DHS begins administering J&J vaccine to immigrant detainees
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to immigrant detainees as…
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Migrant processing on the rise causing less enforcement along border
More than 1,800 migrants were apprehended in the Yuma Sector over the past weekend. On average, anywhere from 450 to 650 asylum seekers are being…
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U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema tours San Ysidro port of entry
California lawmakers and U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D – Ariz.) toured the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego on…
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Arizona senator and congress members hear challenges at the border
As Chair of the Senate’s Border Management Subcommittee, Sen. Sinema visits border regions to secure the borders and support border communities to…
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Pressure mounts on Biden administration to lift restrictions on US borders
The restrictions, which are mutually agreed upon with Mexico and Canada, are renewed monthly. The latest restrictions, announced in June, will remain…
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol continues rescuing migrants in triple digit temperatures
U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector rescued multiple migrants over the last week, as many undocumented individuals continue their…
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More than 1M migrants arrested at U.S.-Mexico border since October
In March, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas estimated that the US was “on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border…
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Asylum seekers housed in Yuma hotel
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls confirms that migrants are going to be housed at Wingate by Wyndham in Yuma as early as Friday.…
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Raul Ortiz named new U.S. Border Patrol chief
The Acting Commissioner for Customs and Border Protection, Troy Miller, appoints Raul Ortiz as the 25th Chief of the U.S. Border…
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BP Chief Rodney Scott, who supported Trump’s wall, resigns
Scott’s resignation comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on…
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Kamala Harris to make first trip to the border as vice president this week
Vice President Kamala Harris will head to the US-Mexico border on Friday, a source familiar with the trip told…
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U.S. to admit asylum-seekers whose cases were closed during the Trump administration
The Biden administration will be allowing asylum-seekers who were ordered to be deported for not attending their court hearings under the Trump-era…
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Central American asylum-seekers refuse to return home in spite of deportation
Many Central American migrants who want to claim asylum in the United States say they won’t go home, even after being deported under a Trump-era…
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U.S. extends non-essential travel restrictions with Mexico and Canada
The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21,…
Continue ReadingU.S. and Mexico seek ways to do more on irregular immigration
Harris is leading U.S. efforts to identify and address the root causes of immigration. On her visit to Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month, she…
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Trump Set To Visit Southern Border In late-June
(KYMA/KECY) – Former President Donald Trump says he will be visiting part of the southern border later this month. In a statement released Tuesday,…
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Crowd gathers to commemorate 9th DACA’s ninth anniversary
Tuesday marked the ninth anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.…
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Border community center aims to unite teens on both sides
Operators of a new youth community center are hoping it becomes an inviting hangout for the town of Naco, the one in Arizona and the one in…
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Border chief provides update on influx of migrants crossing into the Yuma Sector
Yuma Sector Border Patrol chief agent Chris Clem spoke to journalists Thursday afternoon providing an update on what’s happening along the U.S.…
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Ducey calls on the federal government to do more to protect unaccompanied migrant children
Gov. Doug Ducey, (R, Ariz.), on Wednesday called on the Biden Administration to do more to help the unaccompanied minors flowing across the…
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