Immigration

Necoclí, Colombia, is a key stop on the migratory route to the U.S. Traditionally dependent on tourism, its economy has shifted to serve migrants.

It’s part of the administration’s stated intention to improve health care coverage for immigrant groups overall.

El Savador's President Nayib Bukele took on gang violence by introducing a state of emergency in 2022. The country is now safer, but its economy is struggling to grow.

Hospitality businesses say they want working visas for migrants to be fast-tracked as they struggle to fill job vacancies.

Immigrants are much more likely to create a new business, studies show, and the knock-on effect is job creation.

The agency's estimates that immigrants will add $7 trillion to gross domestic product over the next decade.

Mexican and Central American workers have been the lifeblood of the Baltimore economy, but they're also part of the "lowerarchy."

Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform, so it's using the appropriations bill to bulk up the Department of Homeland Security.

There has been a wave of migration to the U.S. — legal and not — since 2022. Many who entered are finding and keeping jobs.

It’s H-1B season, which means U.S. companies are once again competing for a limited number of spots— 85,000 — in a visa lottery. Registration opened this week after the federal government revamped the application process.