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Stephen Miller To Be Trump’s Deputy Chief Of Staff
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Stephen Miller To Be Trump’s Deputy Chief Of Staff

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A key far-right adviser is returning to the White House in an important position for Donald Trump’s second term. He referred to immigrants as “homeless” and “criminal,” and claimed they were “consuming and depleting our public resources,” “overwhelming” schools and hospitals, and “murdering innocent Americans.” At Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City last month, …

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There Is a Very Wrong Lesson to Take From Kamala Harris’ Performance Among Black and Latino Voters
2 months, 3 weeks ago

There Is a Very Wrong Lesson to Take From Kamala Harris’ Performance Among Black and Latino Voters

Slate  

Why is Kamala Harris doing worse with Black and Latino voters than previous Democratic presidential candidates? The reality that crossings surged to these levels even under Trump, despite the severe policies he enacted in an ostensible effort to deter them, calls into question the premise that there’s anything Democrats could do to suppress attempted crossings to a point that voters …

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Democrats in tight races support border bill despite past opposition to stricter asylum rules and border wall money
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats in tight races support border bill despite past opposition to stricter asylum rules and border wall money

CNN  

CNN — Democrats were roundly united against former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. A Rosen campaign spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that Rosen has “consistently fought for commonsense and bipartisan reforms to secure the border, fix our broken immigration system and keep our communities safe.” A spokesperson for Brown said that he, too, supported an opportunity for bipartisan …

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Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What’s behind the drop?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What’s behind the drop?

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. Mexico also increased enforcement efforts during that time after talks with U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration. Arrests in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector plummeted 76% from December to 16,712, the lowest since December 2021. Immigration officers in Mexico …

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Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What's behind the drop?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What's behind the drop?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A recent decline in …

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What’s in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border
11 months ago

What’s in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators have come out with a carefully negotiated $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico to seek asylum. The package would also send $20 billion to immigration enforcement, providing …

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What’s in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border
11 months ago

What’s in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border

LA Times  

Senators have come out with a carefully negotiated $118-billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico to seek asylum. The package would also send $20 billion to immigration enforcement, providing money to hire …

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Iowa Trump results: Biden needs to govern as if the polls that show him losing are right.
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Trump results: Biden needs to govern as if the polls that show him losing are right.

Slate  

For President Biden, 2024 began much like 2023: with new polling data indicating that he is on track to lose his presidential reelection effort. If Biden’s topline numbers are bad, his demographic cross-tabs look even worse: The president’s support among young voters, Black voters, and Hispanic voters, all critical constituencies, all seem to be cratering. Another late-2023 poll pegged Biden …

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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, 3 weeks 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 …

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Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right. Can the parties make a deal?
1 year, 1 month ago

Washington’s center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right. Can the parties make a deal?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, fueled in no small part by Republicans who felt a political imperative to make inroads with minority voters by embracing more generous policies. Democrats have “ceded the ground to Republicans on immigration and the border,” said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy …

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New York City has taken in 95K migrants this YEAR - which is more than TWICE as many as LA, Miami, Houston since MAY
1 year, 3 months ago

New York City has taken in 95K migrants this YEAR - which is more than TWICE as many as LA, Miami, Houston since MAY

Daily Mail  

New York City has taken in at least 95,000 migrants so far in 2023, shocking new figures show, as the Big Apple continues to buckle under the strain of new arrivals. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded for state and federal aid as it is estimated the migrant crisis will cost the city $12billion over the next three …

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ER doctor: I see the cruelty of US immigration policy up close
1 year, 5 months ago

ER doctor: I see the cruelty of US immigration policy up close

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Brian Elmore is an emergency-medicine resident physician in El Paso, Texas. CNN — Hiking in the desert outside the city I call home, it’s not hard to find evidence of migrants who have traveled across the southern US border. That strategy has permeated US immigration policy ever since, contributing to the death toll of nearly 10,000 migrants who …

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Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out
1 year, 5 months ago

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The new rule makes it extremely difficult for people to be granted asylum unless they first seek protection in a country they’re traveling through on their way to the U.S. or apply online. At the time, the U.S. was ending …

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Colombia to open migrant processing centres in US-led effort
1 year, 5 months ago

Colombia to open migrant processing centres in US-led effort

Al Jazeera  

Regional migrant processing centres are part of a larger US-led strategy to deter migrants from travelling to US border. Colombian authorities have announced that the country will open three “safe mobility” sites to process Haitian, Venezuelan and Cuban migrants and asylum seekers hoping to reach the United States, as part of a regional effort to stem irregular border crossings. The …

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The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the U.S.-Mexico border mission
1 year, 5 months ago

The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the U.S.-Mexico border mission

LA Times  

Migrants are escorted by a U.S. Army soldier after entering into El Paso from Juarez, Mexico, to be processed by immigration authorities on May 10. The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 active duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border it deployed earlier this year as the government prepared for the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. …

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This nun defends migrants. She says both Texas and California used them as pawns
1 year, 6 months ago

This nun defends migrants. She says both Texas and California used them as pawns

LA Times  

Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, greets a group of asylum seekers at a bus station in Brownsville, Texas, in February 2021. But 1,600 miles away in the Texas border city of McAllen, where the migrants had boarded the bus, Abbott had an unexpected collaborator: Sister Norma Pimentel, a prominent migrant aid worker …

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U.S. is rejecting asylum seekers at much higher rates under new Biden policy
1 year, 6 months ago

U.S. is rejecting asylum seekers at much higher rates under new Biden policy

LA Times  

Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, toward the U.S. border to surrender to border patrol officials. The number of single-adult migrants who are able to pass initial screenings at the border has dropped from 83% to 46% under the new policy, the Biden administration said in the court filing. The new filing provides the first …

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White House ramps up efforts to slow migration in the hemisphere, capitalizing on low border crossings
1 year, 7 months ago

White House ramps up efforts to slow migration in the hemisphere, capitalizing on low border crossings

CNN  

CNN — Biden administration officials are doubling down on efforts to stem the flow of migrants journeying to the US-Mexico border, capitalizing on nearly a month of low border crossings in the wake of the lifting of a Covid-era restriction. Last month, officials braced for another surge following the expiration of a public health order, known as Title 42, that …

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Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says
1 year, 7 months ago

Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says

CNN  

CNN — The number of daily encounters along the US-Mexico border has remained low nearly a month after a pandemic-era restriction used by authorities to swiftly turn away migrants was lifted, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Authorities had been bracing for a surge in illegal crossings following the expiration of Title 42 last month, and while officials caution …

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Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
1 year, 7 months ago

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso Vargas was ready to show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled body. If I can just show the proof I have, I believe the U.S. will let me in.” Asylum-seekers …

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Texas sues Biden administration over asylum rule, saying phone app encourages illegal immigration
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas sues Biden administration over asylum rule, saying phone app encourages illegal immigration

Associated Press  

The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration in an attempt to have a newly-introduced asylum rule thrown out, saying a phone app used by migrants to set up appointments at the border to seek entry into the United States is encouraging illegal immigration. In the lawsuit, Texas argues that the asylum rule encourages the use of a cellphone …

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Eric Adams calls for migrants to be sent to EVERY U.S. city
1 year, 7 months ago

Eric Adams calls for migrants to be sent to EVERY U.S. city

Daily Mail  

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for migrants to be sent to every major city in America as he continues to try and solve the Big Apple's overwhelming immigrant crisis. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for migrants to be sent to every major city in America as he continues to try and solve the Big …

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‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end

LA Times  

Migrants cross the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on May 9. But here, some 1,000 miles from the Rio Grande, the chaotic scene is business as usual: Huge numbers of U.S.-bound migrants — mostly South and Central Americans, but also a mix of people from Africa, Asia and Europe — are making illegal crossings of …

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The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world
1 year, 7 months ago

The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world

Al Jazeera  

The Take looks at what the end of the controversial border policy means for migration across the US southern border. It allowed border authorities to reject people looking to seek asylum in the US on the spot and turn them back, on the grounds that they might be carrying COVID-19. The end of Title 42 has many expecting an increase …

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