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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Arizona Gov. Ducey Stacks Containers at Border As Term Ends
Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20222 min read
As Title 42 Nears End, Border Patrol Braces for Influx of Migrants
Officials are bracing for an influx of thousands of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border when the Trump administration-era Title 42...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 8, 20221 min read
Biden Will Ask Court To Retain Title 42, Blocking Border Asylum Seekers
The Biden administration will appeal a federal court's decision that invalidated a pandemic era policy blocking migrants at the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Senators Work On Immigration Deals As Congress Wanes
A handful of senators are working to strike separate 11th-hour immigration deals before Republicans take control of the House in January...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Biden Ponders 'Drastic' Measures To Cut Illegal Mexican Border Crossing
Top U.S. officials are considering drastic measures — including barring some asylum seekers and surging prosecutions of illegal border...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Feds Pay $74K To Settle Case By VT Immigrant Advocacy Group
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to pay Vermont-based immigrant advocacy organization Migrant Justice $74,000 to...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 23, 20221 min read
McCarthy Makes Border Visit, Threatens to Impeach Mayorkas
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who is poised to become speaker in January, threatened to impeach Homeland Security...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Democrats Say Best Chance For Dreamer Legislation Is Now
With Republicans preparing to take control of the House, top Senate Democrats are saying the post-election session is the best, and...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 17, 20221 min read
New Data Track Asylum's Two-Track System
As the backlog of asylum cases balloons to 771,236 as of the end of October, and wait times stretch out for years, new asylum initiatives...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Video Shows Forced Feeding of ICE Detainee on Hunger Strike
The federal government’s usually secretive use of court-ordered forced feedings of prisoners on hunger strikes is depicted in a newly...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Title 42 Ruling Sets Up Major Shift at Border
A federal judge's order for an immediate end to a cornerstone of federal border enforcement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Magnus Out As Customs-Border Chief After Dispute With Mayorkas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus resigned, ending a standoff with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 11, 20222 min read
NYC Tent City Shelter for Migrants Shuts Down After A Month
Less than a month after opening it, New York City officials will close the tent city built to shelter an influx of migrants, Mayor Eric...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Why Could Man In Paul Pelosi Attack Overstay Visa For 20 Years?
David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, is a Canadian who entered the U.S. nearly two decades ago on a tourist visa and...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Dems Struggle Against GOP Attacks on Immigration Policy
Language from Republican candidates in ads and speeches is clear and negative, using the 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico as...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Fewer NYC Migrants Mean More Open Beds To Fill In Tent Complex
New York City opened a tent complex last week that can house up to 1,000 migrants, but it is housing fewer than 50 people as the flow of...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20222 min read
DeSantis: Migrant Flights North Might Re-start In December
Florida officials plan to continue transporting migrants to Northern states to protest federal border policies and might restart flights...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Immigrant Crossings From Mexico to U.S. Hit Record High
September surges in migration from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua brought the number of illegal border crossings to the highest level...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Biden's Border Actions Have Eased The Flow Of Asylum Seekers
The Biden administration's border policies have stopped the flow of Latin American asylum seekers coming to New York City, Mayor Eric...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Immigrant Advocates Frustrated With Lack Of Progress Under Biden
Immigrant advocates are waiting for their moment. Nearly two years into the Biden administration, having watched many of their...
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