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Crime and Justice News
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Report: Migrant Abuse Rampant At Louisiana ICE Centers
Abuse of thousands of migrants at federal immigration detention centers in Louisiana is rampant, inhumane and meets the legal definition...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20241 min read
Red States Sue Biden Administration Over Spousal Citizenship Program
A Texas-led coalition of 16 Republican-led states have filed a new lawsuit against the Biden administration, with hopes of blocking...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 23, 20242 min read
Guatemala Makes Arrests In Case Of 53 Migrants Dead In TX Truck
Officials in Guatemala have arrested a man who U.S. investigators say played a pivotal role in the smuggling of dozens of migrants who...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Buses Headed North from Texas Stopped in Late June, After Dramatic Drop in Migrants
Two years ago, amid a surge in the number of people crossing over the nation’s southern border into Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott started...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 13, 20241 min read
Feds Moving Quickly Through Citizenship-Request Backlog
The federal government is processing citizenship requests at the fastest clip in a decade, moving rapidly through a backlog that built up...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 9, 20242 min read
15 States Sue To Block 'Dreamers' From Federal Health Insurance
Fifteen states filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration over a rule that would allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20242 min read
How U.S., Mexico Have Sharply Reduced Illegal Border Crossings
When illegal migration surged across the U.S.-Mexico border last fall, Phoenix’s largest migrant shelter was so busy that cots filled the...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 2, 20242 min read
ICE’s History of Deadly Force: 59 Shootings By Agents In Six Years
About one in every 20 U.S. workers is unauthorized, and former President Trump has threatened to enact mass deportations of those workers...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Migrant Arrests Expected To Drop 30% in July
Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Fifth Circuit Lets Texas Keep Its Floating Rio Grande Barrier
The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the floating barrier in the Rio Grande, intended to deter migrants from crossing from...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 31, 20241 min read
Floating Border Barrier In Rio Grande Can Remain, Appeals Court Rules
In June 2023, the U.S. sued Texas, arguing that a floating barrier in the Rio Grande was a violation of the Rivers and Harbors Act,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 30, 20241 min read
States Have Pledged Thousands To Fend Off Perceived Border 'Invasion'
More than a dozen Republican governors gathered in Eagle Pass in February, vowing to send another round of National Guard troops from...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 24, 20242 min read
As Immigration Issue Looms, Harris Backers Deny She Was 'Border Czar'
In early 2021, President Biden enlisted Vice President Harris to help with a slice of the migration issue — a move that has turned into...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20242 min read
New Caravan From Southern Mexico Heads For U.S. Border
Hundreds of migrants from a dozen countries left from Mexico’s southern border on foot Sunday, as they attempt to make it to the U.S....
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 19, 20241 min read
DOJ: Housing Provider for Migrant Children Engaged in Sexual Abuse
Employees of Southwest Key Programs, the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., repeatedly sexually...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 18, 20242 min read
Mass Deportation Program Unrealistic Despite Trump’s Vows
When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he vowed to build a wall to seal the border and keep criminals from entering the U.S. This...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 18, 20242 min read
GOP Leaders Falsely Claim A Crime Surge By Migrants
Throughout three days of the Republican National Convention, officials highlighted a surge in what they call “migrant crime.” President...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Fact-Checking Tuesday's Republican Convention Claims On Immigration
After Donald Trump triumphantly entered the hall on the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the program...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Judge OKs Arizona’s 'Secure The Border' Plan For November Vote
A judge rejected a lawsuit against a GOP Arizona ballot referral that would make it a state crime for migrants to cross the southern...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 8, 20242 min read
To Avoid 'Kids In Cages,' Biden Expanded List Of Guardians
In 2021, when the Biden administration was struggling to cope with a sudden influx of unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico...
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