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Migrants waiting to cross the border say government’s app for asylum-seekers is a mess

Hundreds of migrants have waited on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande for days to be apprehended. Others say they want to follow the rules to enter legally — if they could just get the government phone app to work.

The Texas Tribune

Migrants amass along US-Mexico border as COVID-era restrictions near end

U.S. border agents in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday urged hundreds of migrants amassing on city streets to surrender to authorities as illegal crossings rose in the run-up to the end of COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 later this week.

Reuters

The enemy within

Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah was invited to Eid al-Fitr but then turned away. What happened?

Salon

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What to expect as Biden sends 1,500 troops to US-Mexico border

Refugee advocates call on US President Joe Biden to ‘rethink’ plan to send additional soldiers to southern border.

Al Jazeera

This is the best free travel app you're not using — at it will save you a ton of time

Mobile Passport Control is the most important travel app for U.S. citizens you didn’t know about — and it saved me a ton of time returning home.

Tom’s Guide

Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to U.S.-Mexico border

FRONTON, Texas -Lihua Wu's journey to the United States started when she scrolled past the words "The Route", one of several common hashtags on Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, advising migrants on the irregular overland trek across Latin America to the United States, also known online as "the Big…

Reuters

$290,000 worth of fake AirPods and Apple Watches seized at Washington Dulles airport

U.S Customs and Border Protection has revealed the seizure of 1000 AirPods Pro 2 and 50 Apple Watches in Virginia last month.

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US lifts import ban on Malaysia's Smart Glove

The United States lifted a 17-month import ban on products from Malaysian rubber glove maker Smart Glove, saying the company has addressed exploitative labour practices.

Reuters

Migrants say Border Patrol is keeping them between the border walls for days without food or shelter

SAN DIEGO — When a 33-year-old man from Afghanistan who had worked for the U.S. Army as a translator crossed onto U.S. soil from Tijuana, he thought he'd finally made it to a place where he would be safe.

Tribune News Service

US to test expedited asylum screenings at Mexico border

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says migrants entering the country illegally will be screened by asylum officers while in custody under a limited experiment that provides them access to legal counsel

The Independent UK

Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border

AI-enhanced cameras can detect ‘objects of interest’ miles away, which critics say will drive migrants deeper into dangerous desert

The Guardian - US

More Ecuadorians move to U.S., spared many others' hurdles

Amid economic woes and rising violence, more Ecuadorians are leaving their country and migrating to cross the border into the United States

The Independent UK

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Over 1,000 migrants, angered by asylum policies, rush to U.S.-Mexico border

More than a thousand migrants in northern Mexico surrendered to U.S. border authorities, frustrated by recent asylum policies, and shaken by a fire at a nearby migrant detention center that killed dozens this week.

Reuters

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The Guardian - US

‘They’re killing us’: anger grows after deadly fire at Mexican migrant center

Protesters call for justice as blaze at detention facility in Ciudad Juárez highlights tough US immigration policies

Al Jazeera

US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates

Ciudad Juarez blaze that killed at least 38 migrants comes amid increasingly restrictive policies at US-Mexico border.

Reason

The Government Is Turning Border Surveillance on Everyday Americans

As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye.

Tribune News Service

House GOP leaders question discipline for Border Patrol agents

WASHINGTON — A trio of House Republican leaders raised concerns Friday that border agents would be unfairly disciplined for their treatment of Haitian migrants while on horseback after an incident in 2021 got widespread attention.

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Roll Call

House GOP leaders question discipline for Border Patrol agents - Roll Call

House Republican leaders raised concerns Friday about the discipline process for border agents related to a 2021 incident on horseback.

Reuters

U.S. flies migrants caught at Canada border to Texas in deterrence effort

U.S. authorities have been flying migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border to Texas as part of a deterrence effort to tackle a rise in crossings, according to authorities, flight records and a Reuters witness.

Tribune News Service

Border chief asks House panel to boost migrant processing

WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told House Republicans on Wednesday that his agency needs more technology and resources, as the number of migrants arriving at the southwest border “places tremendous strain” on the system.

Roll Call

Border chief asks House panel to boost migrant processing - Roll Call

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told House Republicans on Wednesday that his agency needs more technology and resources.

Roll Call

House Democrats call to improve border appointment app - Roll Call

House Democrats raised concerns Monday about the Biden administration’s use of a smartphone app for migrants to request asylum appointments.

The Guardian - US

Progressives praise Biden for tax hike plan – but Pentagon budget stirs anger

Leftwing Democrats say defense spending is far too high and query president’s request for more money for border security

Reason

Biden's New Trump-Lite Asylum Policy Proposal

It's less bad than Trump-era efforts along the same lines. But saying that is damning with faint praise.

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