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20 states sue feds over parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans

Twenty states sued the Department of Homeland Security and its leadership Tuesday over a humanitarian parole program the Biden administration hopes will reduce irregular migration from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua, arguing that it is a violation of federal immigration law and an overreach of executive power.

Miami Herald

Don't smuggle eggs across the border — it could result in a hefty fine, border officials say

SAN DIEGO — The egg shortage in the United States has led to an increase in people smuggling raw eggs and poultry across the border, says U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Tribune News Service

Homeland chief: Cubans, Haitians who come by sea are disqualified from new parole program

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that Cubans and Haitians who illegally come to the United States by boat will be disqualified from applying to a recently announced parole program, a public declaration that follows a wave of migrant landings in the Florida Keys.

Miami Herald

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Customs agents busy in Louisville, watching for counterfeit products being shipped

Officers in U.S. Customs and Border Protection are staying busy in Louisville looking for counterfeit jewelry shipments. Public Affairs Officer Steve Bansbach said it’s a continual problem.

WEKU

Biden visits El Paso in first trip to southern border as president

"They need a lot of resources. We're going to get it for them," Biden said when asked what he's learned from his border visit.

Axios

Coast Guard stops a migrant boat off the Florida Keys with about 20 people

U.S. Coast Guard crews and agents with Customs and Border Protection stopped a migrant boat off the Florida Keys Wednesday afternoon with about 20 people on board.

Miami Herald

EXPLAINER: What happens if COVID asylum restrictions end?

The U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel migrants seeking asylum since the pandemic began

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Haitian child dies after migrant boat capsizes on Puerto Rican beach

A 3-year-old child presumed to be from Haiti died Friday morning after a migrant boat capsized on the beaches of the Puerto Rican beach town of Rincón, according to local and federal authorities, the latest such voyage near the American territory to turn deadly.

Miami Herald

Commentary: US border killings evade justice. An international commission can change that

To people of color in the United States, the death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas — a brutal killing at the hands of U.S. government officials followed by impunity — is all too familiar. Yet in an extraordinary moment challenging that impunity, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights convened a hearing in…

Los Angeles Times

Design team suggests Friendship Park fencing can be repaired rather than replaced

SAN DIEGO — With construction on a border barrier replacement project paused, a design team organized by advocates for Friendship Park has recommended that the federal government not go through with its plans to erect 30-foot walls at the historic binational meeting place.

Tribune News Service

2 Customs agents injured, one dead, after shootout at sea with smugglers off Puerto Rico

Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were injured and a third was killed during an early Thursday morning high seas shootout with suspected smugglers 14 miles off Puerto Rico’s southwest coast.

Miami Herald

US agent, suspected smuggler killed off Puerto Rico coast

U.S. authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday morning off the Puerto Rico coast

The Independent UK

Customs and Border Protection Chief Refuses to Step Down (UPDATED)

The Biden Administration has reportedly asked for Commissioner Magnus's resignation, but he has refused to go.

Reason

Top border official Magnus say he's been asked to resign but refuses

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus said Friday he was asked to resign but is refusing to do so.

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The Independent UK

AP sources: US border agency leader is being forced out

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, according to two people familiar with the matter

Tribune News Service

2 Russians detained on St. Lawrence Island after they arrived by boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two Russians who arrived on St. Lawrence Island by boat were flown off the Bering Sea island by federal government officials this week, setting off a scramble by multiple agencies.

The Independent UK

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, according to information from Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office

WEKU

Two Russians looking to avoid military service seek asylum after reaching Alaska

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, a senator's office said.

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Australian woman deported from US says border agency told her questions about abortion were policy

Madolline Gourley says a special agent in the office of professional responsibility told her the questions she was asked were in line with Customs and Border Protection procedures

Tribune News Service

GOP governors bus migrants to blue cities, but many exit in red states

Since April, thousands of migrants have arrived by bus in New York City and Washington, D.C., sent north by Republican governors in Texas and Arizona as a political gambit to blame Democrats for the migrants’ presence in the country.

WEKU

The agents on horseback who chased migrants used unnecessary force, a report finds

A federal investigation concluded that the Border Patrol agents did not use their reins to whip any of the Haitian migrants who were crossing the border near Del Rio, Texas, last year.

The Independent UK

Irish man barred from entering US ‘because he was born in Iraq’

’Someone’s country of birth or nationality should not determine their entry to any country,’ says sportsman

The Independent UK

Homeland Security tightens scrutiny of internal misconduct

Employees accused of misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security could face more stringent penalties under an overhaul that follows complaints about the handling of internal discipline in the third largest U.S. government agency

The Independent UK

Australian traveller strip-searched, held in US prison and deported over little-known entry requirement

Jack Dunn thought an onward ticket to Mexico would be enough to get him into the US. Border officials had other ideas.

Miami Herald

Survivor search continues after migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, leaving 11 dead

Federal and state authorities in Puerto Rico continued searching for survivors Friday morning after a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized near the U.S. territory’s western coast the day before, leaving 11 women dead.

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