Virginia and Florida senators on Middle East, border funding and more
Virginia Senator Mark Warner and Florida Senator Marco Rubio spoke with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan on the Middle East, ongoing…
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Proposed CBP bill could impact Yuma County
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Hiring and Retention Act would help CBP with more flexibility in hiring, recruiting, and retaining…
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Decrease in migrant encounters in the Yuma Sector
According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in January of Fiscal Year 2024, the Yuma Sector saw a total of 3,735 migrant…
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DHS Secretary Mayorkas on border crisis and the murder of Laken Riley
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the southern border…
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Ten people injured after falling from border fence in San Diego
According to officials, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department received reports from Border Patrol that people were climbing the fence and…
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US asylum restriction aimed at limiting claims has little impact given strained border budget
Asylum officers were instructed nearly a year ago to apply a higher screening standard on those who cross the border illegally after passing though…
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President Biden to tour southern border this week
Biden’s visit also comes the same day that former President Donald Trump has planned a trip to the border. Trump will deliver remarks at Eagle Pass,…
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Representatives from Pennsylvania and Maine on bipartisan bill
Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) spoke with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan Sunday about a…
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Biden administration considering border policy changes
The Biden administration is considering action to make it harder for migrants to obtain asylum and easier to deport them…
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State House Republicans support new legislation to combat Arizona’s border crisis
All Republican members of the state House of Representatives are supporting a new legislation called HB 2748 to combat the border crisis in Arizona…
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Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats
Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back…
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Arizona leaders endorse Sinema’s border security bill
Bipartisan Arizona officials announced their support for Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Arizona) border security…
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Arizona Senate Candidate weighs in Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s Bipartisan Border Security Package
Arizona Senate Candidate Kari Lake shares her concerns of U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)’s Bipartisan Border Security…
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Senator Sinema defends new border package
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema and other lawmakers are trying to strengthen the border by defending the new border bill, however, they do not have…
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Border security package deal reached, Arizona politicians react
Bipartisan Senate negotiators, led by Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, announced on Sunday they have reached a deal regarding a border security…
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Bipartisan Senate negotiators reach deal on bipartisan border security package
According to a press release, the package is said to be “the strongest border security legislation in decades that reasserts control of the border,…
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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema on border reform and Biden administration
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema spoke with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan on Sunday for an exclusive interview about the border deal…
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“Take Our Border Back” convoy holds rally in Yuma
Saturday’s rally is one of several stops across the United States including the border communities of San Ysidro, California and Eagle Pass,…
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Mayorkas is driven by his own understanding of the immigrant experience. Many in GOP want him gone
Mayorkas, often referred to as Ali, is the first Latino and the first immigrant to lead the Department of Homeland Security, one of the government’s…
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Homeland Security Committee approves Sinema’s bill on strengthening border security
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee approved Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s bipartisan bill that will…
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