U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
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Poll finds more Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling immigration
More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents being reassigned from Maine to Mexican border
Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
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Migrants freed without court notice – and sometimes no paperwork
The Border Patrol began the unusual practice last week in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, which has seen the biggest increase in families and unaccompanied minors crossing from Mexico.
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Proposed ballot initiative to block non-citizens from voting falls short
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.
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Expelled from U.S. at night, migrant families weigh next steps
In normal times, migrants are returned to Mexico under bilateral agreements that limit deportations to daytime hours and the largest crossings. Not so during the pandemic.
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Small Texas border town is route to U.S. for migrant children
Roma, a town of 10,000 people with historic buildings and boarded-up storefronts in the Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings.
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Biden vows action on migrants as he defends border policy
The number of migrants attempting to cross the border is at the highest level since a spring 2019 surge under former President Donald Trump.
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Border crossings strain resources in Rio Grande Valley
Amid a dramatic rise in migrant children and families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, many are kept at outdoor intake sites and overcrowded detention facilities well past a 72-hour court-imposed limit.
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Biden pledges 200 million doses in his 1st 100 days, doubling initial goal
The president left the door open to pushing for fundamental changes in Senate procedures to muscle through key elements of his agenda.