Panama's government estimates 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023. That is five times more than in the same period of ...

METETÍ, Panama — Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns across southern Panama, where migrant reception ...

Hardline immigration policies under US President Donald Trump have forced some migrants to abandon their American dream.

The Darién Gap, a perilous journey for millions of migrants, has also become a corridor for the northward spread of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly challenging decades of containment.

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The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” ...

Thousands who escaped the Taliban after the fall of Kabul are at risk of deportation under aggressive new policies ...

A day after federal officers and National Guard troops descended on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, immigrant residents of the ...

Runners, more than 1,500 in all, expressed a mix of outrage, heartache and defiance as they jogged in the hot sun for 15 ...

The exhibit, home to nearly 300 photos, took so long to compose because many photographs of LGBTQ+ people throughout history were difficult and time-consuming to track down, curator Paul Martineau ...

A week of immigration sweeps across Southern California has left some communities terrified, with fewer people on the streets and signs of an economic slowdown.