Immigration

Immigration

U.S. and Mexico hold transnational cooperative meeting to tackle migrant smugglers

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met this week with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Mexico City and said the two sides came to “important agreements”

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Border Patrol struggles as nearly 250,000 people flood southern border in one month

U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered a new record number of illegal border crossers in November as the agency pleaded for help from Congress

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Texas Gov. Abbott pushes back on Chicago mayor blaming him as first flight arrives from border

The Chicago mayor complained as 10,000 people illegally entered one area of Texas, inundating Border Patrol and state and local law enforcement

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott preempts federal immigration power, outlaws illegal border crossings

The controversial move may however be headed for the courts since the Supreme Court has made clear that immigration law is solely vested within the federal government and not the states

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DHS report says a border wall is the most effective method to stop illegal immigration

According to the 2017 report, which was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a “pedestrian fence,” popularized by President Donald Trump as a “border wall,” was in fact the best way to halt illegal immigration

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Melania Trump welcomes migrants as new citizens during National Archives naturalization ceremony

Her appearance was one of the first since she left the White House in January 2021 with her husband, President Donald Trump

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Hobbs sends National Guard troops to Arizona border, lashes out at Biden administration for inaction

“We can’t stand alone. Arizona needs resources and manpower to reopen the Lukeville crossing, manage the flow of migrants, and maintain a secure, orderly and humane border,” the governor wrote in a statement.

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Congress in talks with Biden to expand border security as part of aid packages to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

News of the talks broke just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the president at the White House for a televised fireside chat with the press corps

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Humanitarian crisis heating up in Arizona desert that has become destination point for migrants, says report

Many of the migrants are hoping by traveling to a common international arrival point, they will find family members and relatives once they successfully cross the southwest U.S. border

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Deportation flights reduce Venezuelan border crossings by half as refugees sent back to communism

The new figures comes from the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), which report a 46% drop in Venezuelan arrivals