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Washington — President Biden and former President Donald Trump are both set to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in separate events on Thursday, setting up a showdown over immigration, a defining issue of the 2024 election. Mr. Biden will visit Brownsville, Texas, to meet with Border Patrol agents, law enforcement and local leaders as he puts […]
Sasabe, Arizona — Migrants from all corners of the globe come here to cross into the U.S. through breaches or gaps in the border wall, which covers miles of a rugged landscape featuring steep hillsides, dirt roads, cows, cacti and desert shrubs. While the towering Trump-era wall is by far the most visible man-made object, […]
Washington — President Biden is debating whether to invoke a sweeping presidential authority that gained infamy during the Trump administration to stage a crackdown on migrants coming to the U.S. southern border, three people familiar with the plans told CBS News. Mr. Biden is weighing citing a law dating back to 1952 to severely restrict […]
The report comes against a backdrop of immigration taking center stage across the board. House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of migrant border crossings, while Senate Republicans
Human Rights First (HRF), an organization dedicated to safeguarding human rights in the US, published Monday a fact sheet outlining the findings of an investigation into US border and asylum policies. The investigation ultimately revealed ways in which the policies are harmful to Black asylum seekers. The fact sheet indicated that the recently enacted asylum […]
Firefighters putting out a blaze that engulfed a van Monday in a parking lot at Tijuana River Valley Sports Complex found a body partially inside the charred van, authorities reported. The fire at the athletic facility in the 2600 block of Sunset Avenue in southern San Diego erupted about 11 a.m., according to police. Due […]
People seeking asylum face onerous barriers to asylum; Black asylum seekers must contend with additional discriminatory harms. These include the asylum ban and related restrictions that deny most African asylum seekers equal access to asylum at ports of entry and punish those who cross between ports of entry to seek safety. These barriers strand Black […]
Immigration is a polarizing issue in U.S. politics, and will probably play a central role in the November presidential election. Illegal border crossings have averaged 2 million per year since 2021, the highest level ever, and Republicans are eager to run against President Biden’s border security record. Polls show broad public . . .
Black immigration advocates are pleased that a highly-contested bipartisan border deal failed in the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate tanked the Border Security and Combatting Fentanyl Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, in a 49-50 vote, coming short of the 60 votes needed to pass the legislation. Amy Fischer, advocacy director for the Americas with […]