Immigration

Border security is a key component of a broader legislative deal that lawmakers are rushing to complete before the end of the year.

The Massachusetts State Transportation Building in Boston will be used as an emergency shelter for migrants arriving in the state, state officials confirmed Monday. The building, located at 10 Park Plaza, is a headquarters for the MBTA and other state transportation operations. But starting Monday, it will become a short-term shelter for up to 25 families as the state continues…

Biden’s administration said it plans to have “multiple” deportation flights a week to Venezuela, according to a U.S. Transportation Department waiver on travel restrictions.

The shelter system in Massachusetts is about to be overrun, and local communities are feeling the pinch on their resources. While Gov. Maura Healey is capping the number of families at 7,500 as the state’s shelter system reaches capacity, some communities that are currently hosting migrants are overwhelmed. Officials in places like Methuen and Lowell said they don’t have...

The Biden administration and more than 4,000 migrants who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration reached a legal settlement Monday that allows the families to live and work in the U.S. for three years while receiving housing, mental health and legal assistance to apply for asylum.

U.S. officials can continue to refuse asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don’t have appointments on a mobile phone app.

Migrant transit centers financed by the United States have been set up in Guatemala to receive applications from Central American citizens seeking to apply for work visas, family reunifications or refugee status

The Biden administration announced on Friday night that they would be sending a team to Massachusetts to assess the immigration situation in the bay state. According to reports from the Boston Globe, a spokesperson for the administration said a team from the Department of Homeland Security will assess the current migrant situation and identify ways to improve efficiencies and maximize…

It is a hotel fiasco in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Veterans who booked rooms for the Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium in December said their reservations have been canceled because the hotels are being used to house migrants. Mark Mansbach, the owner of Hillsdale Travel, said he recently had 70 rooms canceled for clients at three different hotels near the stadium. The…

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers.

One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to smuggling-related charges.

Border patrol agents found a 2-month-old baby abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, according to Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.

The case of an Afghan man who represented himself in U.S. immigration court offers a rare look in that system’s proceedings.

Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty.

The 23-year-old man and his pet squirrel are an unusual but blunt reflection of the emotional choices migrants make over what to take — and what to leave behind — as they embark on the dangerous trip north. Here’s their touching story.

Budget talks on Beacon Hill are weighing on the minds of many lawmakers. Gov. Maura Healey has proposed a $2.15 billion supplemental budget that would include $250 million to continue sheltering migrants who are arriving in Massachusetts. Those figures are concerning to both Democrats and Republicans. “We cannot continue to funnel money at this problem without some sort of plan…

After three months away from the podium, Massachusetts State House leaders returned on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming fall session. While there are a number of critical priorities that remain front of mind, added funding for sheltering migrants quickly took center stage. Gov. Maura Healey has requested $250 million in additional resources for the crisis, a figure that has raised…

A pediatrician tasked by the federal court in Los Angeles to monitor the conditions of migrant children in U.S. government custody revealed in a recent court filing that some children were temporarily separated from their parents while in Border Patrol custody this summer due to overcrowding. 

Low-income immigrant families would be eligible for state food benefits and cash assistance under legislation discussed Tuesday that coincides with a surge of new arrivals who are coming to Massachusetts. The bills filed by Reps. Antonio Cabral and Judith Garcia and Sen. Sal DiDomenico (H135 / S76) would restore the public benefits that the state previously funded from 1997 to…

The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.