration policy of the Democrat’s two administrations was the harshest in the last 15 years, while the Republican’s administration, in its first term, returned the fewest number of Mexican citizens
The inauguration speech of the new U.S. president has already provided a colossal shock, a stress test for American democracy and the international liberal order
The law approved by Congress allows for the expulsion of immigrants accused of minor offenses without the requirement for trial
Less than 4% of undocumented immigrants have a criminal record, and almost eight out of 10 have been in the United States for more than five years
The president of the United States granted his first interview after his inauguration to Fox News
Experts argue that the executive order ending naturalization for the children of undocumented immigrants violates the 14th Amendment. In response, 22 states and two cities have filed lawsuits challenging the order in court