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Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld
A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
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Governors return to border, pressures Biden over migrant crossings in Texas
14 Republican governors joined Greg Abbott in Eagle Pass Sunday to deliver a message to the Biden administration. They say they stand with the Texas governor’s opposition to the federal government over U.S. border enforcement. NBC 5’s David Goins has more.
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GOP governors back at Texas border to keep pressure on Biden over migrant crossings
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott returned to the Eagle Pass border to highlight his escalating attempts to curb illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings
The White House says U.S. Boder Patrol agents need access to the border after officials say three migrants drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande near the Texas border city of Eagle Pass.
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US says Texas barred border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned
The U.S. Homeland Security Department says Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.
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Abbott responds after his comment about why migrants were not being shot draws outrage
Gov. Greg Abbott responds after backlash for a recent comment he made during an interview where he said the only thing the state wasn’t doing to secure the border was shooting migrants because they’d be charged with murder.
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Gov. Abbott on Eagle Pass park seizure, comment on shooting migrants
Gov. Greg Abbott, answering questions about a park in Eagle Pass and comments made about shooting migrants, says the state has the legal authority to control border crossings anywhere in the state and that’s what they’re doing in Eagle Pass. Asked about a comment he made during a radio show about shooting migrants, the governor said he was asked a...
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Border city mayor says Texas closed park without permission after crossings increased
The mayor of Eagle Pass, the border town at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings, says state troopers have closed a large public park along the Rio Grande.
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US delegation meets with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
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US, Mexico focus on humanitarian crisis at border
This Christmas, NBC News reports the year’s largest caravan of people is heading north through Mexico to the United States. State and national officials in both countries are refocusing on the growing humanitarian crisis along the border. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has the latest.
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New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network
One unassuming town on the Great Plains in Colorado has built a generational migrant support network over decades.
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Railroad operations resume after 5-day closure in 2 Texas border towns
The federal government on Friday reopened railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, five days after the shuttering of rail operations there disrupted trade and caused outrage.
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Migrants bussed from El Paso told they were in Chicago, abandoned at a gas station
Dozens of migrants were left abandoned at a gas station in Kankakee during the early morning hours Thursday as their bus driver told them they had arrived in Chicago, leaving them stranded and alone, police said.
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Texas uses planes, buses to transport migrants out of the state
Texas is now using planes in addition to buses to move migrants out of the state. It’s Governor Greg Abbott’s latest move in the battle over security at the southern border. The first flight has already landed in Chicago. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has reaction and why the windy city was Texas’ first target.
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Texas begins flying migrants from US-Mexico border to Chicago, with 1st plane carrying 120 people
After Chicago took a tougher stance on buses bringing migrants into the city from the Texas border, Texas has begun flying them to Chicago.
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Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country.
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Gov. Abbott signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.
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A minor who died in a poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old, company confirms
A 16-year-old who died after getting sucked into equipment at a Mississippi poultry plant used a 32-year-old man’s identity to get hired.
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Smugglers bringing migrants to a remote Arizona crossing, overwhelming US agents
The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in a remote desert area in Arizona.
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Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?
Texas wants to let police arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and give judges the ability to order them back across the border.