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Mar 05 2021
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Homeland Security chief urges patience with "stressful challenge" along U.S.-Mexico border
The surging number of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has posed a "stressful challenge" for the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged Monday, while insisting that the influx of undocumented children has not reached a "crisis" level.
"Quite frankly, we are working as hard as we are, not only in addressing the urgency of
CBS News (Online)Apr 30 2018
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Migrants who traveled with caravan vow to wait at border until they are granted asylum
After a difficult, monthlong journey from Central America to the US-Mexico border, dozens of asylum-seeking migrants are vowing to remain outside an immigration processing center until "every last one" is admitted into the country, an organizer with the caravan said late Sunday.
CNN DigitalFeb 23 2020
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Justice Sotomayor calls out the US Supreme Court in a sharp dissent
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court granted the federal government’s emergency request to stay an injunction in an Illinois case about the “public charge” rule in immigration. The order came with no explanation from most—not those in favor or opposed—just a vote count and a a damning dissent (pdf) from justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The five conservatives on the bench approved the government’s
QuartzSep 04 2017
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Reports: Trump to end DACA, give Congress six months to act
After months of uncertainty, President Trump will announce on Tuesday that he is ending a controversial program that protects nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, media reports indicated late Sunday.
USA TODAYJun 06 2019
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The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.
There really is something unprecedented — and deadly — happening at the US-Mexico border right now. But the threat is to migrants themselves.
President Trump’s constant temper tantrums about the US-Mexico border have become the background noise of his administration. Even as he reaches for more and more drastic threats to try to “stop” the flow of unauthorized migrants into the US —
VoxJun 30 2018
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In 50 states and extreme heat, thousands march for 'Families Belong Together' rallies
Tens of thousands of people descended on cities from coast-to-coast Saturday in "Families Belong Together" rallies to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that left more than 2,000 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
USA TODAYNov 11 2019
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3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA’s fate
The Supreme Court hears an epic showdown over the Obama era immigration program on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a trio of cases asking whether the Trump administration acted properly when it decided to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — an Obama-era program that allows unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the the US
VoxOct 09 2017
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Trump demands border wall funds for Dreamer proposal
The White House on Sunday said it would seek more funds from Congress to finance building a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as the resources to hire thousands more immigration officers.
The HillSep 12 2020
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Trump attacks Robert Mueller's 'hit squad' in row over 'wiped' phones
Donald Trump called Robert Mueller’s investigators a “hit squad” on Saturday, joining rightwing outcry over Department of Justice documents that indicated members of the Russia investigation wiped information from at least 15 phones.
“So now we find out that the entire Mueller ‘hit squad’ illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them,” the president wrote on
The GuardianDec 29 2020
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Inside the Google-Facebook Ad Deal at the Heart of a Price-Fixing Lawsuit
State attorneys general said in a lawsuit earlier this month that a 2018 business agreement between two digital advertising giants, Facebook Inc. FB -0.08% and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.98% Google, was an illegal price-fixing deal. Lawmakers are calling for further investigation. The companies say it was above board.
The Wall Street Journal viewed part of a recent unredacted draft version
Wall Street Journal (News)