Asylum seekers

The Texas governor has blamed an influx of migrants at the southern border of the Lone Star State on U.S. President Joe Biden.

The mayor ordered agency bosses to slash their budgets by up to 15 percent, as a "direct result of inaction in Washington" over the city's influx of migrants.

"There were a lot of suggestions behind the scenes...that there was some sort of contractual obligation," the ex-Trump official told Newsweek.

Judge Jon Tigar previously questioned how much difference there was between Joe Biden's asylum seekers policy and Donald Trump's.

The migration processing centers in Colombia and Guatemala are another case of a longstanding U.S. asylee deterrence pattern in Latin America.

"I think this is a recalibration time frame for the cartels," Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina told Newsweek.

"We support asylum seekers but not on school grounds," the students in Brooklyn chanted.

The longer the migrant crisis lasts, the more "it will impact every service in this city," Adams said.

Adams called out DeSantis for his state's controversial moves, including barring books from schools and sending migrants to Democrat-led cities.

Although his strategies have been controversial, the Texas governor has put a national spotlight on President Joe Biden's immigration policies.

Biden's visit to El Paso, Texas, didn't appear to quell criticism from Republicans, who were deeply critical of his administration's immigration policies.

The Texas governor quoted a Bible verse after allegedly being behind stunt in which asylum seekers were dropped off near Kamala Harris' home.

Gubernatorial candidates in California and New Mexico have steered clear of the controversial political stunt from Governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott.

"It somehow has become fashionable for politicians to accuse each other of being traffickers," Polaris CEO Catherine Chen told Newsweek.

"Seeing [migrants] being used as political pawns one way or the other is very troubling to me," Kushner said on Tuesday.

Questions remain about Florida's controversial relocation program, including where the migrants were flown from and if human trafficking laws were violated.

"I get that you are overwhelmed, but doing it this way is not a solution; it is just cruel," Ilze Thielmann, director of Team TLC NYC, told Newsweek.

Ever since I spoke out against the Saudi system, my life has changed. I don't feel safe anywhere.

Republicans said the northern cities are experiencing only "a fraction of the disaster" that border towns have seen in recent months.

LGBTQI+ migrants around the world "may experience abuse" in detention centers, researchers with UCLA's Williams Institute said.

Former President Donald Trump saw his recent Supreme Court winning streak end after justices ruled 5-4 in favor of President Joe Biden's immigration policy.

Prince Charles has reignited the debate on whether royals should comment on political issues with his latest comments on the UK's migrant policy.

Britain recently announced that it struck a deal with Rwanda that would see some of the people who illegally arrive in the U.K. put on one-way flights to the East African country.

"The current system for handling asylum claims at our borders has long needed repair," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.

Nine out of 10 Russians seeking asylum in the U.S. used official border crossings in San Diego, California.

Migrants seeking passage north sometimes wait for over a year in Tapachula before their claims are processed. They're now sewing their mouths shut in protest.

Migrants living at the camp told Newsweek about the struggles they faced back home and shared the dreams they hoped to realize in the United States.

Immigration judges can only speak about the nation's 1.6 million immigration case backlog when representing their union. This right could soon be revoked.

Portland, Maine, is seeing an influx of asylum seekers, with many shelters at capacity and hotels stepping in to help.

The spike in asylum claims and border crossings come after a Canadian policy was lifted in November that returned arrested asylum seekers back to the U.S.