EILEEN SULLIVAN

The presence of asylum seekers in the United States is both a humanitarian challenge and a political flash point in a divided country.

The rollout of the process for some arrivals at the southwestern border will be small, but could represent the tip of broad changes to the...

The effort could significantly reduce a backlog of asylum and deportation cases as the Biden administration anticipates a huge surge of migrants crossing the border.

The agency cited “current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight Covid-19” as grounds for returning in late May to prepandemic...

The change is to take effect in late May, according to people familiar with the planning, and should restore the right of migrants to request...

Officials are bracing for the number of interceptions at the border to rise much higher if a public health order that has limited immigration during...

Some migrants who refuse will be detained and placed in removal proceedings, according to directions given to homeland security officials.

The administration plans to seek funding for 25,000 beds, down from the 34,000 beds that are currently funded. It also severed a contract with a...

Asylum seekers will have their claims evaluated by asylum officers instead of overburdened immigration judges under a new policy aimed at greatly shortening the process.