Immigration

Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.

Barrels of life-saving water that a human rights group strategically placed for wayward migrants traveling on foot have vanished.

The animals were found inside the luggage with air holes punched through it.

The incident took place in Texas, but the men were not located.

Forty-one people are believed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Tunisia in rough seas, the Italian Red Cross and rescue groups reported, citing four survivors who were rescued and brought to land Wednesday.

The group of Nigerian stowaways survived for two weeks on the cargo ship's rudder by reportedly drinking the ocean water crashing below them.

A Honduran migrant tossed his young daughter into the Rio Grande while trying to illegally cross the southern border from Mexico into Texas, authorities said.

Nearly 1,000 migrants from South America formed a group to head north together in hopes of reaching the U.S.

Border officials said a 26-year-old man applying for entry into the U.S. had hidden the 13 live parrots in duffel bags in the trunk of the car.

Republican-led states that challenged the policy say federal law requires authorities to detain and deport even those who pose little or no risk.

The Asian population was the fastest-growing race or ethnic group last year in the U.S., according to population estimates released Thursday.

An undetermined amount of people numbering in the hundreds remained missing and were likely killed when the migrant vessel sank earlier this week.

The Coast Guard argued that any effort to tow the overcrowded trawler or move hundreds of unwilling people onto nearby ships would have been too dangerous.

The pair planned to murder any Border Patrol agents who attempted to stop them.