Bowser asks again for National Guard to be activated to assist with 'daily arrival of migrants'
Mayor Muriel Bowser wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday, requesting for the second time that 150 D.C. National Guard members be deployed to the nation's capital to assist with the arrival of migrants.
Pentagon turns down Bowser's request for National Guard help
The Department of Defense is denying Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for the D.C. National guard to step in and help with the migrant crisis in the District.
Protesters confront Mayor Bowser after she requests Nat. Guard help with migrants
Protesters are demanding answers after Mayor Muriel Bowser put in a request for the D.C. National Guard to help with the increase of migrants being bused into the District.
2 Pasadena men indicted in migrant death-trailer case that killed 53
Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.
Volunteers housing migrants call on Bowser for help
As the number of buses delivering migrants from Texas to Union Station continues to increase, aid groups say they are overwhelmed.
Buses of migrants overwhelm aid groups in DC as more arrive from Texas
Buses of migrants arriving from Texas to the nation's capital are overwhelming aid groups in Washington, D.C. that are trying to help.
Border Patrol agents in Texas discover migrants smuggled inside toolboxes at checkpoint
A Border Patrol agent said the migrants were being smuggled in extreme summer heat.
California becomes first state to cover health care for all immigrants
California is now the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.
Supreme Court allows Biden to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
Four charged in connection to San Antonio migrant trailer tragedy
Four people face criminal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants being smuggled inside a tractor trailer in San Antonio.
Trucking company says 18-wheeler with 51 dead migrants inside was 'cloned' by human smugglers
Texas Department of Transportation numbers emblazoned on the side of the truck link it to a small company in the Rio Grande Valley. But the company says the driver is not one of its employees. They say they are victims of “truck cloning," when someone else steals DoT numbers in order to skirt law enforcement.
Death toll rises to 51 after migrants found in abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas
Dozens of people were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer on a remote road in San Antonio. Sixteen others were hospitalized, including four children.
46 people found dead, 16 hospitalized after tractor-trailer containing migrants found in Texas
Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio.
Summit of the Americas: Biden lauds democratic unity despite no-shows
President Joe Biden says democracy is an “essential ingredient” for the Western Hemisphere's future, an implicit rebuttal to leaders from around the world who boycotted the Summit of the Americas because authoritarians were not invited.
US-bound migrant caravan with up to 5K people sets out in southern Mexico
It was estimated to include 4,000 to 5,000 migrants, mostly from Central America, Venezuela and Haiti. It is the largest migrant caravan to attempt to leave southern Mexico this year.
Agents find 23 pounds of cocaine in North Carolina passenger's wheelchair
The 22-year-old man was returning to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic when officers found packages of a white, powdery substance concealed in an electric wheelchair.
Title 42: Federal judge rules COVID-19 asylum restrictions must continue on southern US border
A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border.
New Afghan community center offers resources to refugees in Alexandria
More help is on the way for Afghan refugees here in the D.C. region.
Texas has transported more than 900 migrants to DC
Since launching in April, 922 migrants have been transported to Washington in 35 buses, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday.
Supreme Court justices hear arguments over 'Remain in Mexico' border policy
The Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments over whether or not the Biden administration can properly do away with the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), commonly known as the "remain in Mexico" policy.