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A Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico
THE United States said yesterday that tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for immigration court hearings will be allowed into the country while their cases proceed.
The move comes at the end of a week in which new President Joe Biden has sought to move away from policies associated with his predecessor Donald Trump, including in a Chinese New Year’s Eve phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping.
US authorities will initially open three border crossings that will process arrivals slowly, the White House said, ending Mr Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy that removed refugees picked up at the border while their cases were heard. The policy was suspended on Mr Biden’s first day in office.
JENNY CLEGG looks at the key points that defined the China-US relationship, for now
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN