Latin America

How The Southern U.S. Border Has Become A Nearly Constant Humanitarian Crisis

4:59pm September 24, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Yale professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho and NPR correspondent Franco Ordoñez about Latin American migration into the U.S. and government policies trying to address it.

What The Border At Del Rio, Texas, Is Like Now That The Migrant Camp Is Gone

4:52pm September 24, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

U.S. officials continue to reduce the number of Haitian migrants at the border. Authorities hope to reopen the border to Mexico that has been shuttered since the increase in migrants to the region.

Hurricane Sam has not triggered any storm warnings or watches, but forecasters are keeping a close eye on the storm, with it predicted to reach major hurricane status on Saturday.

84-Degree Ocean Waters Will Turn Sam Into A Major Hurricane On Saturday

4:40pm September 24, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The storm is forecast to intensify rapidly as it passes over warm water far out in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center says. It's too soon to predict where or when Sam might affect land.

Thousands Of Migrants Are Weighing Whether To Crossing Into The U.S.

4:56pm September 23, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Haitian migrants camped on the Mexican side of the U.S. border are debating making the crossing north to face possible deportation to Haiti — or release into the U.S. for immigration hearings.

DHS Secretary Mayorkas On Border Conditions And Next Steps For Surge Of Migrants

4:40pm September 23, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the government's handling of refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande on Wednesday to get food and water in Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. The U.S. is allowing some migrants to enter the country and sending others back to Haiti.

National

How Haitian Migrants Are Getting To The U.S., And Where They May Go Next

1:14pm September 23, 2021

U.S. border agents are allowing some Haitian migrants into the country on a temporary basis, while others are being deported or heading back over the border to Mexico.

Health & Safety

News Brief: Booster Shots, Haitian Migrants, U.N. Famine Warning

5:56am September 23, 2021

The FDA OKs a Pfizer booster for people 65+ or at high risk for severe COVID-19. Some Haitian migrants have been released into the U.S. The U.N. says people in an area of Ethiopia face severe hunger.

How Brazil's Severe Drought Affects The Entire World's Coffee Supply Chain

5:08pm September 22, 2021

by Philip Reeves

Attributed to climate change, Brazil's historic drought is devastating its coffee farmers, who's crops supply much of the world.

Colombia's President Discusses How 1.8 Million Refugees Could Change His Country

7:21am September 22, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Colombia's President Iván Duque Márquez about the country taking in Afghan refugees, its ties to the U.S. and the danger there for environmentalists.

National

What Will Happen To Haitian Migrants Massed At The U.S.-Mexico Border?

7:21am September 22, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Reuters reporter Daina Beth Solomon about how disturbing scenes from a border town in Texas are prompting the Department of Homeland Security to begin an investigation.