Nicaragua terminates visa-free entry for Cubans, revoking a policy that previously allowed thousands to transit through the country on their way to the United States. 2026-02-8
Guatemalan police recover 126 United States-bound Haitian, Nepali, and Indian migrants trapped inside an abandoned shipping container near Nueva Concepción, Escuintla, Guatemala. 2021-10-9
Citing jobs and the ongoing pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump announces he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States. 2020-04-20
The Donald Trump administration says it is preparing to broadly expand DNA collection from migrants in U.S. detention. 2019-10-2
The United States House of Representatives passes the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 6), which offers a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants. 2019-06-4
U.S. President Donald Trump proposes a new immigration plan based on merits such as college degrees and skilled trades and less on family ties. 2019-05-16
The United States stops giving out visas to high ranking officials of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone for failing to accept deportations. 2017-09-13
United States President Donald Trump, together with Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, unveils the RAISE Act, a plan that would, if passed, reduce legal immigration to the U.S. by half each year, and implement a "merit-based system" prioritizing skilled workers, instead of the current family-based chain migration system. 2017-08-2
A judge in Michigan halts the possible deportation of over 100 Chaldean Iraqi Christians. 2017-06-22