Feb 28 As Republicans move on immigration agenda, Latino Republicans push back By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press The GOP's dominance of Florida's 27th congressional district is emblematic of the party's inroads with Latino voters in recent years in much of the U.S. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:10 News Wrap: At least 17 dead as Pacific storms batter California In our news wrap Tuesday, at least 17 are dead as Pacific storms have battered California for 10 days, the Biden administration announced more measures to address record numbers at the southern border and the World Health Organization urged countries… Continue watching
Jan 08 Biden meets border officials in El Paso on first stop of visit to U.S.-Mexico border By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:43 Biden visits southern border amid criticism of migration, asylum policy President Biden is making his first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office today, to meet with border officials about migration and drug trafficking. The trip comes days after Biden announced policies designed to discourage migrants from seeking asylum… Continue watching
Jan 08 Ahead of Biden’s U.S.-Mexico border visit, migrants fear new rules By Andres Leighton, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press President Joe Biden is scheduled to arrive in El Paso Sunday afternoon on his first, politically thorny visit to the southern border before traveling on to Mexico City to meet with North American leaders. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas outlines Biden’s new restrictive immigration plan By Associated Press Shortly after President Joe Biden announced a new border security plan, his Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, provided details on how the plan will work. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Biden announces tougher border restrictions, offers legal path for 30,000 each month By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally. Continue reading
Jan 04 Biden announces plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden says he intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 19 Influx of migrants causes Texas mayor to declare state of emergency By Associated Press The mayor of a Texas border city has declared a state of emergency over concerns about the community's ability to handle an anticipated influx of migrants across the Southern border. Continue reading
Dec 11 Arizona’s governor stacks shipping containers on Mexico border at the end of his term By Anita Snow, Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern boundary with Mexico in a bold show of border enforcement by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey even as he prepares to leave office. Continue reading