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Nov 08

As rules ease, travelers head to US for emotional reunions

By John Leicester, Travis Loller, Associated Press

New rules go into effect Monday that allow nonessential travel across America's land borders for vaccinated visitors. They also allow air travel from a series of countries from which it has been restricted.

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Oct 29

White House renews bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the "Remain in Mexico" policy likely contributed to a drop in illegal border crossings in 2019 but with "substantial and unjustifiable human costs" to asylum-seekers.

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Oct 22

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Internal DHS documents reveal migrant abuse as border crossings hit record high

By William Brangham, Alex D'Elia

Detentions and arrests at America’s southern border hit an all-time high in 2021, according to new federal documents. More than 1.7 million migrants were detained at the border, in the 2021 fiscal year 61% of those were expelled under Title…

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Oct 11

WATCH: David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens win Nobel Prize in economics

By Christopher Rugaber, David McHugh, David Keyton, Associated Press

One U.S.-based economist’s pioneering research showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring, and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers. Two others shared the award for creating a way to study these types of…

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Oct 07

Watch 5:48
Deportation to turmoiled Haiti an act of ‘violence’ against migrants, advocate says

By Yamiche Alcindor

Thousands of mostly Haitian migrants gathered at the border town of Del Rio, Texas in September hoping to gain asylum in the United States. While the migrants have been removed and the encampment cleared, the crisis is far from over.

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Sep 27

Biden administration unveils new plan for young immigrants

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The proposal seeks to satisfy concerns of a federal judge who ruled in July that the policy was illegal. It takes on heightened importance as prospects for legislation have dimmed.

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Sep 25

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How the expulsion of Haitian migrants is affecting the crisis-torn nation

Thousands of Haitian migrants who have been deported by the U.S. have been arriving home as authorities scramble for resources including food and medical supplies. Haiti is reeling from a convergence of crises -- a presidential assassination, an earthquake and…

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Sep 23

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Here’s the latest on the fate of Haitian migrants in Texas, Biden response to backlash

By PBS NewsHour

Daniel Foote, the U.S. special envoy to Haiti, resigned in protest Thursday, over the Biden administration's move to deport Haitian migrants back to their troubled home country. Foote called the handling of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, “inhumane” and “counterproductive.”…

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Sep 20

Senate parliamentarian deals blow to Democrats’ immigration push

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The decision by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate's nonpartisan interpreter of its often enigmatic rules, is a damaging and disheartening setback for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats and their allies in the pro-immigration and progressive communities.

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Sep 18

US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas

By Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it moved about 2,000 of the migrants who had gathered under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio to other locations on Friday for processing and…

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