Central America

The Biden administration is ending agreements with three Central American nations that were part of an effort to restrict asylum under President Donald Trump

Flooded out Honduran and Guatemalan families stranded on rooftops in the most marginalized neighborhoods after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota this month have raised fears of a new wave of migration, observers across the region say.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic

Hurricane Iota is tearing across Nicaragua with screeching winds and pounding surf

Hurricane Iota made landfall on Monday night in Nicaragua. Iota is the 30th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season.

Hurricane Eta is churning across northeast Nicaragua after making landfall with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow

It’s been a year since the Trump administration adopted a policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The practice has gone a long way toward making Mexico a key ally in President Donald Trump’s response to a surge of migrant families, most of them from Central America.

Eight hundred Central American migrants have been hauled onto to buses by Mexican national guardsmen and immigration agents after crossing into the country early Thursday and walking for hours along a rural highway

More than 200 mostly Honduran migrants rested on a bridge at the Guatemala-Mexico border waiting for the arrival of others and hoping sheer numbers will improve their chances of entering Mexico and continuing their journey north....

Across the river from Tecun Uman, in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Hidalgo, National Guard troops with riot shields trucked in throughout Friday afternoon...

Trump administration agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that allow U.S. immigration officials to send asylum seekers to the Central American nations violate the historic role of the U.S. as a humanitarian nation and should be blocked, according to a legal challenge filed Wednesday.

Authorities say the number of people arrested or stopped entering the United States along the Mexico border fell for a seventh straight month in December, with Mexicans outpacing Central Americans among the detainees. U.S. authorities said they made 40,620 arrests or detentions of people on the Mexico border in December, down 5% from 42,651 in November and down 72% from...

Thousands more migrant families may have been separated than the government initially reported, a watchdog group said, possibly due to ongoing problems keeping track of children.

On Dec. 7, join the Penn Museum and NBC10 / Telemundo62 for a special celebration of cultures from around the world.

Penn Museum will debut a massive renovation this weekend, with more than 10,000 square feet of reimagined spaces celebrating craftsmanship and culture throughout its collection of art and artifacts.

NBC10’s Brittney Shipp got a preview of the new Penn Museum in University City before the museum opens on Saturday, Nov. 16. It will feature more than 10,000 square feet of reimagined spaces including a new Sphinx gallery, a suite of Africa gallery and more.

From learning to write hieroglyphics to listening to ancient tales and meeting the artists, here are some things to do this weekend at the grand opening.

Opening weekend at the new Penn Museum kicks off November 16th where visitors will be able to tour the brand new, re-imagined space, including the Central America and Mexico Galleries. Philly Live takes a preview tour.

Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show today, parading across the sun in view of most of the world. The solar system’s smallest, innermost planet will resemble a tiny black dot Monday as it passes directly between Earth and the sun. It begins at 7:35 a.m. EST. The entire 5 ½-hour event will be visible, weather permitting, in the...

Five years in the making, the newly transformed Penn Museum opens its doors to a re-imagined space that all can enjoy. Dr. Julian Siggers, Williams Director at the Penn Museum explains what sets the museum apart. 

U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400. The ACLU said the administration told its attorneys that 1,556 children were separated from July 1, 2017, to June...