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![A Venezuelan migrant cries next to an ambulance in which her husband, who was injured in a fire, is being transported following a fire at the immigration station in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state on March 28, 2023, where at least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire at the immigration station.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0328-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
At Least 39 Asylum Seekers Dead After Fire at Migrant Jail in Mexico
“This tragedy is the direct result of the United States’s immigration system,” one immigrant advocate said.
![Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) walks with U.S. President Joe Biden after welcoming him at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on March 24, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1249269614-400x300.jpg)
US and Canada Announce Joint Plan to Turn Away Asylum-Seekers
The move further undermines the right to asylum and will likely drive people to attempt more dangerous border crossings.
![A crowd of supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador march down Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma during a demonstration to celebrate his government’s accomplishments in the four years since the start of his presidency, November 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1127b-400x300.jpg)
500,000 Rally in Support of Mexican President and Against US Intervention
Protesters heeded the Mexican president's call to defend the nation's sovereignty following attacks by U.S. politicians.
![Ron Desantis speaks in front of the u.s. flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0301-desantis-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Targets Immigrants in Lead-Up to Likely Presidential Run
Advocates in Florida are preparing to address the “surveillance state” created by DeSantis’s anti-immigrant proposals.
![Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from the Department of Homeland Security look into the window of an apartment while executing search warrants on March 3, 2015, in Rowland Heights, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0228-ice-400x300.jpg)
Immigrants Win “Unprecedented” Settlement Over Violent ICE Workplace Raid
A federal judge awarded $1.17 million to nearly 100 people targeted by the Trump administration in 2018.
![The remains of the boat destroyed by a storm while carrying 250 migrants lie on the beach in Steccato di Cutro, Calabria, Italy, on February 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1247502830-400x300.jpg)
At Least 58 Dead After Migrant Boat Breaks Apart Near Italian Coast
The disaster follows a move by far right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to restrict groups that rescue migrants at sea.
![A Venezuelan immigrant holds her daughter after spending the night camped alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-asylum-seekers-400x300.jpg)
Democrats: Biden’s New Asylum Policy Is “Almost Identical” to Trump Transit Ban
“The policy flies in the face of international law, U.S. law and basic morality,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
![People cook food on an open fire by the US/Mexico border fence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0222-border-wall-400x300.jpg)
Critics Decry New Biden Rule as “Trump’s Asylum Ban Under a Different Name”
Those who don't meet the strict asylum eligibility requirements under the rule would be subject to quick deportation.
![President Joe Biden speaks to Congress during his State of The Union address on February 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1246881211-400x300.jpg)
There Was No Mention of 853 Migrant Deaths in 2022 in Biden’s State of the Union
We need the wholesale immigration reform we were promised and a president that understands that asylum is immutable.
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Biden Calls for a Pathway for DREAMers and Further Border Militarization in SOTU
Rep. Delia Ramirez says compassion should be at the center of the debate on immigration.