DNC speakers address immigration as party embraces tougher border measures
Democrats have coalesced around tougher messaging around border security amid record levels of migrant crossings.
Immigration
Under Biden policy, fewer migrants released into U.S. or screened for asylum
A months-long downward trend in unauthorized border crossings has accelerated since President Biden's executive order took effect.
Unlawful border crossings reach lowest level since September 2020
U.S. Border Patrol agents made 56,000 migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the lowest number since September 2020.
U.S. to speed up asylum processing at northern border to deter crossings
The Biden administration is planning to speed up the processing of asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Canada border in response to an unprecedented increase in migrant crossings there.
Texas Gov. Abbott instructs hospitals to collect patients' immigration data
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claimed that his state was shouldering the economic burden of providing medical services to migrants entering the country illegally.
U.S. pauses migrant sponsorship program due to fraud concerns
The pause was triggered by a significant number of would-be sponsors applying to sponsor multiple migrants, sources said.
Vance tours U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, hitting Harris on immigration
In Arizona, Sen. JD Vance criticized the Biden administration's immigration policies and targeted Vice President Kamala Harris for her work on the issue.
Texas targets faith-based groups helping migrants along U.S.-Mexico border
The state of Texas is accusing a Catholic charity of being a "stash house" for migrants. But the shelter says it is simply helping desperate people in need.
Border crossings drop close to level that would lift asylum ban
July is on track to see the fifth consecutive monthly drop in migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Shelter provider accused of sexual abuse of migrant children in U.S. custody
Justice Department lawsuit accuses employees of Southwest Key, a Texas-based organization, of sexually abusing and harassing unaccompanied migrant children in its shelters.
U.S. agrees to help Panama deport migrants crossing Darién Gap
Under the agreement, U.S. immigration officials will train and provide assistance to Panamanian authorities to help them carry out more deportations of migrants heading north.
Illegal border crossings fall to lowest level of Biden's presidency
Border Patrol processed approximately 84,000 migrants in June, the lowest monthly level since President Biden took office.
More than 100 migrants on a sailboat make landfall in Key West
Federal authorities said 118 Haitian migrants were taken into custody after arriving on a large sailboat.
Biden faces calls to give legal status to undocumented caregivers
They're asking the president to provide relief to certain undocumented caregivers who have lived in the U.S. for at least a decade.
Biden plan offers legal status to 500,000 immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens
The Biden administration's program will benefit unauthorized immigrants with American citizen spouses, if they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years.
White House touts new Biden immigration policy
Biden's campaign manager says his newly announced policy on undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens shows he's "fighting for issues that matter to them and to their families."
Biden unveils new program offering legal status to 500,000 immigrants
The program will offer legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. residency and citizenship to roughly half a million unauthorized immigrants who are married to American citizens.
Iowa law letting authorities charge people facing deportation blocked for now
A federal judge temporarily blocked an Iowa law allowing law enforcement to file charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who'd been denied entry to the U.S.
Biden preparing to offer legal status to certain undocumented immigrants
The program would offer work permits and deportation protections to unauthorized immigrants married to U.S. citizens, as long as they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years, sources said.
On its 12th anniversary, DACA is on the ropes as election looms
Dreamers who advocated for the implementation of DACA in 2012 continue to fight for the program, whose future remains uncertain.
Arrests of 8 with suspected ISIS ties in U.S. renew concern of terror attack
Republican lawmakers have used the arrests as the latest flashpoint in their call for stricter border measures.
Rubio says Trump remark on immigrants "poisoning the blood" of U.S. not about race
In a TV interview, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential Trump running mate, defended Trump's comment that immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country."
ACLU and migrant rights groups sue over Biden's asylum crackdown
The American Civil Liberties Union and several migrant rights groups filed a lawsuit targeting President Biden's recently announced crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Does ICE's SmartLINK app work to track migrants?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement monitors more than a quarter-million migrants in the U.S. through smartphones, but ICE admits its latest technology faces challenges.
At least 49 killed as boat carrying migrants sinks off Yemen, U.N. says
The U.N.'s International Organisation for Migration says 140 more migrants are missing after the deadly capsize off Yemen's coast.
World
Newly found prehistoric "giant rat" species named after princess
Ronaldo retires from Portugal national team
Hoax bomb threats affect at least 25 European flights in a week
French blood banks hit by cyberattack days after European freezer hacks
Ukraine says "insane attack" on aid center may have killed 70
Hackers can hijack grocery store freezers. What about our homes?
Mother, daughter dead in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada
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