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Under pressure from New York City, the Biden admin gives more Venezuelan migrants Temporary Protected Status

The decision gives more than 200,000 migrants the right to obtain work authorization and live in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
Members of the Cumales/Suarez family (kids age 13, 12, 8, 3 and month old -No first names given) from Venezuela along along with dozens of other migrants/immigrants families are seen arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal early Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Accordingly to activist Power Malu from the organization Artists, Athletes and Activists New York City has removed the MTA buses from transporting immigrants from the bus terminal to the Roosevelt hotel Processing Center forcing the activists to hire Uber, Lift mini vans to transport the immigrants.
Members of the Cumales/Suarez family (kids age 13, 12, 8, 3 and month old -No first names given) from Venezuela along along with dozens of other migrants/immigrants families are seen arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal early Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Accordingly to activist Power Malu from the organization Artists, Athletes and Activists New York City has removed the MTA buses from transporting immigrants from the bus terminal to the Roosevelt hotel Processing Center forcing the activists to hire Uber, Lift mini vans to transport the immigrants.
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Did Sen. Bob Menendez and wife improperly take gold bars from corrupt bank exec?

Investigators want to know if the New Jersey Democrat offered to contact the Justice Department to try to help a man who was accused of banking crimes.
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The fight over who bears the blame for the recent US bank failures will turn ever more political today when lawmakers grill the lenders' former senior managers and top regulators. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The fight over who bears the blame for the recent US bank failures will turn ever more political today when lawmakers grill the lenders' former senior managers and top regulators. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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U.S. senators ask Biden admin to push for release of Princeton grad student held by Iran-backed militia

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who has Israeli and Russian citizenship, was abducted in March while doing research in Iraq “simply because she is Jewish and Israeli,” the two senators said.
A rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City in July demanding the Iraqi government  include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.
A rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City in July demanding the Iraqi government  include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.

Mexican firm stops sending freight trains north to U.S. border as 'unprecedented' number of migrants hitch rides

As more migrants hitch rides on freight trains headed north, and some are injured or killed, Ferromex suspends 60 routes for the first time ever.
Three young migrants traveling on a freight train crossing the border were discovered by the border patrol and asked to get off the train in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on May 11, 2021.
Three young migrants traveling on a freight train crossing the border were discovered by the border patrol and asked to get off the train in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on May 11, 2021.

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Illegal border crossings are on the rise: 7,500 migrants were stopped on Sunday alone

The surge in migrants may indicate that new policies put in place by the Biden administration in May, which initially kept numbers low, may now be having less of an impact.
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent arrives to pick up a family of five in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent arrives to pick up a family of five in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border
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Five Americans released from Iran are en route to D.C.

A plane carrying the five Americans and two of their relatives touched down in Doha, Qatar, earlier Monday. The Qataris helped broker the exchange between the U.S. and Iran.
U.S. citizens, from left, Emad Sharqi and Morad Tahbaz Siamak Namazi disembark from a Qatari jet upon their arrival at the Doha International Airport on Sept. 18, 2023.
U.S. citizens, from left, Emad Sharqi and Morad Tahbaz Siamak Namazi disembark from a Qatari jet upon their arrival at the Doha International Airport on Sept. 18, 2023.

When did we start making deals with other nations to release Americans? We always did, now we're just being honest about it.

Joe Biden faced a dilemma that has confounded his predecessors in the White House — how to bring Americans home without inviting more hostage-taking.
The entrance to the former U.S. Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum, in Tehran on Aug. 19, 2023.
The entrance to the former U.S. Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum, in Tehran on Aug. 19, 2023.

With border crossings up, U.S. begins releasing migrants onto U.S. streets again

Border Patrol agents have released migrants onto the street in San Diego and in Arizona's Tucson Sector.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents dropped migrants off near the trolley station to give them access to transportation. The asylum seekers dropped off at the transit center are from countries all around the world.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents dropped migrants off near the trolley station to give them access to transportation. The asylum seekers dropped off at the transit center are from countries all around the world.

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Three senators ask DOD if Elon Musk undermined Ukraine by limiting Starlink access

In a letter, the senators asked whether Musk "personally intervened" to undermine Ukraine "at a critical juncture” and if so, what the Defense Department has done or can do about it.
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, The Russian navy's amphibious assault ship Kaliningrad sails into the Sevastopol harbor in Crimea. The Russian navy has sent six amphibious assault ships into the Black Sea as part of a buildup of forces near Ukraine that stoked Western fears of an invasion.
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, The Russian navy's amphibious assault ship Kaliningrad sails into the Sevastopol harbor in Crimea. The Russian navy has sent six amphibious assault ships into the Black Sea as part of a buildup of forces near Ukraine that stoked Western fears of an invasion.

Number of people on terrorist watchlist stopped at southern U.S. border has risen

So far in fiscal year 2023, 160 migrants whose identities match those on the list have been stopped trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, compared to 100 in 2022.
Immigrants wait to be transported and processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas
Immigrants wait to be transported and processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas

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Threats mount against prosecutors and FBI agents working on Hunter Biden probe

The FBI has created a stand-alone unit to investigate threats from members of the public who think agents and prosecutors haven't been tough enough on the president's son.
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, arrives for a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del.
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, arrives for a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del.