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Source: Screenshot President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he will visit the Southern Border after months of pressure over not doing so from Republicans and media like Fox News, as well as from Democrats and MSNBC.That's my intention, Biden told reporters during his trip to Kentucky.We're working out the details now.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez cited "the dramatic increase in DHS and ICE spending" as the reason behind her vote.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens to testimony during a House Financial Services Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on December 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Nathan Howard / Getty Images Citing the increased immigration enforcement and military funding it contains, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday cast the sole Democratic House vote against a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package.

No one disputes that the Border Patrol is woefully ill-equipped for processing - even while Title 42 kept a lid on numbers.The Border Patrol paroled nearly 450,000 migrants in the United States through October - including 68,837 in October and 95,191 in September - sparing its agents the time-consuming work of issuing orders to appear in immigration court.

And Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), who previously led the committee, said: "I don't know who wants it.""It's a good committee - you get frustrated, but you at least get a chance to try," Carter added.He led the border spending panel as the Trump administration made immigration into even more of a political flashpoint, forcing a shutdown over the then-president's insistence on funding for a border wall.

A longtime veteran of the US Border Patrol will be its next chief, the Biden administration has announced.Jason Owens, who has been overseeing the typically busy Del Rio Sector of the US-Mexico border, will take over as Border Patrol chief, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.

President Biden named a new Border Patrol chief on Friday as U.S. immigration policies have come under renewed scrutiny following the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction that allowed the authorities to expel most migrants for more than three years.Jason Owens, who has served in the Border Patrol for more than 20 years, was most recently the leader of the Del Rio division in Texas, which handles one of the busiest areas for illegal crossings.

The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk.Agents said her daughter's diagnosis of influenza did not require hospital care, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks said in an emotional phone interview.

Image Migrants wait to surrender themselves to the Border Patrol in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Thursday.Credit...Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times Migrants run to cross the border in Yuma, Ariz., late Thursday.Credit...Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times Within the hour after Title 42 expired, Border Patrol agents apprehended and loaded a group of people for processing in Sunland Park, New Mexico, late on Thursday.Credit...Justin Hamel for The New York Times Julia Hermosa Gamara and her husband and 13-year-old daughter raced through the reeds and bushes along the Mexican side of the border with Arizona, running as fast as they could to make it across the Colorado River and into the United States before Title 42 lifted.

A federal judge in Florida issued an order on Thursday directing the U.S. Border Patrol not to release any migrants without issuing them formal notices to appear in immigration court.The order does not affect the expiration of the pandemic-era Title 42 immigration restrictions, Lee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union's lead attorney in Title 42 litigation, said.

Among the tools the Biden administration is using to alleviate crowding at the U.S.-Mexico border is a new mobile app that migrants must use before entering the United States to secure an appointment with the Border Patrol to submit an asylum application.But migrants have faced difficulties securing appointments through the app, called CBP One, launched earlier this year.

A federal judge has given the Department of Homeland Security until next Tuesday to decide how it will handle a conservative think tank's request for Prince Harry's US immigration records.The Heritage Foundation has asked the US government via the Freedom of Information Act to see his visa application, citing his admission of past recreational drug use in his memoir.

The number of daily encounters along the US-Mexico border has remained low nearly a month after a pandemic-era restriction used by authorities to swiftly turn away migrants was lifted, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.Authorities had been bracing for a surge in illegal crossings following the expiration of Title 42 last month, and while officials caution that migration flows can change, the average 3,400 daily encounters reported by US Border Patrol is a marked shift from the around 10,000 daily encounters days before Title 42 was lifted.

A group of Venezuelan men, including Luis Suarez and Carlos Carrillo Zambrano (pictured in the foreground) at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.They are among many migrants who say that the CBP One app remains riddled with glitches despite a recent update.Joel Rose/NPR CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico At the foot of the Paso del Norte International Bridge, a half-dozen young men are hunched over their phones.

Two migrants were found dead in a shipping container on a train the authorities stopped east of Uvalde, Texas, on Friday, according to local police.One other person was left in serious condition and another in critical condition.In a news release Friday night, Uvalde police said they received a 911 phone call from an unknown third-party caller advising there were numerous undocumented immigrants suffocating' inside of a train car.

An 8-year-old girl who died after being held for a week in Customs and Border Protection custody last month was seen by medical professionals 11 times before she was taken to a hospital, according to new details provided by the agency, which is conducting an internal investigation.While the investigation is continuing, the initial findings suggest that the child, Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, a Panamanian national, was not provided proper medical care while she was in government custody.

Sen. Tim Scott announced he's running for the Republican nomination for president on Monday, setting up a challenge to former President Donald Trump, the current frontrunner.The South Carolina Republican laid out his vision for America and hit President Joe Biden for the state of the country.While much of his speech was factual, here is a fact check of a few of the misleading claims Scott made during his announcement.

Tens of thousands of migrants are expected to attempt to enter the United States in the next few days, after a Covid-era immigration policy known as Title 42 expires late on Thursday.The policy allowed the rapid expulsion of migrants on public health grounds.Most migrants crossing the border are adults traveling alone.

(CNN)The number of unlawful crossings of the US-Mexico border in January marked the lowest levels of encounters since February 2021, administration officials said Friday.In January, US Border Patrol made more than 128,000 apprehensions, down 42% from December, according to administration officials.The handling of the US-Mexico border has been a political vulnerability for President Joe Biden, who faces criticism from Republicans and potential impeachment proceedings of his Homeland Security secretary.

Texas The VERIFY team analyzed claims during the 2023 State of the State address.Published: 7:24 PM CST February 16, 2023 Updated: 10:34 PM CST February 16, 2023 SAN MARCOS, Texas Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his State of the State address Thursday night in San Marcos.The governor talked about priorities in the legislative session.

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There are two "immersive" experiences next door to each other at Richmond's Craneway Pavilion, and content-wise, they couldn't be further apart.One promises to take visitors on an interactive journey across outer space.The other, a virtual reality installation by the Mexican film director Alejandro G. Iñárritu ( Birdman), is a journey across the U.S.-Mexico border.

US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz is retiring at the end of June after more than three decades with the agency.After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple Sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on June 30th, Ortiz wrote in a letter to Border Patrol employees.

Joe Biden's White House won't call it a crisis, but it's not exactly nothing either.Just ask Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and New York's mayor, Eric Adams.After days of public discussion between the mayors and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about which city should be responsible for supporting the influx of migrants, Polis announced that Colorado will stop sending migrants to New York and Chicago.

Image Migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border through a gap in concertina wire near El Paso on Monday.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times Texas National Guardsmen placed concertina wire on a gap migrants were using to cross from Mexico into the Untied States near El Paso on Tuesday.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times A member of the Texas Army National Guard near the border fence in El Paso on Tuesday night.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times The day before Title 42 was scheduled to end, hundreds of migrants gathered on the banks of the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas.

US Customs and Border Protection recently transferred 34 Mexican nationals from the Swanton Border Patrol Sector on the US border with Canada, to El Paso, Texas, for immigration processing at a southern border facility, according to a federal law enforcement source familiar with operations.The individuals were transported on a CBP-contracted flight, the source told CNN.

A local elected is pushing to curb the import of dangerous unbranded lithium-ion batteries commonly used in e-bikes that have contributed to a rash of recent fires.Congress Member Nydia Velázquez, who represents swaths of northern Brooklyn penned a letter the U.S Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agency looking for better enforcement of those batteries, which are often of poor quality and serious safety risks.

On Dec. 21, 2022, one of the largest bitcoin mining operations in the industry, Core Scientific, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of Texas.According to the filing, Core Scientific has roughly 1,000 to 5,000 creditors and its estimated assets are worth between $1-10 billion.