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• US Military to send '5,000 troops to border' ahead of migrant caravan arrival

  29-10-2018 15:28
  Scores of refugees and migrants are leaving the caravan each day as Donald Trump ramps us his attacks
  
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• Trump and Mike Johnson promote ‘great replacement’ theory to unveil election bill at Mar-a-Lago

  13-04-2024 00:27
  
  Republican frontunner and House Speaker echo far-right conspiracy while promoting redundant measure to ban noncitizens from voting
  
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• Supreme Court extends block on controversial Texas immigration law

  18-03-2024 22:37
  
  Supreme Court paused implementation of SB4, a controversial immigration bill that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest and charge those entering the US illegally
  
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• Biden faces ‘beyond disappointed’ Democrats after calling suspected killer ‘an illegal’

  08-03-2024 19:57
  
  The president failed to ‘truly distinguish himself’ from Trump’s US-Mexico border rhetoric, groups warn
  
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• Trump attacks, the border, abortion and Gaza: Key moments from Biden’s State of the Union

  08-03-2024 06:33
  
  The president’s potentially final address to Congress framed his vision against his ‘Republican predecessor’
  
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• Federal judge blocks anti-migrant Texas law and shoots down GOP ‘invasion’ claims

  29-02-2024 18:07
  
  Judge pauses state law based on Republican-led arguments that have been ‘unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War’
  
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• 2 men charged for allegedly trying to smuggle people across U.S. border

  13-02-2024 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two men from Montreal are facing charges for allegedly trying to smuggle people from Canada into the United States last summer, the RCMP said Tuesday.
  
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• Canada planning pilot at Quebec-N.Y. border to allow preclearance on U.S. side

  12-01-2024 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  The planned project which would establish a preclearance zone inside a Customs and Border Protection facility in Cannon Corners, N.Y., south of Montreal.
  
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• U.S., Mexico agree to tackle record migration as thousands surge toward border

  29-12-2023 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  A caravan of migrants and asylum seekers, many with small children, were trekking north to the U.S.-Mexico border as the two countries announced they were working together.
  
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• Texas governor signs bill that makes illegal border crossings a state crime

  19-12-2023 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  The law, which takes effect in March, allows Texas police to arrest people who are suspected of entering the U.S. illegally and local judges to order them to leave.
  
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• How the Ukraine aid fight may force Biden to accept severe immigration limits

  12-12-2023 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Immigration policy experts say the Biden administration may be capitulating to hard-right demands for asylum limits and other policy changes in order to get Ukraine aid approved.
  
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• Biden administration clears way for new border wall construction in Texas

  05-10-2023 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Endangered Species Act were some of the federal laws waived by DHS to make way for construction in Starr County, Texas.
  
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• Pastor gets 60-day sentence for role in Alberta COVID border blockade

  18-09-2023 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  In May, Pawlowski was found guilty of mischief and breaching a release order for his role in the blockade at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing in early 2022.
  
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• Fate of U.S. ‘Dreamers’ program likely headed to Supreme Court for 3rd time

  14-09-2023 01:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  A U.S. district judge ruled to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program that prevents the deportation of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
  
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• Months after closure of Quebec’s Roxham Road, more asylum seekers arriving by air

  11-08-2023 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of people claiming asylum in Canada dropped sharply after its closure in March. The numbers have since been climbing back up with an increase in arrivals at airports.
  
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• Greg Abbott slammed by Texas lawmakers for ‘cruel’ floating border barriers with ‘chainsaw devices’

  09-08-2023 14:16
  
  Texas has been sued for controversial floating border barriers
  
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• Texas congresswoman slams Greg Abbott’s ‘cruel and inhumane’ floating razor barriers at border

  09-08-2023 02:54
  
  Texas has been sued for controversial floating border barriers
  
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• How Biden broke his promise to stop using private prisons for migrants, as detention levels soar

  07-08-2023 23:15
  
  President campaigned on ending private immigrant detention, but has increased use of it compared to Trump
  
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• New U.S. rules limiting asylum claims at Mexican border blocked by judge

  26-07-2023 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal judge delayed his ruling from taking effect immediately to give the U.S. Justice Department time to appeal, and the agency immediately did so.
  
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• Greg Abbott slammed for ‘inflatable border’ policy: ‘Will 100 per cent cause more drowning deaths’

  10-06-2023 18:58
  
  Texas governor signs six bills attempting to bolster border security
  
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• Greg Abbott to deploy ‘inflatable border’ along Rio Grande in latest immigration stunt

  09-06-2023 18:27
  
  Texas governor signs six bills attempting to bolster border security
  
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• US Border Patrol chief is retiring following end of Title 42 restrictions at US-Mexico border

  31-05-2023 03:16
  
  The head of U.S. Border Patrol is stepping down from the post, following major changes at the U.S.-Mexico border that came with the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions
  
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• Florida man pleads not guilty in Canada/U.S. human smuggling tragedy in Manitoba

  26-05-2023 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in connection with the deaths of two adults and two children found frozen near the Canada-U.S. border last year.
  
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• Akwesasne to get $12M in funding after recent deaths of migrant families

  25-05-2023 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The money includes a $10.4-million funding renewal to help the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service fight organized crime, as well as separate amounts for new police equipment.
  
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• Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border

  23-05-2023 18:36
  President Joe Biden was getting nowhere with Congress on immigration
  
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• U.S. border appears calm after Title 42 ends, but anxiety remains for migrants

  13-05-2023 04:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Less than 24 hours Title 42 rules were lifted, migrants and government officials were still assessing the effect of the change and the new regulations for asylum seekers.
  
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• Indian authorities want Canadians sent to face charges in Manitoba border deaths

  11-05-2023 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Indian authorities are seeking to have two Canadians extradited to face charges after a family, believed to be victims of human trafficking, froze to death in southern Manitoba.
  
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• What is Title 42? Migrants crowd U.S.-Mexico border as COVID rules set to end

  11-05-2023 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  After more than three years, the United States is getting ready to scrap COVID-19 restrictions at the border with the lifting of Title 42.
  
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• Watch live: US secretary of homeland security joins White House briefing as Title 42 border rules lifted

  11-05-2023 18:48
  
  Secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, is expected to join Karine Jean-Pierre’s daily White House press briefing on the day that Title 42 border restrictions are lifted.
  
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• Watch again: US secretary of homeland security joins White House briefing as Title 42 border rules lifted

  11-05-2023 18:48
  
  Secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, joined Karine Jean-Pierre’s daily White House press briefing on the day that Title 42 border restrictions are lifted.
  
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