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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Biden ICE Director Nominee Gonzalez Withdraws
President Biden’s pick to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced on Monday that he’d withdrawn his nomination,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20222 min read
46 Migrants Found Dead In Presumed Smuggling In Texas
Forty-six people were found dead and abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Limits Lifted on ICE Arrests Amid Confusion Over Migrant Detentions
A federal district court ruling invalidating a key part of the Biden administration's approach toward arrests of undocumented immigrants...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20221 min read
Mexico Border Arrests Hit Record High In May
Arrests of illegal migrants from Mexico hit a record high in May, reports the Wall Street Journal, The arrest total increased by 10...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 16, 20222 min read
More Migrants Die In Heat Crossing Southern Border
The harsh, hot terrain that offers little cover from the summer sun around Brooks County in South Texas hasn't stopped wave after wave of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 16, 20221 min read
High Court Won't Judge Trump's Migrant 'Public Charge' Rule
The Supreme Court declined to issue a ruling on whether Republican-led states have the authority to defend a rule former President...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Immigrants Lose Supreme Court Bid For Bond Releases in Pending Cases
The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law does not require that immigrants detained for long periods while they are fighting deportation...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Limiting Migrants' Legal Rights Increases Deportation Risk: ACLU
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is restricting access to lawyers for immigrants at its detention centers, leaving them more...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31, 20222 min read
Biden Administration Overhauling Asylum Processing At The Border
The Biden administration this week will begin using an overhauled system for screening migrants seeking humanitarian protection along the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 27, 20221 min read
New Asylum System May Provide Some Migrants Quicker Answers
The Biden administration will begin to allow some migrants to ask for asylum as they arrive at the southern border at the end of May even...
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Crime and Justice News
May 25, 20221 min read
With Title 42 Still In Effect, Nearly 50,000 Wait to Cross into U.S.
As many as 50,000 migrants are waiting in Mexican shelters for a chance to cross the border, hoping to run out the clock on Title 42, the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20222 min read
Shelter Network Houses Migrants Amid Large Wave of Entries
When seven newly arrived migrants were released from government custody with nowhere to stay the night, an emergency shelter in the small...
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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20222 min read
Judge Says Asylum Curbs On Southern Border Must Continue
Pandemic restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled, blocking the Biden administration’s...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20221 min read
Immigrants Lose Right to Challenge Administrative Rulings in Court
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against immigrants seeking to challenge administrative decisions in federal court. The case could make the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20222 min read
Customs and Border Protection to End 'Critical Incident Teams'
After a litany of coverup allegations and pressure from activists and Congress, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is...
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Crime and Justice News
May 13, 20221 min read
Feds Review Whether TX Misspent COVID-19 Aid on Border Crackdown
A federal government watchdog is probing whether Texas misspent federal coronavirus aid, after Gov. Greg Abbott and top state officials...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
Border Patrol Undercounts Migrant Deaths, GAO Reports
The Government Accountability Office, n a little-noticed report released last month, informed lawmakers that the Border Patrol “has not...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
ICE Data Collections Can Access Personal Details on Most Americans
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has built a vast digital surveillance system that gives it access to the personal details...
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Crime and Justice News
May 9, 20222 min read
TX Spent $1B in U.S. Antivirus Aid on Arresting Migrants at Mexico Border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and state lawmakers shifted $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid to help pay for their campaign to arrest...
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Crime and Justice News
May 9, 20222 min read
GOP-Led States Have Filed 27 Suits to Block Biden Immigration Policies
On April 28, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his 11th immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration. The same day,...
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