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Texas silent after Guard member shoots migrant on border

Texas military records show a National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border

The Independent UK

In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their families

In Maverick County, 26 bodies pulled from the Rio Grande were buried, some without attempts to identify them. Teams of Texas State students are trying to learn their names so their families can be notified.

The Texas Tribune

Migrant shot and injured by National Guard soldier patrolling border

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn eyes the seemingly impossible: a bipartisan deal on immigration

Riding the success of his historic congressional session last year where he helped pass the first gun safety bill signed into law in a generation, Cornyn is hopeful that his ability to strike deals across the aisle will help Congress achieve another elusive legislative goal: an immigration deal.

The Texas Tribune

Big group of Haitian migrants arrive on Virginia Key near Key Biscayne, Border Patrol says

MIAMI — A group of up to 70 Haitians arrived Thursday afternoon in a migrant sailboat off Virginia Key, a barrier island off Miami that leads to Key Biscayne.

Miami Herald

Texas congressman files for Mayorkas' impeachment over border crisis

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas filed articles of impeachment accusing the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of shirking his duty to protect the border.

Tribune News Service

Joe Biden tours El Paso for first border visit of his presidency

He was greeted by Gov. Greg Abbott upon arrival at the El Paso airport. Abbott has been a chief critic of Biden’s immigration policies and has frequently called on him to visit the border over the past year.

The Texas Tribune

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Police stop nearly 90 cattle being smuggled from Myanmar

Border Patrol Police operating in Prachuap Khiri Khan province seized nearly 90 cattle being smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 a month

President Joe Biden says the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally

The Independent UK

‘I want to bring him home’: Families of Cuban migrants await them at Border Patrol station

MIAMI — Yarileisy Sierra was waiting for her younger brother to arrive with hundreds of other Cuban migrants Thursday evening at the Border Patrol Station in Dania Beach.

Miami Herald

Body armor shields Border Patrol agent struck by gunfire

Federal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants in New Mexico

The Independent UK

Cuban migrant arrivals overwhelm federal immigration officials in the Florida Keys

So many people from Cuba are arriving in the Florida Keys that days could go by before federal officials are able to pick up migrants on the side of U.S. 1 to be processed, according to local law enforcement.

Miami Herald

Border Patrol has continued to leave migrants at bus stations amid ongoing flight cancellations

SAN DIEGO — The mass flight cancellations that have disrupted travel plans for many around the United States are continuing to complicate the situation in San Diego for arriving asylum seekers and the people who work to support them.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: 2 misconceptions and a truth about the US-Mexico border

The myths — or, rather, convenient lies — that some politicians keep circulating about the U.S.-Mexico border have resulted in another disappointing congressional session for immigration reform.

Los Angeles Times

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El Paso tries to house many migrants in freezing weather – but some don't qualify

El Paso has scrambled to move migrants off the streets and into shelters as temperatures plummet below freezing, but federal law dictates which migrants can stay inside city facilities.

Los Angeles Times

Immigration reform hopes nearly extinguished as Congress approaches end of session

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders who hoped to strike a deal on immigration reform before the end of the year faced difficult odds to push proposals through for votes.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Asylum-seekers await decision on Title 42

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With rifles and razor wire, National Guard and state troopers are blocking migrants at the border in El Paso

As cities on the Texas-Mexico border continue preparing for a possible influx of migrants and Title 42 remains in limbo, a shallow spot in the Rio Grande where thousands have recently crossed became the scene of a standoff Monday.

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The Independent UK

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

The Biden administration has been conspicuously silent about how migrants should enter the United States when Trump-era asylum limits end, fueling rumors, confusion and doubts about its readiness

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Another failure on immigration reform

A relatively quiet congressional effort to achieve bipartisan progress on immigration appeared to meet an untimely end last week.

The Independent UK

Alejandro González Iñárritu on his epic film ‘Bardo’, virtual reality, and battling Trump the ‘orange monster’

Alejandro González Iñárritu is on a mission to ‘liberate cinema’ from the boundaries of reality and tell new stories about Mexico, migrants, and life itself along the way, starting with his surreal new Netflix film, the director tells Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Texas border cities plan for cold, busy end to Title 42

Texas officials are preparing relocation, coordination and emergency aid plans ahead of an expected dramatic increase in the number of asylum-seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic-era immigration restrictions are set to expire this week

The Texas Tribune

Federal health order allowing rapid removal of migrants must end Wednesday, court rules

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

The Texas Tribune

In El Paso, migrants are sleeping on the streets after thousands crossed the border last weekend

A Nicaraguan fisherman planned to spend the night in a parking garage with other migrants, then a good Samaritan offered him a place to sleep. The city is struggling to handle a sudden influx of migrants that has overwhelmed local resources.

Salon

DACA deal fizzles amid GOP opposition

Rather than protect Dreamers, GOP lawmakers push to strengthen border measures

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