This was the second time she had to flee for her life in the last 20 years, leaving her home country of Guatemala in 2006 because of threats before settling in the town of Mapastepec in the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
The clock could be ticking for thousands of asylum seekers who have been waiting months for an appointment to show up at a U.S. port of entry, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches.
The flurry of attempted illegal crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border comes just 72 hours before Trump's inauguration. Border Patrol agents dissuaded and easily rounded the few migrants to face criminal charges of illegally entering the U.S.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told lawmakers that she intends to end the use of the CBP One on the first day the Trump administration.
The CBP One app has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work since January 2023, but it could end under President-elect Donald Trump
The president-elect will aggressively crack down on the border, with a slow start to his mass deportations agenda.
A pastor involved in discussions with the incoming Trump administration told Newsweek the policy change intends to focus on serious criminals.
Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.
In an interview with NBC News, Homan also acknowledged that people without criminal records may get caught up as "collateral arrests" in mass deportation raids.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his plan to create a federal body charged with taxing and collecting taxes from U.S. trade partners.
The department that the South Dakota governor seeks to lead will be critical to fulfilling the incoming administration’s promises to quickly crack down on immigration.
With just two weeks until President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day, there are many questions about what changes will be made to the nation's immigration policies.