Asylum

Trump’s promise to end CBP One app worries migrants waiting in Mexico

Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed to end the CBP One app, which people outside the U.S. use to book appointments to petition for asylum.

Denial, detention and deportation threats: The uphill battle for Cameroonian asylum seekers in Louisiana and Mississippi

A Gulf States Newsroom investigation digs into the Deep South’s thorny regional immigration system and the obstacles and steep odds at every turn.

Seeking asylum in the U.S. is not easy. It’s harder when you speak a rare language

Two men who speak a rare language languished in Louisiana and Mississippi detention centers, they say, because they couldn't interview in their native tongue.