The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp.

A group of human rights lawyers is suing Costa Rica, alleging the Central American nation violated the rights of dozens of migrant children.

Costa Rica’s security minister has begun a visit to El Salvador to study the measures it has taken to reduce violence caused by its powerful street gangs.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries have climbed down the stairs of an airplane in Costa Rica’s capital, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organized the return back to their countries.

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s violent criminals — even if they’re American citizens.

President Donald Trump says he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed in the “most severe cases” to be incarcerated in other countries.

Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but a U.N. officials says international “funds simply aren’t there” for humanitarian needs.

President Joe Biden is hosting his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, at the White House.

President Joe Biden will host Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves at the White House on Tuesday, following an agreement between the two nations on legal pathways for migrants.

Costa Rica's president is promising to put more police in the streets and he wants legal changes to confront record-setting numbers of homicides that have shaken daily life in a country long known for peaceful stability.

A ransomware gang that infiltrated some Costa Rican government computer systems has upped its threat.

After a month of crippling ransomware attacks, Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency.

The election of conservative economist Rodrigo Chaves to be Costa Rica's next president has worried many women because of sexual harassment allegations against him.

Costa Rican president-elect Rodrigo Chaves says his runoff victory was a “revolution” by marginalized communities against the country's elites.

A former Costa Rican president took an early lead in national election in what had been a wide-open field of 25 candidates.