Tag: border security
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State of the Union guests spotlight divide on abortion and immigration but offer some rare unity
The guest list for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address speaks volumes about what Democrats and Republicans want to focus on as the 2024 election season heats up
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State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation
President Joe Biden will deliver his third State of the Union on Thursday night
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‘Mammoth cost’ for migrant crisis just beginning, expert warns
A staggering 10 million people have entered the U.S. illegally since inauguration day in what is an economic ticking time bomb, says author Todd Bensman. “We’ve never seen anything like it,” he told the Herald. “It’s the biggest and baddest migration in the history of the United States and maybe the world.” Local schools, area…
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On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
Three hundred miles apart, on the bank of the same winding Rio Grande, President Joe Biden and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border
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Judge expresses skepticism at Texas law that lets police arrest migrants for illegal entry
A federal judge has voiced concerns over a Texas law that would give police broad authority to arrest migrants on charges of illegal entry starting in March
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Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats plan to “constantly over the next year” remind voters that it was Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, who torpedoed a bipartisan bill on border enforcement
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Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are down. What’s behind the drop?
A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary
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GOP Speaker Johnson says House won’t be ‘rushed’ to approve aid for Ukraine as $95B package stalls
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will not feel “rushed” to pass the $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies
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GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas — by one vote — over border management
The U.S. House has voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U
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Illegal border crossings from Mexico plunge after a record-high December, with fewer from Venezuela
Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency