An emergency hearing reinstated the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy on Friday hours after a court had halted it. Pablo Gato has the details on what this could mean to immigrants currently waiting for asylum on the Mexico side of the border.

Immigration and privacy activists are sounding the alarm at the use of facial recognition software by ICE. This after it was revealed that officers went through millions of Maryland driver’s license photos without state approval.

A report by the organization Physicians for Human Rights reveals migrants who are separated after crossing the border experience psychological damage. According to the United Nations definition, some government actions would amount to torture.

Last year the US government detained a record number of underage immigrants trying to cross the border. They were given psychological counseling, but notes taken in those supposedly confidential sessions were shared with immigration officials and used to deny their asylum cases. UNews spoke Hannah Dreier, who reported that story for the Washington Post.

The number of immigrant eligible voters who were born overseas has almost doubled over the past 20 years, according to the Pew Research Center. (Leer en español)

For Central American migrants traveling through Mexico, the prospect of being sent back to their home country can be complicated and dangerous. This is the story of two Honduran migrants who say their route back home ended up with them as the victims of a kidnapping.