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Border city mayor says Texas closed park without permission after crossings increased
The mayor of Eagle Pass, the border town at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings, says state troopers have closed a large public park along the Rio Grande.
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US delegation meets with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
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Flight carrying hundreds of migrants was diverted to PHL due to weather
A flight bound for JFK carrying hundreds of migrants was diverted to Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday night due to weather.
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New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network
One unassuming town on the Great Plains in Colorado has built a generational migrant support network over decades.
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Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.
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A minor who died in a poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old, company confirms
A 16-year-old who died after getting sucked into equipment at a Mississippi poultry plant used a 32-year-old man’s identity to get hired.
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As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media.
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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.
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2-month-old baby found abandoned on the Texas-Mexico border
Border patrol agents found a 2-month-old baby abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, according to Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.
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US grants temporary legal status to thousands of Venezuelans, permitting them to work
Venezuelans who arrive in the U.S. after July 31 of this year will not be eligible for the protection.
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Mexican railway operator halts trains after migrants get hurt while climbing aboard
A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A visa program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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2 migrant buses in less than 24 hours arrive in Philadelphia
Two more buses of migrants have arrived in Philadelphia in the span of 24 hours. These are just the latest of buses sent from the South filled with migrants seeking refuge. This comes as New York says the buses arriving in its city are causing a humanitarian crisis. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle describes why Philadelphia is not in the same...
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Child, 3, riding on a migrant bus from Texas to Chicago dies
A 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died while on the way to Chicago, officials said Friday.
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Spain rescues 86 people near the Canary Island, but scores of migrants from Senegal remain missing
Spanish authorities say they have rescued 86 people from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal.
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More than 70 bodies recovered after migrant boat sinks off Greece, search continues
A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank.
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String of large buoys to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande into Texas
Texas will spend about $1 million to deploy a long string of buoys in the Rio Grande River to deter migrants from crossing the border near Eagle Pass.
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Florida responsible for flying migrants from Texas to Sacramento, California AG Says
Dozens of South Americans migrants who entered the U.S. in Texas were recently flown to California and dropped off in Sacramento.
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US Adds More Slots on Asylum-Claim App as Demand on US-Mexico Border Remains High
There are now 1,250 appointment slots to seek asylum at eight land crossings with Mexico through the CBP One app, up from 1,000 previously and 740 in early May.
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Number of Migrants Crossing the Southern Border Hits Lowest Point Since Biden Took Office
Experts predicted a huge influx of migrants when the Title 42 Covid ban ended in May. Instead, crossings have hit new lows for a number of reasons