Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Joe Biden has signed an executive order dramatically reducing the number of asylum claims that can be made on the U.S.-Mexican border – U.S. authorities will be permitted to deport anyone who does not meet strict asylum standards if arrests for unauthorized border crossings reach 2,500 per day.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: In 2024, Dominican Republic educators can earn a master’s degree from American universities while teaching in North America through the Participate Learning program.

Issue May 22-28 2024: Some 400,000 migrants, including 60,000 Nicaraguans, entered the United States under humanitarian parole from 2023 to April 2024.

Issue May 22-28 2024: The United States has announced that it will allow Cuban business owners to open and use online U.S. bank accounts to perform financial transactions.

Issue May 15-21 2024: Immigrants are the “backbone” of the United States’ economy.

Issue May 15-21 2024: Released on April 22, the State Department’s latest annual human rights report details gross violations and abuses committed by El Salvador in 2023, becoming the starkest compilation ever made by a foreign government about President Nayib Bukele’s two-year state of emergency.

Issue May 15-21 2024: Four Guatemalans have been extradited to the United States, where they face international drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.

Issue May 08-14 2024: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador highlighted that the flow of migrants arriving at the border with the United States has decreased by 50% in 2024 compared to a peak last December.

Issue May 08-14 2024: On June 9, the United States plans to introduce new rules to increase the processing speed of asylum applications, likely the beginning of stricter border policies.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: At a conference in Guatemala, Antony Blinken warned that the United States will sanction countries that facilitate “irregular migration.”