Migrants have long passed through the Mexico City area on northbound trips -- an almost unavoidable act in a centralized country, where most roads lead to the capital.
But an increasing number of migrants are now staying put for long periods in Mexico
One year after the Ciudad Juárez migrant detention center fire, a caravan of approximately 2,000 migrants called "Viacrucis migrante" set out from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula at the start of Holy Week.
The reference to the crucifixion of Christ -- reenactments
As bishops from Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama visited two migrant camps on the northern edge of the Darién jungle, Pope Francis called the treacherous trek to a better life the migrant "via crucis."
The "human caravan passes through the Darién Gap, a
Texas Catholic and community groups are holding an event in El Paso called "Do Not Be Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity" the evening of March 21 in the wake of what organizers called "dehumanizing laws and policies" toward migrants in
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision late March 19 once again blocking Texas from enforcing its controversial law that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico.
Earlier the same day, a divided
A divided U.S. Supreme Court March 19 lifted a temporary pause on a controversial Texas law that makes it a state crime for unauthorized migrants to cross into Texas from Mexico, allowing the state to enforce the law while litigation proceeds.
Catholic organizations
Church groups in Panama are increasingly concerned over the health and safety of migrants who are crossing the country on their way to the United States, following a surprise decision by the Central American nation's government to stop Doctors Without Borders from
Arizona's governor recently rejected legislation that would have made crossing the state's international border a state crime separate from a federal one in a move praised by the state's Catholic conference, as other controversial measures work their way through the state's Legislature.
A federal judge March 8 dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states, allowing the Biden administration to continue operating a program permitting some migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton said Texas, and the
The border crisis, as some would call it, has its origin in the corruption, poverty and violence in sending countries. The border has been overwhelmed by an influx of asylum-seekers and inadequate resources to handle the volume of asylum requests. The busing