Gov. Reynolds declines request to house migrant children in Iowa
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Reynolds says border surge is ‘not our problem,’ declines federal request for help with child migrants
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Iowa doesn’t have the capacity to take in migrant children in federal custody during a surge of people seeking to enter the United States, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported more than 172,000 immigrants seeking entry to … Read More
Biden Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson stepping down
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Her position was always intended to last 100 days, which expires at the end of the month. The Biden administration’s Southern Border coordinator will step down at the end of the month as officials continue to struggle with a large influx of migrants trying to enter … Read More
Biden administration announces sky-high border numbers, looks to blame Trump
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Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children were encountered in March, the highest recorded. Border officials encountered 172,000 migrants at the border in March, a 71% increase from February and the latest indicator of the extent of the crisis at the southern border — … Read More
The U.S. caught 171,000 migrants last month – the most since 2006
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WASHINGTON (SBG) – More than 171,000 migrants were taken into custody in March, the highest monthly total since 2006, according to new reports. “We clearly, undeniably, have a crisis at our Southwest border,” said former acting commissioner of Customs and … Read More
G7 Foreign Ministers Condemn Atrocity Crimes In Tigray
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On April 2, 2021, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issued a statement condemning atrocity crimes in Tigray and called for comprehensive responses: “We condemn the killing of civilians, … Read More
Catch-and-Bus: Thousands of Freed Border-Crossing Immigrants Are Dispersing Across America
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Lorenzo Ortiz, a volunteer with the El Buen Samaritano Migrante church, loading a van to drive Haitian immigrants in Del Rio, Texas. Photo by Todd Bensman. DEL RIO, Texas — On a recent evening with the night ahead-looking long, an … Read More
Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US
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Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US Thousands of tons of steel and heavy equipment stand idle along the U.S.-Mexico border as legions of migrants exploit holes in the fence left by President Biden’s decision to halt construction. … Read More