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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Fifty-one people found dead in tractor-trailer in Texas

    Federal authorities investigate what San Antonio mayor calls a ‘horrific human tragedy’

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Ruling on US pandemic border restrictions leaves thousands in limbo

    Biden administration had sought to revoke Trump-era Title 42 despite fears of further surge in Mexico border crossings

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cuba
    US eases Cuba policy to allow more travel and remittances

    Biden administration softens aspects of Trump’s hardline approach to island’s communist government

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Emotion alone is not enough in welcoming refugees

    The US sponsorship programme for Ukrainians — and Afghans — demands cash, stamina and a commitment to the long haul

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    FT Swamp Notes
    America’s imperial farewell to Madeleine Albright Premium content

    Perhaps it takes a foreigner to argue the US’s case to the world as well as teaching the world to the US

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Biden’s immigration woes complicate US labour shortages

    Loosening of Trump-era restrictions proves divisive in Washington even as businesses want more workers

  • Friday, 18 March, 2022
    Stephen Bush
    What would a good immigration policy look like?

    While all border policies are unhappy in their own way, they aren’t all equally misery-inducing or economically harmful

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Undercover EconomistTim Harford
    The Nobel Prize economists turned statistics into insight

    David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens discerned crisp causal relationships from fuzzy data

  • Sunday, 19 September, 2021
    US steps up deportation of Haitian refugees from Texas camp

    More than 14,000 asylum seekers are sheltered under a bridge near border

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Patti Waldmeir
    Fleeing Afghans revive US memories of Vietnam’s ‘babylift’

    But there are fears that the warm welcome for those escaping persecution could soon fade

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    Transport
    US fleet managers seek out foreign truck drivers to solve labour shortage

    Mexico, Canada and South Africa among the countries in recruiters’ focus

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    News in-depthTransport
    Truck drivers warn of burnout as global shortage bites

    Surging demand for goods during the pandemic has increased volumes for hauliers to carry

  • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
    Afghanistan
    US struggles to step up Kabul evacuation efforts

    Pentagon admits it is ‘not close’ to targets amid reports Taliban is blocking access to airport

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Trump uses US border visit to pressure Biden on immigration

    Stop by former president and Texas governor comes as frontier crossings continue to rise

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in Canada
    Canada maintains leads in tech talent war after Trump boost

    Biden’s approach may blunt Canada’s appeal after drop in anti-immigration rhetoric from the White House

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Unaccompanied children at US-Mexico border hits record high

    Pressure on Biden administration to counter rise in migrants from Central America

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    US to begin processing worker visas suspended under Trump

    Biden administration allows pandemic-era restrictions decried by businesses to lapse

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    Joe Biden
    Biden doubles vaccine goal to 200m in first 100 days

    US president also defends record on immigration at first White House news conference

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    US officials visit Mexico and Guatemala to discuss migration

    Biden administration seeks to stem tide of border crossings, especially by unaccompanied minors

  • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Border crisis threatens the Biden honeymoon

    The US president must risk upsetting his own party to control migration

  • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
    US insists border is closed as it battles migrant surge

    Biden administration defends immigration policy as wave of unaccompanied children arrives from Mexico

  • Saturday, 20 March, 2021
    News in-depth
    ‘We have faith Biden will let us cross’: migrants huddle at US-Mexico border

    For many, reaching the US may be impossible but returning home is out of the question

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    News in-depth
    Biden scrambles to cope with rising number of migrant children

    White House admits ‘big problem’ at Mexico border as minors arrive in thousands

  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    Disaster agency deployed to deal with migrant surge at US border

    Rising number of asylum seekers includes thousands of unaccompanied children

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    White House struggles to address rise in migrants at US-Mexico border

    Biden restarts programme for Central American children while warning against crossings

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