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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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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
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Border Crossings Are Off From Last Week's Highs as US Pins Hopes for Order on Mobile App
With demand far outstripping available slots, a new U.S. government mobile phone app has been an exercise in frustration for many asylum hopefuls.
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‘In the Hands of God': One Venezuelan Family's Journey to the US
When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them.
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Scenes From the US-Mexico Border as Title 42 Ends
Hundreds of migrants were seen attempting to cross the U.S. and Mexico border as COVID-era asylum restrictions came to an end after three years.
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US-Mexico Border Communities Brace for End of Title 42
Towns and communities across the Southern border are bracing for the end of Title 42 and the wave of migrants expected to come with it. NBC’s Brie Jackson reports from El Paso, Texas.
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Border Officials Prepare for Migrant Influx as Title 42 Expires
Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted — a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay.
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When does Title 42 expire?
Title 42 ends this Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Biden Would Veto House GOP Bill on Border Enforcement
The White House says President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully.