The tightening of the rules at the border of Mexico and USA begins to force many to opt for legal routes to migrate. Irregular crossings are decreasing, but the causes of this flow threaten to once again exceed the restrictions. “I want to enter legally,” Venezuelan Gustavo Rodríguez told AFP in Matamoros (northern Mexico), after […]
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Biden says that white supremacism is the biggest “terrorist threat” in the US.
The president of United States, Joe Bidensaid this Saturday that white supremacy is the “terrorist threat” most dangerous in the country and called for a halt to political violence ahead of next year’s elections. This is how the president expressed himself at a graduation ceremony at Howard University in Washington, an educational institution that has […]
US-Mexico border looks relatively calm after end of Title 42
The US-Mexico border was relatively quiet on Friday, offering little sign of the chaos feared after a surge of migrants eager to cross into the US before the end of coronavirus-related immigration restrictions. Less than 24 hours after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and US authorities were still evaluating the effect […]
Florida judge blocks Biden measure allowing border releases
A federal judge in Florida ordered the government of the president of USAPresident Joe Biden to temporarily halt a measure that would allow the release of certain undocumented immigrants entering the border while they await processing. The ruling responds to a lawsuit by the Florida government alleging that authorities were ignoring a federal law that […]
Biden nominates a Latina economist for Fed Governor
The US president, Joe Biden, nominated this Friday the Colombian-American economist Adriana Kugler to be governor of the Federal Reserve (Fed), which would make her the first Latina to be part of the board that leads the US organization. Kugler is currently the executive director of World Bank Group for the United States. According to […]
The IMF warns of “serious repercussions” globally if the US does not raise its debt ceiling
He International Monetary Fund (IMF) reiterated this Thursday the urgent need for the us congress raise the debt ceiling since, if you don’t, there will be “serious repercussions” both for the US economy and globally. “Our assessment is that it will have very serious repercussions not only for the US but also for the Global […]
With this campaign, the US seeks to deter refugees from crossing its border
USA has just launched an advertising campaign to persuade Latin American migrants fleeing their countries not to enter the United States, while the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) patrols becomes more visible in border towns like El Paso. “Don’t listen to what smugglers say: learn about the US immigration system”, assures a message […]
Biden restricts access to asylum at the border with Mexico as Title 42 expires
USA launched a new regulation Wednesday that will deny asylum to most immigrants who cross the border illegally with Mexico, a key part of the president’s plan Joe Biden ahead of the end this week of the COVID-19 border restrictions, known as Title 42. The final version of the regulation, which will go into effect […]
Biden: immigration situation “will be chaotic for a while”; This is how the US protects its border
The American President, Joe Bidenanticipates a situationchaotic for a while” in the border with Mexico when the rule that allows the immediate expulsion of most migrants is lifted on Thursday. “We’ll see. It will be chaotic for a while”, he responded on Tuesday to journalists who asked him if his government is prepared for a […]
US and Mexican presidents talk before expected wave of migrants
US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke by phone Tuesday ahead of a change in US policy that is expected to spur an increase in migrants at the border common, the White House said. The Biden administration and Texas state officials are sending reinforcements to the US-Mexico border to prepare […]