Interior Department releases Indian Youth Service Corps Program draft guidelines
The department said the Indigenous youth corps will work on conservation projects in public, tribal and Hawaiian lands.
Vice president visits Lake Mead
Vice President Kamala Harris surveyed drought conditions and made a case for the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plans.
As court ruling allows Biden administration to continue Title 42, families still seek asylum in Nogales
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday to allow the Biden administration to continue using Title 42 to rapidly deport families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
As Biden's resettlement plan begins, Arizona aid groups prepare to welcome Afghan families
It's been almost a week since Gov. Doug Ducey announced the first group of Afghan evacuees had arrived in the state.
As Biden continues to use Title 42, ACLU resumes lawsuit against it
The controversial protocol allows border officers to turn migrants back across the border into Mexico without processing.
Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border
Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
Migrants in Nogales seek entry through exemption as pandemic-era restrictions drag on
A DHS program allows a few hundred people a day to gain entry through humanitarian exemption, but questions remain.
New ICE directive looks to limit detention for pregnant, nursing women
The new rule reverses a Trump-era policy forged in 2017.
In latest MPP rollback, asylum seekers with closed cases will have the chance try again
Researchers say some 28,000 migrants enrolled in the Trump-era program had their cases closed in absentia.
ICE to open hotel space for asylum seekers in Yuma
The space is part of a more than $86 million contract with the nonprofit Family Endeavors
Government watchdog finds Army Corps expedited border wall contracts
The report found the Corps awarded over $4 billion in noncompetitive contracts, green-lit some work before terms were agreed.
DOJ reverses Trump-era restrictions on asylum
Rights groups say the 2018 restrictions made it nearly impossible for survivors of domestic and gang violence to claim asylum.
As DACA turns nine, recipients say legislative solution still elusive
The program gives temporary temporary protection and a work permit to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as chldren.
Biden's DHS budget cuts funding for border wall, but advocates say mitigation money still needed
Former President Donald Trump's wall covers over 450 miles of borderland, advocates say that land needs to be restored.
Advocates applaud official end to 'Remain in Mexico,' but say more reform still needed
The Department of Homeland Security announced an official end to the controversial program in a memo this week.
