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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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - US

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.

Reason

Asylum seekers face decision to split up families or wait indefinitely under new border policy

WASHINGTON — Inside a tent near the Rio Grande in Matamorros, Mexico, Jeyson woke up every day for a month before 3 a.m. to fill out applications to request asylum for his family of four through a U.S. government mobile app.

Los Angeles Times

The nation's largest federal law enforcement agency has new use-of-force rules. How much will change?

SAN DIEGO — Last year, in an effort to fulfill his campaign promises of bold criminal justice reform, President Joe Biden issued an executive order he said would increase accountability for federal law enforcement agencies.

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US credits new programs for January drop in border crossings - Roll Call

The number of migrants encountered monthly at the southwest border dropped significantly in January, U.S. officials said.

Roll Call

Facial recognition bias frustrates Black asylum applicants to US, advocates say

Migrants from Africa and Haiti reportedly cannot use app to accept their photos, which is now required to apply for asylum

The Guardian - US

A dolphin skull was found in someone's luggage in Detroit

The luggage was unaccompanied on an international flight re-entering the U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now in possession of the skull.

WEKU

US u-turns on Esta ban for Cuba tourists

Exclusive: British travellers have been told overnight the ban applies only for visits from January 2021

The Independent UK

Migrants grapple with government app to make asylum appointments - Roll Call

Immigrant advocates say migrants have issues with an expanded CBP One app meant to address unlawful border crossings.

Roll Call

Online system to seek asylum in US is quickly overwhelmed

A mobile app for migrants to seek asylum in the United States has been overwhelmed since it was introduced this month in one of several major changes to the government’s response to unprecedented migration flows

The Independent UK

A Historic Refugee Crisis Miscast As a Border Emergency

Providing legal ways to work or seek protection in America is the only viable way to reduce illegal immigration.

Reason

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Fortune

Eggs are so expensive that people are literally smuggling them across the border

With egg prices up 137% from a year ago, shoppers are trying to bring them in from Mexico.

Axios

Illegal border crossings reach highest number since Biden took office

The surge in migrants came just before Biden unveiled a policy to curb illegal border crossings.

The Independent UK

US will resume border wall construction at San Diego park

Advocates say the Biden administration has agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the southwest corner of the continental United States

The Guardian - US

US turns back growing number of undocumented people after arduous sea journeys

Biden shifts toward political center as likely presidential rival Ron DeSantis calls out national guard

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Trial exposes nuances, conflicts and contradictions of US immigration policy

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal trial zeroing in on the Biden administration’s immigration policies this week provided a glimpse into the minutiae of everyday decisions that lead to the detention and release of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants who cross the southern border.

The Independent UK

US launches online system to seek asylum on Mexican border

The Biden administration has launched an online appointment system for migrants to be exempt from limits on seeking asylum, its latest major step to overhaul border enforcement

Tribune News Service

PedWest pedestrian border crossing to reopen next week after 2020 closure

TIJUANA, Mexico — The PedWest pedestrian border crossing, which has been closed for almost three years, will reopen Jan. 9 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.

Tribune News Service

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.

Miami Herald

Officer’s Miami death underscores danger of ‘reality-based’ training in mass-shooter era

The death of Jorge Arias seemed like a freak accident — the veteran U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot to death by a colleague during a training session at a popular outdoor gun range off Tamiami Trail in West Miami-Dade.

The Independent UK

White House condemns Abbott’s Christmas Eve migrant stunt as ‘cruel, dangerous and shameful’

Two Republican governors have led campaign to bus migrants to Democratic strongholds

The Independent UK

Cubans, Nicaraguans drive migration to US border in November

U.S. authorities say iIlegal border crossings by Cubans and Nicaraguans rose sharply in November while overall migration flows were little changed from October

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