May 17 WATCH: Immigration and Customs Enforcement head testifies on budget amid debate over Title 42 By Associated Press Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tae Johnson testified before House Appropriations committee on Tuesday on the organization's planned budget. Continue reading
May 11 WATCH: Customs & Border Patrol head testifies on budget amid debate over Title 42 By News Desk and Associated Press Customs & Border Patrol Commissioner Chris Magnus testifies before Congress on budget amid debate over Title 42. Continue reading
May 04 WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas testifies amid criticisms of new disinformation board By Amanda Seitz, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press A newly formed Disinformation Governance Board remains shrouded in secrecy a week after the Biden administration’s announcement of the new effort was met with widespread criticism. Continue reading
Apr 28 WATCH: Democratic representatives Jayapal, Garcia hold news briefing on Title 42 immigration By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Several Democratic representatives held a news briefing on Title 42 immigration on Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 8:39 Biden administration defends border policies as the battle over Title 42 heats up By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman, Tyriana Evans As the pandemic eases, the influx of migrants on the U.S. southern border is reaching record levels. And the Biden administration is facing new questions from both sides of the aisle about plans to roll back Title 42, the policy… Continue watching
Apr 27 WATCH: Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas testifies on Title 42 in Senate hearing By News Desk Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to testify on DHS budget in Senate hearing on Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 06 WATCH: House committee hearing on COVID-19 immigration rule Title 42 and asylum at the border By News Desk and Associated Press At the 2020 height of the pandemic, President Donald Trump imposed immigration curbs letting authorities immediately expel asylum seekers and migrants for public health reasons. … Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Pope Francis apologizes to Canada’s Indigenous for Catholic school abuse In our news wrap Friday, Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous peoples in Canada for abuses in Catholic-run residential schools, a Saudi Arabian coalition and rebels backed by Iran agreed to a two-month truce in Yemen, Sri Lanka was rocked by… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 5:26 Biden administration ends controversial Trump-era immigration rule By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan The Biden administration announced Friday that it will be phasing out what's known as Title 42, a policy that prevented migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. due to public health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington Post immigration reporter… Continue watching
May 20 U.N. refugee agency calls on U.S. to end asylum restrictions By Associated Press U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday asked for an end to so-called Title 42 authority. It's named for a section of an obscure 1944 U.S. public health law that former President Donald Trump used last year to… Continue reading