Biden administration to send 1,500 troops to US-Mexico border for expected migrant surge
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden administration to send 1,500 troops to US-Mexico border for expected migrant surge

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The Biden administration is expecting to dispatch 1,500 active-duty service members to the US-Mexico border to assist in handling the large influx of migrants expected when pandemic-era border restrictions expire next week, according to three Biden administration sources. Biden administration officials have confirmed that the troops being sent to the border would not engage in any law enforcement work. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that the troops would be “performing administrative tasks like data entry and warehouse support” and will not interact with migrants in any capacity. The Biden administration is also rolling out a number of new policies to deal with the expected migrant surge, including what officials have described as “improved access to lawful pathways to the United States for asylum seekers”.

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Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says

Hindustan Times  

By Ted Hesson Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says WASHINGTON, - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that undercuts President-elect Donald Trump's claim illegal immigration is out of …

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs

Hindustan Times  

* Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden humanitarian programs Trump to issue order making it easier to arrest migrants with no criminal record * Early action to end Biden's humanitarian programs allowing legal entry * National Guard to be sent to border, border wall construction to resume By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to …

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration doubles down on tough asylum restrictions at border

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration said Monday …

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump warns he’ll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, who has made anti-immigration rhetoric a key part of his reelection campaign, warned Wednesday that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected. Speaking to Fox News, Trump railed against two immigration programs created by the Biden administration to …

US arrests at Mexico border are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US arrests at Mexico border are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. But the monthly tally was expected be around 57,000 when all are tallied, down from …

U.S. border arrests during July plummeted to a new low for Biden’s presidency
4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. border arrests during July plummeted to a new low for Biden’s presidency

LA Times  

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last year in Eagle Pass, Texas. U.S. arrests at the Mexican border have plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for the Biden presidency, authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may …

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold
5 months, 1 week ago

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark the lowest tally since January 2021, …

How the California border changed after Biden’s order limiting asylum
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How the California border changed after Biden’s order limiting asylum

LA Times  

On a Thursday in early June, a Border Patrol bus pulled up to a San Diego County transit station and 50 migrants got out. The chaotic scene had been the norm at the Iris Avenue Transit Center in San Ysidro ever since the county’s migrant welcome center ran out of money and closed in February and Border Patrol resumed dropping …

Biden says Border Patrol endorsed him. They say different
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden says Border Patrol endorsed him. They say different

The Independent  

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Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
6 months ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

LA Times  

A Border Patrol agent leads a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van to be transported and processed June 5 near Dulzura, Calif. The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third-lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters …

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
6 months ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new rules restricting asylum. Border Patrol made …

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
6 months ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

The Independent  

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Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act
6 months ago

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to U.S. nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. However, “only Congress can deliver… comprehensive reform of our immigration and asylum laws.” Trump lashes out Trump attacked Biden’s policy in characteristic fashion, with lurid language …

House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration
6 months, 2 weeks ago

House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration

NPR  

House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Biden took executive action today to temporarily close the border with Mexico to most people seeking asylum. But the reality is that, certainly, congressional action would be preferable to executive action because ultimately, it's not just about whether it would withstand legal scrutiny, but also, …

Joe Biden rolls out order to bar migrants from asylum at US-Mexico border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden rolls out order to bar migrants from asylum at US-Mexico border

India Today  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralise immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White House detailed the long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by Biden, which would bar migrants from being granted asylum when US officials deem …

How will Biden’s new restrictions affect asylum seekers at US border?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How will Biden’s new restrictions affect asylum seekers at US border?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera breaks down the latest effort to curb southern border crossings, and what risks they pose. United States President Joe Biden has unveiled a sweeping executive order restricting asylum claims, expanding controversial efforts to curb the surging number of people crossing the country’s southern border. Biden, who entered office pledging to reverse Trump’s hardline border policies, has said the …

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In remarks delivered from the White House, Biden …

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Biden’s new order to halt asylum at the US border is supposed to work

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold that he deems excessive. Venezuelan migrants wave a U.S. flag at a television helicopter that flew over the Rio Grande, in Matamoros, Mexico, on May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called …

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. “We’re troubled to see this administration raise the bar on asylum seekers who are coming to our southern border and exercising …

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border

Al Jazeera  

New measures all but deny the right to claim asylum for people who cross the US southern border without authorisation. Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has imposed new restrictions that would bar most migrants who cross the US southern border without authorisation from seeking asylum in the country. “They will make it easier for immigration officers to …

Biden signs order tightening border with Mexico when crossings surge
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden signs order tightening border with Mexico when crossings surge

LA Times  

Men seeking asylum are detained Monday by Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico into the United States. Biden slammed Republicans in Congress during his speech Tuesday, saying many legislators abandoned the bill “because Donald Trump told them to.” “Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that’s the only way to actually get the kind …

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's impending executive order cracking down on illegal immigration is expected to set limitations on how many migrants can cross the southern border every day. President Joe Biden plans to announce as early as Tuesday an executive order that would limit the number of migrants able to cross the southern border every day if it reaches 4,000 per …

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims

The Independent  

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Biden set to unveil order restricting asylum at US-Mexico border
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden set to unveil order restricting asylum at US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Order will allow US to shut off asylum requests and deny entry to migrants once daily threshold is met, US media reports. Citing three people briefed on the plan, CBS News reported on Monday that Biden’s executive order will allow US officials to immediately turn back asylum seekers who enter the country without permits once daily crossings hit a certain …

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with …

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants
7 months, 1 week ago

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s asylum system meant to speed up processing and potential removal of migrants who continue to arrive at the southern border, an interim step as President Joe Biden continues to mull a broader executive order to crack down on border crossings that may come later this year. The broader …

US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, on buses and in airports as well as increased repatriation flights for migrants from both the U.S. and Mexico. Biden and López Obrador said they are directing their national security …

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union

NPR  

Biden spars with Republicans on border security during State of the Union Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images President Biden continued to attack Republicans for playing politics with the border during his State of the Union address, as Republicans in the House gallery heckled him back. He pointed his finger and blasted Republican leaders for …

Fact Focus: Claims Biden administration is secretly flying migrants into the country are unfounded
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fact Focus: Claims Biden administration is secretly flying migrants into the country are unfounded

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — In his Super Tuesday victory speech, former President Donald Trump elevated false information that had gone viral on social media, claiming the Biden administration secretly flew hundreds of thousands of migrants into the United States. It said the administration refused to list individual airports where people arrived under a Biden “parole” program that allows Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans …

Biden Goes On Offense On His Weakest Issue: Illegal Border Crossings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden Goes On Offense On His Weakest Issue: Illegal Border Crossings

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas, on February 29, 2024. JIM WATSON via Getty Images President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, hoping to turn what has been a major campaign vulnerability into a weapon, following the demise — at the request of rival Donald Trump — of a bipartisan proposal that would …

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue

NPR  

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden squared off against former President Donald Trump on Thursday on one of the issues expected to dominate the 2024 presidential election: immigration. Enlarge this image toggle …

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has urged Donald Trump to help him pass his border security package, as his rival blamed him for the deaths of “countless innocent victims”. The president, speaking at the same time as Mr Trump on separate visits to the Texan southern border on Thursday, warned of the dangers of untrammelled illegal immigration and called on Republicans to “show …

Opinion: Is Biden about to close the border in the name of election year politics?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Is Biden about to close the border in the name of election year politics?

LA Times  

Asylum seekers camp near the border wall in Jacumba, Calif. in November, waiting to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrol. Multiple news sources report that President Biden is considering implementing executive action to try to close the U.S.-Mexico border, including to asylum seekers. Administration sources concede that the president’s border plans are driven by politics, the belief that the …

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday, as both candidates try to turn the nation’s broken immigration system to their political advantage in an expected campaign rematch this year. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that often sees large numbers …

Speaker Mike Johnson slams Joe Biden's proposed immigration crackdown after 7.2MILLION illegal migrants entered as an 'election year gimmick' after demanding executive action at the border for MONTHS
10 months ago

Speaker Mike Johnson slams Joe Biden's proposed immigration crackdown after 7.2MILLION illegal migrants entered as an 'election year gimmick' after demanding executive action at the border for MONTHS

Daily Mail  

House Speaker Mike Johnson is ripping into President Joe Biden for finally floating executive action to crack down on illegal immigration after millions of migrants flooded into the U.S. since he took office. President Joe Biden said he has done everything he can to fix the border crisis, but now the White House is mulling a Trump-like executive action to …

No asylum for illegal US immigrants? Joe Biden considering unilateral executive action
10 months ago

No asylum for illegal US immigrants? Joe Biden considering unilateral executive action

Hindustan Times  

As United States prepares for the 2024 mandate illegal immigration has emerged as a big discourse to jeopardise Joe Biden's chances to return as President. On the back of rising internal rebellion Biden administration is now contemplating taking unilateral executive action to address illegal immigration. Protesters hold up signs and speak through a bullhorn supporting the "Take Our Border Back" …

Biden 'is plotting tough new immigration crackdown almost identical to one Dems previously blasted Trump for: Border will CLOSE if more than 8,500 try to cross in a day'
10 months ago

Biden 'is plotting tough new immigration crackdown almost identical to one Dems previously blasted Trump for: Border will CLOSE if more than 8,500 try to cross in a day'

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden is considering an immigration crackdown that closes the border if more than 8,500 try to cross in one day, a law repeatedly used by former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden is considering an immigration crackdown that closes the border if more than 8,500 try to cross in one day, a law repeatedly used by former President …

Biden is considering executive action to make it HARDER for asylum seekers to get into the U.S. and speed up deportations to reverse historic rise in border crossings
10 months ago

Biden is considering executive action to make it HARDER for asylum seekers to get into the U.S. and speed up deportations to reverse historic rise in border crossings

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden is now considering taking executive action to raise the standards used to process and screen asylum-seekers at the southern border. President Joe Biden is preparing to issue an executive order that would increase standards during 'credible fear interviews' for asylum seekers crossing the southern border The order, according to a Wednesday report, would adopt a 'last in, …

GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated
10 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Build more wall. “President Biden needs Congress to be able to address the situation at the border,” said Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a lawyer and policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. “That is the simplest way to put it.” The $118 billion bipartisan proposal in Congress would overhaul the asylum system to provide faster and tougher enforcement, as …

Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, President Joe Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign. Biden — also eager to disarm GOP criticism of his handling of migration …

Joe Biden: I’d shut Mexican border ‘right now’ if Congress let me
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden: I’d shut Mexican border ‘right now’ if Congress let me

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has said he would close the US-Mexico border “right now” if Congress handed him the power by passing a sweeping immigration bill. Mr Biden’s plans, unveiled on Friday, would give the Department of Homeland Security the power to close the border if illegal crossings surpassed 4,000 in a day and order it to do so if the figure …

Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings
11 months, 1 week ago

Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Later that night, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said three migrants, including two children, drowned near the park after Texas officials “physically barred” Border Patrol agents from entering. U.S. authorities described the drownings as underscoring the need …

Biden and the big border debacle
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden and the big border debacle

Al Jazeera  

Shortly before Christmas, an extended Venezuelan family of 10 crossed into the United States from Mexico with a large contingent of other asylum seekers – part of a December “migrant surge” that propelled the panties of US politicians and media into a massive bunch. On December 18 alone when US Customs and Border Protection tallied a record of more than …

Biden's migrant crisis: Illegal border crossings have jumped 277% from Trump's term - with overwhelmed Border Patrol struggling to cope with influx from Mexico, Cuba AND Canada
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden's migrant crisis: Illegal border crossings have jumped 277% from Trump's term - with overwhelmed Border Patrol struggling to cope with influx from Mexico, Cuba AND Canada

Daily Mail  

Migrants continued to enter the US illegally in near-record numbers last year, in a trend that will weigh on President Joe Biden as he defends his record against his likely 2024 election challenger, Donald Trump. Excluding migrants quickly expelled under pandemic-era rules, the Border Patrol recorded 3,295,029 apprehensions from fiscal years 2021 to 2023, roughly coinciding with Biden's first three …

The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Instead, they flew her to …

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
1 year ago

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of the package that’s central to unlocking stalled aid for Ukraine. They also met Wednesday to discuss how to advance the border policy alongside President Joe Biden’s$110 …

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
1 year ago

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake

LA Times  

A migrant walks along a road shadowed by the steel columns of the border wall separating Arizona and Mexico after crossing into the United States near Lukeville, Ariz. Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of …

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
1 year ago

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As record numbers of migrants surge at the southern U.S. border, many seeking asylum, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has told Congress the country’s “broken” immigration system is in need of a top-to-bottom update. When are we going to do this?’ And every year it’s gotten worse.” A core group of senators, Republicans and Democrats, has been eying …

Biden administration to extend US border wall, begin Venezuela deportations
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration to extend US border wall, begin Venezuela deportations

Al Jazeera  

The government is under political pressure to stem the flow of people, as about 11 million immigrants are in the US without legal documentation. The administration of US President Joe Biden will resume deporting Venezuelan migrants, and add sections to the southern border wall, carrying forward a signature policy of former President Donald Trump. Washington’s announcement came on Thursday, two …

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration is appealing a legal challenge to policy restricting access to asylum at border with Mexico. US President Joe Biden’s restrictions on access to asylum at the United States border with Mexico can remain in place for now, an appeals court has ruled, as the Biden administration contends with a legal challenge to the policy. But human rights groups …

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