(CNN) — A 31-year-old Mexican national is the first detainee in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody to test positive for the novel coronavirus, the agency announced Tuesday. The detainee, who has been held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, has been quarantined and is receiving care, ICE said, adding that the agency […]
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(CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to announce details Friday on plans to curb non-essential travel on the US-Mexico border in an effort to limit movement amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. The expected action on the southern border appears similar to the one taken on the US […]
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Customs and Border Protection admitted to inappropriately targeting Iranian Americans and breaching agency protocol last month when travelers were held at the northern US border, according to lawmakers who met with government officials about the incident. Last month, reports surfaced that Iranian Americans were detained at the Blaine crossing in Washington state in the wake of […]
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New photos showing the desperation migrants face at the US border are spreading on social media. One shows a mother, her child, and a Mexican National Guardsman, with whom she’s pleading to allow her to cross into the US. In that image, taken by Reuters photographer Jose Luis Gonzalez, the mother — identified by the […]
