Mexico: US-bound migration has been cut by 30%

  Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Monday that Mexico had reduced northward migration by 36.2%. He credited the National Guard and a tightening of immigration enforcement for the change, all part of a 45-day trial to prove to the United States that measures to stem […]

Border Arrests Drop by 28% in June in First Decline of the Year

  WASHINGTON — Arrests at the southwestern border dropped by 28 percent in June, according to the Department of Homeland Security, signaling the first time this year that the number of border crossings declined. The department said that 104,344 arrests occurred in June, down from […]

One in every 108 people on the planet has been displaced

  The world’s displaced population is now almost double that from a decade ago, includes an estimated 13.6 million people who fled their homes in 2018, according to the UN Refugee Agency’s annual Global Trends Report. It is a rise of 2.3 million on last […]