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California has more Salvadorans than any other state, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in the country to learn more about why thousands are fleeing for the U.S. -
KPBS Midday EditionA U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases, but the ruling is on hold for several days. -
For nearly eight years, a desert community has joined with a private prison company and federal officials to run California's largest immigration detention facility. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom visit comes as President Donald Trump moves to cut millions of dollars in U.S. aid to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and demands those three nations and Mexico do more to stop migrants from entering the United States. -
KPBS Midday EditionAbandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead on Thursday that he'd slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the country does more to stop the flow of migrants and drugs coming to the U.S. -
San Diego County sued Wednesday to overturn the Trump administration's cancellation of an immigration program because the move has led to the quick release of families after they cross the border without allowing time for travel arrangements.
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As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate immigration policy across various federal agencies, according to four people familiar with the discussions. -
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's taking a wait-and-see approach on his threat to close the southern border as soon as this week. -
Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the swelling number of Central Americans arriving in the country, a Trump administration official said Saturday. -
U.S. immigration officials say they will close a holding area under a bridge connecting El Paso, Texas, with Juarez, Mexico, that is just a short distance from where a senior official declared an "operational crisis" at the border last week.
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