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Venezuelan migrants board a plane heading back to their home country.

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US resumes deportation flights to Venezuela with more than 100 migrants on board

Associated Press

A flight of Venezuelan migrants deported from the U.S. under new measures by the Biden administration has landed outside the South American country's capital.

A Border Patrol agent checks an asylum-seeker's passport after she turned herself in, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 19.

Supreme Court allows border restrictions for asylum-seekers to continue for now

Joel Rose

The justices agreed to decide in its February argument session whether 19 states that oppose the Title 42 policy should be allowed to intervene in defense of the restrictions in the lower courts.

Migrants trudge along the border fence to a waiting bus after turning themselves in to the Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas.

DHS officials brace for a new surge at the border if pandemic restrictions are lifted

Joel Rose

Homeland security officials say they are planning for a possible increase in migration, as the Biden administration faces growing pressure to end pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42.

Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27 as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border.

U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers

The Associated Press

Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at the White House on March 1. He has pledged to reduce the processing of many asylum cases from "years to months."

Biden Administration Considers Overhaul Of Asylum System At Southern Border

Franco Ordoñez

Officials are trying to shrink the timetable for many asylum cases from "years to months." That could benefit people with legitimate asylum claims and discourage some unauthorized migration.

Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, warned the asylum program will start slowed, urging hopeful migrants to stay in place and not travel to the border.

Biden Team Unveils New Asylum System To Replace Trump's 'Remain In Mexico'

Alana Wise

President Biden has called his predecessor's "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum-seekers "inhumane." Next week, a new program begins, but details are still being worked out.

A man crosses the Paso del Norte border bridge toward El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on July 1. Since March, U.S. immigration officials have turned away tens of thousands of migrants, including asylum-seekers and unaccompanied children.

Ending 'Asylum As We Know It': Using Pandemic To Expel Migrants, Children At Border

Joel Rose

Tens of thousands of migrants, including asylum-seekers and unaccompanied children, have been turned away at the border since March. Now the administration wants to restrict asylum permanently.

Heard On Sundial: Unemployment Benefits, Scammers and the Pandemic, and 'Paper Children' Documentary

Chris Remington

On this Wednesday, July 22, episode of Sundial: Florida Unemployment BenefitsOver the past four months, 1.7 million Floridians have been receiving…

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday to decide whether Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam can be deported without getting to make his asylum case to a federal judge.

Supreme Court Considers Writing Itself Out Of Speedy Deportation Cases

Nina Totenberg

The Trump administration argued that U.S. courts have no role in deciding whether speedy deportations are constitutional. Will the Supreme Court agree?

José's son, who has schizophrenia, recently got into a fight that resulted in a broken window — an out-of-control moment from his struggle with mental illness. And it could increase his chances of deportation to a country where mental health care is even more elusive.

A Young Immigrant Has Mental Illness, And That's Raising His Risk of Being Deported

Christine Herman

Behavioral problems, criminal arrests and limited access to health care leave a father worried that his 21-year-old son will be deported to Mexico.

Asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego on Sept. 26.

As Border Apprehensions Decline For 5th Consecutive Month, Migrants Change Too

Richard Gonzales

Officials say a Trump administration initiative requiring asylum-seekers to "remain in Mexico" is deterring border-crossers.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case testing the legality of the DACA program.

DACA Recipients Look To Supreme Court For Hope

Nina Totenberg

The Trump administration is asking the court to invalidate the program that temporarily protects from deportation some 700,000 DREAMers who were brought to the country illegally as children.