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Migrants from Cuba rest after crossing the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sunday May 22, 2022. Little has changed in what has quickly become one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings since a federal judge blocked pandemic-related limits on seeking asylum from ending Monday. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers
By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press
Sun,05/22/22-10:57PM , 144 Reads
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As the sun set over the Rio Grande, about 120 Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans who waded through waist-deep water stepped into Border Patrol vehicles, soon to be released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.
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A man from Nicaragua sits at a shelter for migrants Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The man is waiting in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, part of a Trump-era policy that will be argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Supreme Court weighs policy for migrants to wait in Mexico
By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press
Sun,04/24/22-12:47PM , 135 Reads
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — When a woman gashed her leg in mountains inhabited by snakes and scorpions, she told Joel Úbeda to take her 5-year-old daughter. Úbeda refused to let the mother die, despite the advice of their smuggler and another migrant in a group of seven, and helped carry her to safety by shining a mirror in sunlight to flag a U.S.
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Ukrainian refugees wait in a gymnasium Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are arriving daily to this Mexican border city, where they wait two to four days for U.S officials to admit them on humanitarian parole. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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US speeds entry for Ukrainians as more reach Mexico border
By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press
Wed,04/06/22-11:03PM , 117 Reads
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The United States has sharply increased the number of Ukrainians admitted to the country at the Mexican border as even more refugees fleeing the Russian invasion follow the same circuitous route.
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A Cuban woman and her daughter wait in line to be escorted to a Border Patrol van for processing in Yuma, Ariz., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, hoping to remain in the United States to seek asylum. For nationalities that don't need a visa, Mexico is often the ticket to seeking asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

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For many asylum-seekers, flying to Mexico is ticket to US
By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press
Thu,02/10/22-3:05PM , 270 Reads
SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — Seated on a metal folding chair in the front row among dozens of asylum-seekers awaiting COVID tests in Arizona, Gloria Estela Vallora reaped the benefits of her Colombian passport.
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