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Senate Passes $4.6B Border Aid Measure; Pelosi Seeks Talks
- June 26
- By Associated Press
The GOP-held Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government runs out of money to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children.
Mexico Says Immigration Efforts Focused On Southern Border
- June 25
- By Associated Press
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico's tightening of immigration controls has focused "more than anything" on regulating entries at its southern border.
'City Of Omens' Examines Dangers Facing Women In Tijuana
- June 25
- By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh
Author and UCSD epidemiologist Dan Werb will be speaking about his new book "City of Omens: A Search For The Missing Women of the Borderlands," Tuesday at Warwick's.
Border Official Resigns Amid Uproar Over Migrant Children
- June 25
- By Associated Press
The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.
White House Threatens To Veto Aid Bill For Migrant Families
- June 25
- By Associated Press
The White House is threatening to veto a $4.5 billion House bill aimed at improving the treatment of migrant families detained after crossing the U.S. southern border, saying the measure would hamstring the administration's border security efforts and raising fresh questions about the legislation's fate.
Government Moves Migrant Kids After Bad Treatment Exposed
- June 24
- By Associated Press
The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
Imperial Welcomes Home World-Champion Boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. With Parade, Ceremony
- June 24
- Max Rivlin-Nadler
The heavyweight champ is an inspiration to many in the close-knit community along the border.
Mexico Officials Detain More Migrants As Crackdown Steps Up
- June 24
- By Associated Press
Authorities reinforced efforts over the weekend to deter Central Americans and others from crossing Mexico to reach the United States, detaining migrants in the south and stationing National Guardsmen along the Rio Grande in the north.
Biden: Congress Should Immediately Make 'Dreamers' Citizens
- June 24
- By Associated Press
Weighing in on immigration before first Democratic debates, Joe Biden is proposing that Congress grant immediate citizenship to more than 800,000 U.S. residents who were brought to the country illegally as children.
Asylum-Seekers Almost Always Returned To Mexico, Even If They Express Fear
- June 21
- Max Rivlin-Nadler
Since January, the Department of Homeland Security has been sending thousands of migrants back to Mexico as U.S. asylum applications are reviewed in the U.S. Migrants are repeatedly saying in court that they’re not safe in Mexico, but are being returned there anyway.