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May 2, 2023

Biden administration set to extend stay of Afghan evacuees

The Biden administration is set to extend the legal status of Afghan evacuees as Congress has failed to pass a measure of its own, according to a report.

April 30, 2023

Mayorkas refuses to take accountability for 'unprecedented' migration crisis, shifts blame

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued that President Biden has delivered immigration solutions while Congress has failed to pass legislative reform.

April 28, 2023

White House presses claim GOP spending cuts would damage border security, lay off CBP staff

The White House is reiterating claims the Republican budget plan would lead to thousands of job losses among Border Patrol agents and hurt security efforts.

April 27, 2023

Texas conservatives, activists to hold rally calling for tougher border bill to repel migrant ‘invasion’

Texas conservatives and activists to hold a rally in Austin, Texas, on Saturday to call for the passage of a bill in the state legislature to create a border force.

April 27, 2023

Hawley urges Wray to make tackling child migrant trafficking crisis a ‘leading FBI priority’

Sen. Josh Hawley is calling for the FBI to launch an investigation into the child migrant smuggling crisis at the southern border, making it a "leading" priority.

April 27, 2023

Bipartisan group of lawmakers demands Biden seize Iranian oil and gas shipments, enforce Trump-era program

A group of 12 senators, including five Democrats, wrote to President Biden on Wednesday, demanding he order his administration to begin seizing Iranian oil and gas shipments.

April 27, 2023

Biden admin to set up migrant processing centers in Latin America as Title 42 set to expire

The Biden administration is establishing processing centers in Latin America to vet migrants who traveling to the US and who may be eligible for legal pathways.

April 26, 2023

Whistleblower tells Congress that govt is delivering migrant children to human traffickers

A whistleblower told a House subcommittee on Wednesday about the horrors of child migrant exploitation at the border and called for Congress to act to tackle the crisis.

April 26, 2023

Top Homeland Dem lashes out at Republicans for bill's use of 'aliens' to refer to migrants

Ranking Member Bennie Thompson criticized Homeland Security Republicans for using the word "alien" to describe noncitizens in its border security package on Wednesday.

April 25, 2023

Whistleblower to tell House that US govt is 'middleman' in multibillion dollar migrant child trafficking op

A House Judiciary subcommittee will hear from a witness who will warn that the U.S. is now a middleman of a massive operation of child smuggling at the southern border.