77 Democrats send a letter to Biden criticizing his border and immigration policies
Menendez, Booker, Ocasio-Cortez and 74 others signed the letter critical of policies that restrict asylum access for migrants crossing the southern U.S. border.
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The latest news on the Biden administration's immigration policy at the southern U.S. border.
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Federal government drops charges against ex-Afghan soldier who crossed border into Texas
Abdul Wasi Safi crossed the southern border illegally in late September after a trip that took him from Pakistan to Brazil to Mexico.
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A top Border Patrol official resigned after allegedly pressuring female employees for sex, officials say
Tony Barker, who was acting chief of the law enforcement operations directorate, is under investigation by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
Illegal border crossings in December surged to highest of Biden's presidency
U.S. authorities stopped migrants 251,487 times along the Mexican border last month, up 40% from the same period a year earlier, Customs and Border Protection said.
Migrants asked to use app to seek U.S. asylum; advocates raise concerns
The CBP One app migrants are being told to use to try to get asylum in the U.S. has raised some concerns about privacy and who can use it.
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The federal government is investigating the possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses
There is no indication that the sanitation company is under investigation for trafficking the children who worked there.
Republican House will vote on bills to curtail abortion and immigration
Two abortion bills have caused some consternation in the GOP conference. The conservative measures face long odds in the Democratic Senate but set up a political contrast for 2024.
House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
GOP House members signaled for months that they intended to seek the removal of Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis.
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'They took everyone': New video shows border agents arresting migrants ahead of Texas Biden visit
Video shows migrants escorted off a bus by Border Patrol with hands above their heads before President Joe Biden's trip to El Paso.
Colorado ends short-lived program to bus migrants to Chicago and NYC
The mayors of both cities, already overwhelmed with an influx of asylum-seekers, demanded that Gov. Jared Polis stop sending migrants to them.
Biden visits U.S.-Mexico border as his administration imposes restrictions
The trip comes amid repeated Republican criticism of the president for not traveling to the southern border sooner and of what they say are his administration’s ineffective policies.
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Video shows border agents, police arresting migrants sleeping outside church shelter in El Paso ahead of Biden's visit
Immigration advocates say the proximity of the arrests to a church shelter may violate the Biden administration's own policies.
