Biden will face impeachment under a Republican majority for border crisis: GOP lawmaker
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Thousands of Haitian migrants vanish via White House’s math
The Biden administration had to resort to fuzzy math on Thursday in an attempt to claim progress in dealing with the Haitian migrant crisis in Del Rio, Texas. During her daily news briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that since Sunday, 12 “repatriation flights” had ferried 1,401 undocumented immigrants back home to Haiti. Psaki said…
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New Biden rules would limit arrest, deportation of migrants
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) FILE – In this Sept. 18, 2021, file photo Haitian migrants use a dam to cross into the United States from Mexico in Del Rio, Texas. President Joe Biden embraced major…
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Sec. Mayorkas says border crisis ‘unsustainable’ and ‘we’re going to lose’ in leaked audio
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met privately with Border Patrol agents in Texas and said in leaked audio that the border crisis is “unsustainable” and “we’re going to lose” if “borders are the first line of defense.” “A couple of days ago I was down in Mexico, and I said look, you know, if, if our borders are…
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Texas border wall project receives over $450K in donations, a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans
A section of the border fence in the Rio Grande Valley. Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune Over the span of about a week, Texas received $459,000 in private donations for the state’s planned wall at the southern border, the governor’s office said Wednesday. This comes after Gov. Greg Abbott said he would reallocate $250 million in state…
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Kamala Harris to visit El Paso on Friday in first trip to U.S.-Mexico border as vice president
Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit El Paso on Friday. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit El Paso on June 25, her chief spokesperson confirmed Wednesday in a statement. There are still no exact details…
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Biden holds West Wing meeting with six illegal immigrants, ‘We are home’
Six DACA recipients, sometimes called “Dreamers,” were invited to the Oval Office. President Biden invited a group of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients in the Oval Office Friday amid a push for immigration reform in Washington. Biden, facing a mounting migrant crisis at the southern border, is working to extend the DACA program, an Obama-era effort…
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas-led lawsuit seeking to protect a Trump immigration policy
The court declined to hear a Texas-led case that seeks to uphold a Trump-era “public charge” policy that could limit how many immigrants qualify for green cards. The U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset. Credit: REUTERS/Erin Scott Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news….
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Biden to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said. The moves are part of a plan by the administration of President Joe Biden to end the program, known…
