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Mar 13 2023
Headline Roundup
Large Group of Migrants Temporarily Block El Paso Border Crossing
A large group of people attempted to cross the southern border from Mexico into El Paso, Texas on Sunday, blocking a bridge and causing a standoff with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Details: The large group pushed past Mexican border agents and onto the Paso Del Norte International Bridge. The CBP erected barricades and blocked off all traffic across the bridge to halt the group.
CNN Digital Breitbart News El Paso TimesDec 29 2022
Perspectives Blog
Supreme Court Allows Title 42 to Stay in Place
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Title 42 public health policy can remain in effect, allowing Border Patrol to continue quickly deporting unauthorized migrants.
The Ruling: The court voted 5-4 in favor of preserving
AllSides StaffMar 30 2019
News
Trump threatens to close border 'next week' if Mexico doesn't 'immediately stop' flood of illegal immigrants
President Trump on Friday threatened to close the Southern Border next week if Mexico does not “immediately stop” the record-breaking surge of illegal immigrants flooding into the United States.
Trump's warning comes as Customs and Border Protection officials say March is on pace to exceed 100,000 border apprehensions -- the highest monthly total in a decade. According to CBP, this week
Fox News DigitalDec 20 2019
News
New York law lets undocumented immigrants apply for driver's licenses, blocks ICE access
ALBANY, N.Y. – Federal immigration and border officials have been blocked from New York's DMV database, a move that keeps them from accessing data that can be used to help determine whether a vehicle owner has a criminal history or a warrant for their arrest.
New York's Green Light Law took effect Saturday, allowing those without legal immigration status to apply for driver's licenses
USA TODAYJun 17 2021
News
Crisis at the border: How it happened and what is being done
When President Joe Biden took office in January, there was an expectation that changes to policies on the southern border would help reverse the crisis there.
But what resulted was a surge in arriving migrants, some believing that Biden's friendlier approach toward immigration compared to his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, would make the end result of the arduous process
ABC News (Online)Jul 22 2020
News
Federal Agents Dispatched to Portland
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THE QUICK FACTS
During the week of July 15th, camouflaged federal agents began arresting protesters in Portland, Oregon off the streets and taking them into unmarked vans. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency Abridge NewsJul 16 2021
Headline Roundup
190,000 Migrant Encounters In June Mark 21-Year High
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Friday there were nearly 190,000 migrant encounters at the southern border in June, bringing the total number of migrant encounters for the 2021 fiscal year to more than 1 million. June's numbers also mark the highest number of monthly border encounters since 223,000 migrant encounters were recorded in March 2000. Last June, there were 33,049
Wall Street Journal (News) NBC News Digital Fox News DigitalJul 22 2021
Opinion
Biden’s Border Crisis Is About To Make History
If the current trend continues, this will be a record-breaking year for illegal immigration on the southwest border.
You would never know it by perusing headlines in the corporate press, but the border crisis is getting worse, not better, as the summer goes on. In fact, it might well turn out to be historic.
Late last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection finally released June
The FederalistMay 12 2021
Analysis
Government Stats Don’t Lie: Biden Is Getting It Wrong across the Board
Today is one hell of a hump day already: New government figures show that the Biden administration is getting it wrong on the border, getting it wrong on the economy and job creation, and getting it wrong on inflation.
No, Mr. President, This Is Not the Usual Seasonal Migration
I told you, back on April 19, that this month’s immigration numbers were going to be high, and
National Review (News)Jan 13 2021
Headline Roundup
U.S. to Ban Imports From China's Xinjiang Region, Citing Forced Labor
On Wednesday, the Trump administration issued a ban on all cotton and tomato imports from western China’s Xinjiang region due to allegations that they are made with forced labor from detained Uighur Muslims, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Xinjiang accounts for nearly 20% of global cotton production; the U.S. imported $9 billion in cotton products and $10 million in
National Review (News) Washington Post Reuters