MigrantUSA — Procedural guide for immigrants in the United States

How long does the tax refund take? Real timelines by filing method

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How long does the tax refund take?

The honest answer is a table, because the method decides the wait:

How you filed	Typical wait
E-file + direct deposit	Most refunds within 21 days (IRS standard)
E-file + paper check	21 days + mail time
Paper return + direct deposit	Several weeks longer — paper is processed by hand
Return with EITC / Additional Child Tax Credit	Held until mid-February by law, then normal timing
Return with an ITIN application (W-7) attached	After the ITIN processes — adds weeks, longest at peak season
Amended return (1040-X)	Months — track it with the separate amended-return tool

The mid-February hold (PATH Act)

If your return claims the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit — the two credits that matter most to working immigrant families — federal law makes the IRS hold your entire refund until mid-February, even if you filed the first day of the season. It’s an anti-fraud rule, not a problem with your return. Plan around it: don’t promise the money to anyone for January.

Missed April 15? How to file taxes after the deadline (and what it really costs)

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Missed April 15? You can still file — here’s exactly what happens

📅 Your tax-year 2026 return is due April 15, 2027 — 308 days from now.

The IRS usually opens e-filing in late January; the date for the 2027 season has not been announced yet.

Missed the April 15, 2026 deadline for tax year 2025? You can still file — and if you requested an extension, your new date is October 15, 2026 — see filing after the deadline.

When are taxes due? The deadline, the extension, and the dates 1099 workers miss

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When are taxes due?

📅 Your tax-year 2026 return is due April 15, 2027 — 308 days from now.

The IRS usually opens e-filing in late January; the date for the 2027 season has not been announced yet.

Missed the April 15, 2026 deadline for tax year 2025? You can still file — and if you requested an extension, your new date is October 15, 2026 — see filing after the deadline.

Andrade border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Andrade, near Yuma on the California–Arizona line, serves Los Algodones — the small Mexican town famous for dental and pharmacy visits. Most cross on foot, parking on the US side (the Quechan tribe operates the lot).

The table below shows the latest snapshot from CBP’s official Border Wait Times feed (refreshed daily). For minute-by-minute numbers, check bwt.cbp.gov or the official CBP Link app before you get in line.

Andrade Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Brownsville border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Brownsville–Matamoros, at the mouth of the Rio Grande Valley, is joined by four bridges: Gateway downtown for pedestrians, the historic B&M, Veterans International for most vehicles, and Los Indios toward Harlingen.

Brownsville — Gateway Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Calexico border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Calexico links California’s Imperial Valley with Mexicali, the capital of Baja California. The West crossing serves downtown around the clock; the East crossing carries trucks and overflow traffic.

Calexico — West Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Columbus border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Columbus, on New Mexico Highway 11 south of Deming, crosses to Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, 24 hours a day. Many Palomas-bound visitors come for dental and optical services.

Columbus Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	10 min	1	At 10:00 pm MDT
Ready Lane (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
Pedestrians (standard)	No delay	1	At 10:00 pm MDT
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Del Rio border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Del Rio crosses to Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, near the Amistad Reservoir, 24 hours a day.

Del Rio Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	40 min	1	At 9:00 pm CDT
Ready Lane (vehicles)	40 min	2	At 9:00 pm CDT
SENTRI / NEXUS (vehicles)	10 min	1	At 9:00 pm CDT
Commercial trucks (standard)	No delay	1	At 9:00 pm CDT

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Douglas border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Raul Hector Castro port of entry connects Douglas, Arizona with Agua Prieta, Sonora, 24 hours a day — the main crossing for southeastern Arizona.

Douglas (Raul Hector Castro) Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	25 min	3	At 10:00 pm PST
Ready Lane (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
SENTRI / NEXUS (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
Pedestrians (standard)	1 min	2	At 10:00 pm PST
Pedestrians (Ready Lane)	Closed	—	—
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Eagle Pass border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Eagle Pass connects with Piedras Negras, Coahuila over two international bridges; Bridge II carries the around-the-clock and commercial traffic.

Eagle Pass — Bridge I Open

Hours: 7 am-11 pm

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	Closed	—	—
Ready Lane (vehicles)	20 min	2	At 10:00 pm CDT

Eagle Pass — Bridge II Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

El Paso border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

El Paso–Ciudad Juárez is one of the largest binational metro areas in the world, joined by four CBP bridge crossings: BOTA (the free bridge), Paso del Norte downtown, Ysleta on the east side, and the Stanton SENTRI commuter bridge.

Fort Hancock border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fort Hancock is a small daytime bridge between Fort Hancock, Texas and El Porvenir, Chihuahua, roughly 50 miles southeast of El Paso.

Fort Hancock Closed

Hours: 6 am-6 pm

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	5 min	1	At 5:00 pm MDT
Ready Lane (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
SENTRI / NEXUS (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
Pedestrians (standard)	No delay	1	At 5:00 pm MDT
Pedestrians (Ready Lane)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Hidalgo / Pharr / Anzalduas border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The McAllen metro area connects to Reynosa, Tamaulipas through three bridges: Hidalgo (the 24-hour passenger and pedestrian crossing), Pharr (trucks plus cars), and Anzalduas (the western bypass from Mission).

Hidalgo/Pharr — Hidalgo Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Is DACA still active? Current status of renewals, new applications, and the court case

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Is DACA still active? Current status

Yes — with hard edges. Renewals are processed nationwide. First-time applications stay frozen. And the Texas court case is one order away from cutting off work permits in Texas. This page tracks the moving parts with dated updates, so you don’t have to reconstruct the story from years of headlines.

Status board

Question	Status
Can current recipients renew?	✅ Yes — renewals (I-821D + I-765) are processed nationwide, including Texas
Are renewals’ work permits valid?	✅ Yes — everywhere, including Texas, until the district court implements the Fifth Circuit ruling
Can first-timers apply?	❌ Frozen — USCIS accepts initial applications but has been barred from approving them since July 2021
Is deportation protection (forbearance) at risk in this case?	The Fifth Circuit preserved forbearance as lawful and severable — it survives the current ruling nationwide
Travel (advance parole)?	Current recipients can request it (Form I-131), but any travel while litigation moves is high-risk — get an attorney’s sign-off first

Dated updates

June 9, 2026 — last verified. Renewals processing normally nationwide. Judge Hanen’s implementing order (the one that would cut off Texas work authorization) has not been issued; supplemental briefing closed in September 2025, so it can land any day.
September 2025. Supplemental briefing completed before Judge Hanen in the Southern District of Texas on how to implement the Fifth Circuit’s decision.
May 2025. Deadline passed for seeking Supreme Court review of the Fifth Circuit ruling; the case’s center of gravity returned to the district court.
January 17, 2025. The Fifth Circuit ruled: the work-authorization and lawful-presence parts of the 2022 DACA rule are unlawful, but the injunction is narrowed to Texas only, and the forbearance (protection from deportation) part of DACA is lawful and severable. The stay protecting current recipients and renewals stays in place.
October 31, 2022. DHS’s DACA regulation took effect, replacing the 2012 memo as the program’s legal basis — the rule now being litigated.
July 16, 2021. Judge Hanen ruled DACA unlawful and barred USCIS from approving new initial applications. Renewals were allowed to continue. This freeze has held ever since.
June 18, 2020. The Supreme Court (DHS v. Regents) blocked the 2017 attempt to terminate DACA on procedural grounds — DACA survived, but the door stayed open to future challenges.
June 15, 2012. DACA created by DHS memorandum.

If you live in Texas

The Fifth Circuit confined the injunction to Texas because only Texas proved standing. What that means in practice, once the district court implements it:

Laredo border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Laredo–Nuevo Laredo is the United States’ largest inland trade port: the World Trade Bridge alone moves more truck freight than any other border crossing, while Bridges I and II carry the passenger and pedestrian traffic downtown.

Laredo — Bridge I Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lukeville border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lukeville, at the end of Arizona Highway 85 past Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, is the gateway to Sonoyta and the beach town of Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point).

Lukeville Closed

Hours: 6 am-8 pm

Naco border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Naco is a small crossing near the historic mining town of Bisbee in Arizona’s Cochise County — rarely more than a few minutes’ wait.

Naco Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	1 min	1	At 8:00 pm PST
Pedestrians (standard)	1 min	1	At 8:00 pm PST
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Nogales border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Nogales is Arizona’s main port of entry, linking Interstate 19 with Mexico’s Highway 15 corridor to Hermosillo. Deconcini serves downtown around the clock, Mariposa carries the trucks and most cars, and Morley Gate is a daytime pedestrian gate.

Nogales — Deconcini Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Otay Mesa border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Otay Mesa, about 10 miles east of San Ysidro, is San Diego’s commercial truck port and the main passenger-vehicle alternative when San Ysidro backs up.

Otay Mesa — Passenger Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	90 min	4	At 8:00 pm PDT
Ready Lane (vehicles)	70 min	5	At 8:00 pm PDT
SENTRI / NEXUS (vehicles)	5 min	3	At 8:00 pm PDT
Pedestrians (standard)	30 min	6	At 8:00 pm PDT

Otay Mesa — Commercial Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Presidio border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Presidio–Ojinaga is the only crossing for hundreds of miles in the Big Bend region of far-west Texas, open 24 hours.

Presidio — PRESIDIO PORT OF ENTRY Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	5 min	1	At 10:00 pm CDT
Pedestrians (standard)	No delay	1	At 10:00 pm CDT
Pedestrians (Ready Lane)	Closed	—	—
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Progreso / Donna border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Progreso is the Rio Grande Valley’s dental-tourism crossing — thousands walk over to Nuevo Progreso’s clinics and pharmacies — while the nearby Donna bridge serves Río Bravo.

Progreso — Progreso International Bridge Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Rio Grande City border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Rio Grande City crosses to Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas — a quiet Starr County bridge between Laredo and the McAllen metro crossings.

Rio Grande City Open

Hours: 7 am-Midnight

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	5 min	1	At 11:00 pm CDT
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

Roma border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Roma’s bridge connects the historic Starr County town with Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, around the clock.

Roma Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Lane	Wait	Lanes open	Updated
Passenger vehicles (standard)	10 min	2	At 7:00 am CDT
Ready Lane (vehicles)	Closed	—	—
Commercial trucks (standard)	Closed	—	—

Data from CBP's official feed (snapshot 2026-06-10). Wait times change hour to hour — verify live at bwt.cbp.gov.

San Luis border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

San Luis, south of Yuma, connects Arizona’s winter-vegetable country with San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. San Luis I downtown handles passengers and pedestrians around the clock; San Luis II takes the trucks.

San Luis — San Luis I Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

San Ysidro border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

San Ysidro connects San Diego, California with Tijuana, Baja California, and is one of the busiest land border crossings in the Western Hemisphere — expect the longest lines on the US–Mexico border at peak hours.

San Ysidro Open

Hours: 24 hrs/day

Santa Teresa border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Santa Teresa, just west of El Paso in New Mexico, crosses to San Jerónimo on the western edge of Ciudad Juárez — a popular bypass that avoids the city-center bridges entirely.

Santa Teresa — Santa Teresa Port of Entry Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Tecate border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tecate is a small mountain crossing on State Route 188, about 40 miles east of San Diego — a quiet alternative to San Ysidro and Otay Mesa for travelers headed to eastern Tijuana or the Ruta del Vino.

Tecate Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Tornillo (Marcelino Serna) border crossing: wait times today, hours, lanes

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Marcelino Serna port of entry at Tornillo, about 40 miles southeast of El Paso, crosses to Guadalupe, Chihuahua — a modern, lightly used alternative to the city bridges.

Marcelino Serna — Tornillo Open

Hours: 6 am-10 pm

Visa Bulletin movement tracker — what advanced or retrogressed this month

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Visa Bulletin movement tracker

Every month the State Department moves — or doesn’t move — the green-card cut-off dates. This page diffs the current bulletin against last month’s automatically, so you can see at a glance whether your category advanced, held, or retrogressed, without comparing two PDFs side by side.

In the June 2026 bulletin (vs May 2026), across the Final Action charts: 15 cut-off dates advanced, 34 held, 2 retrogressed, and 24 stayed current ("C").