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Cuomo to propose compromise, hopes to end Global Entry ban

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's governor plans to propose to President Donald Trump that the state could share some driving records with federal immigration...
16:32 12 February 2022

Report highlights dangers for asylum seekers in Mexican city

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo continues to be a dangerous place for asylum seekers waiting to cross into the United States aft...
22:53 11 February 2022

Justice Department brings new suits over sanctuary policies

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday on local governments over their “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigr...
0:21 11 February 2022

Voter registration error risks deportation for immigrants

CHICAGO — The day Margarita Del Pilar Fitzpatrick applied for an Illinois driver's license upended her life. When a clerk offered to register her to v...
17:47 10 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump hypes ‘comeback,’ impeachment acquittal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Oba...
5:26 10 February 2022

Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos took to social media to decry the...
15:51 8 February 2022

NY to sue US over its ouster from trusted traveler programs

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating i...
19:05 7 February 2022

Youth parole officer kept job amid child abuse investigation

CONCORD, N.H. — A former employee of a New Hampshire youth detention center continued working with children in a state job for nine months after polic...
10:59 5 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s exaggerated ‘great American comeback’

WASHINGTON — The "great American comeback” President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy suprem...
4:54 5 February 2022

Text of President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address

WASHINGTON — Text of President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:
3:37 5 February 2022

AP Exclusive: Border apprehensions drop 8 straight months

WASHINGTON — The number of border apprehensions has dropped for the eighth straight month, following crackdowns by the Trump administration that inclu...
0:41 4 February 2022

2 Iranian students challenge removal from country

BOSTON — Two Iranian students attending Boston-area universities have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, saying federal o...
18:49 3 February 2022

Nigeria to address issues that led to visa restrictions

LAGOS, Nigeria —
20:00 1 February 2022

Trump curbs immigrants from 6 nations in election-year push

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday that it was restricting immigrants from six additional countries that officials said failed to ...
22:24 31 January 2022

Isabel Allende talks about migration, life, aging and love

NEW YORK — Over the last year, Isabel Allende has been coping with loss and grief after the passing of her mother, a stepfather whom she “adored”, and...
19:48 29 January 2022

‘Minari,’ a Korean immigrant drama, breaks out at Sundance

PARK CITY, Utah — After the premiere of “Minari” at the Sundance Film Festival, while many in the audience were still drying their eyes, director Lee ...
18:51 28 January 2022

Experts say UK should lower salary threshold for immigrants

LONDON — A panel of immigration experts says Britain should lower the salary threshold for immigrants after Brexit and urged the government to quickly...
13:31 28 January 2022

Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident sta...
20:25 27 January 2022

Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan

FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico — From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the carav...
15:46 24 January 2022

Mexico’s tough response to migrants doesn’t stir outcry

MEXICO CITY — The hundreds of Central American migrants walking north in southern Mexico have received steady media coverage in Mexico, but with sky h...
22:32 23 January 2022

Mexican guardsmen break up migrant caravan along highway

FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants were hauled onto buses by Mexican national guardsmen and immigration agents after cro...
22:01 23 January 2022

9 parents separated from families return to children in US

LOS ANGELES — As his long-lost son walked toward him in an airport terminal, a sobbing David Xol stretched out his arms, fell to one knee and embraced...
18:21 23 January 2022

US imposes visa rules for pregnant women on ‘birth tourism’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to ...
14:44 23 January 2022

Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court

NEW DELHI — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nat...
7:59 22 January 2022

AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship

NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law. The new law pro...
1:07 22 January 2022

Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent...
20:51 21 January 2022

Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops along border river

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico on Monday in a new test of U.S. Pr...
23:50 20 January 2022

Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — The bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala was open again for business on Sunday, but few migrants we...
18:21 19 January 2022

Thousands gather for Women’s March rallies across the US

WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the nationwide Women's March rallies focused on issues such as climat...
18:36 18 January 2022

Mexico readies for Central American migrants at south border

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans tra...
22:22 17 January 2022