Mexican border
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Biden’s border plan poses midterm danger for Democrats
Top party leaders on Thursday lashed out at the administration and each other over a plan to end an emergency order that the Biden and Trump administrations have used to expel undocumented immigrants during the pandemic.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2021
Commentary: Getting information right is crucial to solving the border crisis
We must counter smugglers’ disinformation on border security, as well as misleading narratives that Russia places in Spanish-language media.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Republican donor pays to send South Dakota National Guard troops to Texas
The governor's announcement comes as the Republican Party ramps up a political fight with President Biden over Mexico border security.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
On border tour, Harris laments ‘infighting’ over immigration
The vice president's trip to El Paso comes after months of criticism from Republicans and some in her own party over her absence and that of President Biden from the border.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
U.S. reunites some immigrant families separated at border, DHS secretary says
The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of 'zero tolerance' from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
A short, grainy video recently released by U.S. authorities captures the perils for migrant children at the southern border.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
Migrants freed without court notice – and sometimes no paperwork
The Border Patrol began the unusual practice last week in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, which has seen the biggest increase in families and unaccompanied minors crossing from Mexico.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2021
Biden chooses Kamala Harris to lead response to border challenges
The president hopes to show Americans he’s taking the border situation seriously after facing stiff criticism from Republicans as the flow of migrants has increased since he took office in January.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2021
Safety concerns raised about emergency sites for migrant children
A former camp for oilfield workers that is now housing immigrant teenagers has emerged as a trouble spot in the Biden administration's response to growing numbers of children arriving at the border.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2021
Biden ends emergency declaration at U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of troops remain
The emergency declaration by President Donald Trump included siphoning billions from the Defense Department to construct a border wall.