Priscilla Alvarez
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Plans set in motion as Biden administration eyes end of Covid-era border restriction
The Biden administration, already facing an increase in border crossings, is setting plans in motion to manage an anticipated influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week, sources tell CNN. → Read More
Biden admin to send 1,500 troops to southern border for support roles ahead of expected migrant surge
The Biden administration is making plans to send an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border in anticipation of an influx of migrants when the Title 42 public health authority expires next week, sources familiar with the planning told CNN. → Read More
Adams wants FEMA to stop giving money to cities that use funds to send migrants to NYC
Mayor Eric Adams wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop allocating money to cities that are using the funding to rent buses and send migrants to New York City, according to a city official. Adams' call comes as the Biden administration braces for a further influx of migrants when the Covid-era border restriction, known as Title 42, expires in May. → Read More
Biden administration braces for a migrant surge when Covid-era restrictions lift
The Biden administration is bracing for a surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction lifts next month, putting an issue that's been a political vulnerability for President Joe Biden at the forefront just weeks off his 2024 campaign announcement. → Read More
US citizens sponsoring family members join effort to defend immigration program in court
US citizens who are sponsoring family members to come to the United States are seeking to intervene in a case over a key immigration program that's been challenged in court by several Republican-led states. → Read More
US and Canada reach a deal on decades-old asylum agreement
The US and Canada have struck a deal on changes to a decades-old asylum agreement that would restrict certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, two Canadian officials told CNN, marking a significant change in how Canada accepts asylum seekers. → Read More
Nine Republican-led states ask judge to block DACA program
Nine Republican-led states asked a federal judge in Texas on Tuesday to block a rule providing protections to nearly 600,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, a group often described as "Dreamers." → Read More
House Oversight Committee to hold border hearing in early February
The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on the Biden administration's border policies in early February, kicking off what is expected to be a series of hearings on the issue amid widespread GOP criticism. → Read More
Biden administration considering migrant proposal mirroring Trump-era policy
The Biden administration is seriously considering an asylum proposal that would bar migrants from seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border if they could have received refuge in another country they passed through, mirroring Trump-era asylum limits, according to two sources familiar with discussions. → Read More
Inside the White House's months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught
More than four months before voters handed Republicans control of the House of Representatives, top White House and Department of Homeland Security officials huddled in the Roosevelt Room to prepare for that very scenario. → Read More
US border encounters top 2 million in fiscal year 2022
US border authorities encountered more than 2 million migrants, some of whom repeatedly tried to cross the border, in fiscal year 2022, according to newly released US Customs and Border Protection data. → Read More
‘Hail Mary after Hail Mary’: Biden administration struggles with border policy, fueling frustration
The Department of Homeland Security put together a plan months ago to deal with thousands of migrants arriving at the border: flying some of them to cities deeper inside the US for processing. → Read More
Two Russians detained in Alaska were seeking asylum to avoid draft
Two Russians who crossed the Bering Strait, landing on western Alaska's St. Lawrence Island earlier this week had been seeking asylum to avoid Russia's draft in its ongoing war on Ukraine. → Read More
Justice Department wants psychological examinations of parents suing after being separated from children at US-Mexico border
The Justice Department wants a federal judge to require psychological examinations of some families separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the US government. → Read More
Biden touts climate package at Global Citizen Festival
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden addressed the Global Citizen Festival early Sunday, underscoring the administration's commitment to climate action, according to remarks obtained by CNN. → Read More
More Cubans are coming to the US by sea than any time since the 1990s
An alarming trend is emerging in south Florida where officials are seeing a rising number of migrants, primarily Haitians and Cubans, journeying to US shores on makeshift boats. → Read More
Exclusive: DHS inspector general knew of missing Secret Service texts months earlier than previously known
The embattled inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security first learned of missing Secret Service text messages in May 2021 -- months earlier than previously known and more than a year before he alerted the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, that potentially crucial information may have been erased, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. → Read More
Migrants from multiple countries overwhelm US-Mexico border, adding to Biden administration's challenges
The influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border is an alarming trend made more difficult by the wide range of nationalities arriving. Many of the migrants who spoke to CNN said they came from Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and Peru -- marking a shift from previous years. → Read More
Biden and Mexican President López Obrador to meet after summit standoff
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet at the White House on Tuesday amid record migration in the hemisphere and high inflation that has affected both countries. → Read More
Federal appeals court hears arguments on future of DACA
A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard arguments Wednesday on the legality of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting up another high-stakes legal clash over immigration that could impact hundreds of thousands of people. → Read More