Federal officials fell short of meeting a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border.

Having made the treacherous trip through the desert landscape and across the border, the lucky migrants find themselves welcomed with food, water and human warmth at a Catholic-run humanitarian center in downtown McAllen.

A growing number of Americans are open to increases in legal immigration, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

We can see and judge the unjust treatment of refugees and migrants by the United States. Now we must address the root causes of the injustice.

“Before the challenges of contemporary movements of migration, the only reasonable response is one of solidarity and mercy,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on July 6 for migrants and refugees.

During a news conference after the second and last day of their visit to the border, the bishops stressed the "urgent" need to do something to help migrant children separated from their families.