U.S. Immigration and Border News

Arrests for illegal crossings from Canada spiked in the last fiscal year, but remain a fraction of the number of those from Mexico.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is fearful that President-elect Donald J. Trump may target a Brooklyn tent complex housing 2,000 asylum seekers on federal land.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Dana Rubinstein

The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.

By Ana Swanson, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Simon Romero

New York City’s migrant shelter population has been steadily falling, but President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration stance will bring new challenges.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní

Donald Trump’s promise to carry out mass deportations has driven fearful immigrants to seek protections and advice.

By Miriam Jordan

A longtime vendor in Manhattan’s Chinatown is finding it harder to make a living as people shun his intricate crafts, haggle over cheap knickknacks and shift their spending online.

By Rong Xiaoqing

On Sunday, Angel Lata Landi, a construction worker, called his mother in Ecuador, whom he helped support. The next day, he was one of three people stabbed to death on the street in Manhattan.

By Shayla Colon

The move by Gov. Greg Abbott, flouting a federal challenge, signaled that Texas expects to have a freer hand on the border under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

By J. David Goodman

In other testimony, law enforcement witnesses placed the suspect, José Ibarra, at the scene of Ms. Riley’s killing, mainly through cellphone and GPS tracking data.

By Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and support civilian immigration agents.

By Charlie Savage and Michael Gold

A record 146,000 students did not have permanent housing, state data shows, as the city dealt with an ongoing housing crisis and an influx of migrants.

By Claire Fahy

Mr. Trump has criticized the Biden administration for what he calls its lax handling of the border — but it has left him with tools he can use to shut down the border.

By Hamed Aleaziz

Democrats struggled to respond to real and manufactured challenges as voters grew more concerned over the number of people crossing the border.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Ruth Igielnik

The president-elect has vowed to end a program that allows thousands of people from troubled nations to stay in the United States.

By Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz

The governor of South Dakota has defied coronavirus restrictions and been a vocal critic of President Biden’s immigration policies.

By Mark Walker

Ms. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, would play a major role in carrying out the president-elect’s promises to crack down on the border and deport millions of people.

By Hamed Aleaziz

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name the immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff and announced a former ICE official as his “border czar.”

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

While other big state Democrats are reviving the resistance, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York says she is open to working with Donald J. Trump where possible.

By Nicholas Fandos and Grace Ashford

“We were going out huntin’,” one of the men said in a video before a planned trip to the Mexico border, where they intended to shoot at immigrants and officials who might stop them, prosecutors said.

By Adeel Hassan

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has vowed to prevent mass deportations, but migrants and immigration lawyers are preparing for them.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Wesley Parnell

Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons

After supporting Joe Biden in 2020, the majority-Arab American city outside Detroit delivered an unlikely win for Donald Trump, who promised to bring peace to the Middle East.

By Hamed Aleaziz

Voters across party lines shifted to the right on immigration. They blamed Biden-Harris for failing to control the chaotic border.

By Miriam Jordan

Democrats had attacked Donald J. Trump’s ties to the conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. Several of its authors served in his administration.

By Neil Vigdor and Simon J. Levien

Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House could significantly affect a range of issues in his hometown, including immigration policy and congestion pricing.

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

Five years ago, the raids upended life for immigrant families in poultry towns, but the industry still runs on their work.

By Isabelle Taft and Juan Arredondo

Even as violence crime rates fall, Republicans have sought to tie murders and drug overdoses to migrants. Here’s a rundown of crime rates in swing states.

By Shaila Dewan, Michael Corkery and Tim Arango

President Biden’s legacy will largely be limited to his success in lowering border crossings. But his approach has drawn criticism, and some of his actions have moved the problem deeper into the country.

By Michael D. Shear and Hamed Aleaziz

Kamala Harris is hoping that backlash to the bigotry at the Madison Square Garden rally will blunt Donald Trump’s appeal with a critical group of voters.

By Jennifer Medina and Hannah Beier

Representative Yadira Caraveo of Colorado, whose parents entered the country illegally from Mexico, has become one of several Democrats to pivot to a pro-enforcement message.

By Karoun Demirjian

In the former president’s pitch to voters, historians hear echoes of the nation’s inescapable xenophobic history.

By Jazmine Ulloa

The New York Times is writing about voters’ attitudes on immigration and how they changed since the last election cycle.

By Miriam Jordan

The former president believes his focus on illegal immigration is the reason he won in 2016, and this year, he has pushed his advisers to add content related to it.

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant message is exposing longstanding tensions and challenging Democrats’ hopes for solidarity.

By Jennifer Medina

The migrant crisis has emerged as a dominant theme in House races across New York State and even in the presidential race.

By Shayla Colon

As administrations of both parties have failed to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, a reckoning for the asylum system, which some say is overdue, seems inevitable.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz

Across New York State, Republican and Democratic candidates are using the city’s migrant crisis to attract voters fearful of its effects on their districts.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní

The endorsement has roiled Hamtramck, Mich., angering many in the Muslim community, as well as longtime residents who welcomed the newcomers.

By Kurt Streeter

A humanitarian program offers immigrant crime victims who cooperate with the police a chance to stay in the United States. But most spend years in legal limbo.

By Deborah Sontag

At a rally in a state he lost in 2020, the former president considered the possibility of another defeat.

By Shawn McCreesh