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For LGBT asylum-seekers, coming to the U.S. is hardly the end of a harrowing journey

Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.

WEKU

Migrant Caravan Surges, Overwhelming US Southern Border

Get the latest update on the largest migrant caravan heading towards the US southern border. Find out how this influx is impacting communities and strainin...

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‘Intentional cruelty’: asylum seekers are dying at US-Mexico border, say advocates

Complaint details human rights violations, including lack of food, water and shelter and denial of emergency care

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Arizona's governor is sending the National Guard to the border

Arizona's governor on Friday ordered the state's National Guard to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of migrants.

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Arizona's governor is sending the state's National Guard to the border to help with a migrant influx

Arizona’s governor has ordered the state’s National Guard to send troops to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of migrants

The Independent UK

US Homeland Security staff accuse leadership of turning ‘blind eye’ to Gaza

An open letter from Homeland Security employees blasts agency heads for ‘minimising the ongoing atrocities’ in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

U.S. Closes Ports of Entry to Free up Personal and Redirect Them to Deal With Surge of Migrants

The most recent case is that of Lukeville, Arizona, and Sonoyta, Mexico, an area where crossings have recently increased

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US border officials are closing a remote Arizona crossing because of overwhelming migrant arrivals

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will temporarily close south and northbound traffic to vehicle and pedestrians at the remote Lukeville, Arizona border crossing with Mexico

The Independent UK

Fix the Border Crisis by Making Legal Immigration Easier

Trying to block immigration by law just means that we’ll get it flowing around the law enforcers.

Reason

Migrants Advocates Decry Conditions at Southern Border Camps, Call Them Open-Air Detention Centers

The issuance of wristbands and specific directives on where to be have raised questions about the nature of the centers

Latin Times

US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries

U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more resources to illegal entries

The Independent UK

Biden Quietly Gave Border Wall Contract to Company Used by Trump, Abbott

“Clearly DHS, under the Biden administration, has no more respect for border residents than it did under the Trump administration.”

Texas Observer

US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will target not only fentanyl but precursor materials used to make the synthetic opioid

The Independent UK

Giraffe poop seized at airport from passenger who had strange plans for it

A woman on her way back from a trip to Kenya had an unusual memento from her time in Africa

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Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage

Congress' official watchdog says in a report that the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled untold numbers of saguaro cactuses in Arizona, put endangered ocelots at risk in Texas and disturbed Native American burial grounds

The Guardian - US

Biden administration sued over asylum appointment app that ‘does not work’

CBP One requirement creates unlawful hurdle for migrants on app riddled with glitches and indecipherable error messages, suit says

The Guardian - US

Republicans accused of cynical ploy in blaming fentanyl crisis on Biden

Critics say GOP leaders misrepresent asylum seekers as being behind smuggling of opioid that kills 70,000 Americans a year

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Editorial: Border Patrol's story that people didn't see what they saw at the border deserves scrutiny

In April, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the Border Patrol had turned the space between two border walls along the San Diego-Tijuana border into a de facto open-air holding cell, keeping migrants there for days without blankets, food or adequate water supplies. This contradicted rules meant to ensure humane…

Roll Call

Decrease in border crossings hasn’t slowed Republican criticism - Roll Call

A reported decline in unauthorized border crossings in the month since pandemic-era asylum restrictions expired hasn't slowed GOP criticism.

WEKU

A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Imposter scams cost Americans billions

Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.

The Independent UK

Migrant child died in Border Patrol custody after nurse denied at least three ambulance requests

Medical personnel at a border patrol station failed to contact on-call physicians and document medical encounters with an eight-year-old child who had worsenning flu symptoms

Daily Mirror

Border patrol nurse REFUSED to review health of girl who died with 40 degree temperature

The Customs and Border Protection nurse failed to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder and reported denying multiple requests from the girl's mum for an ambulance at a Harlingen, Texas, CBP station

Al Jazeera

US reveals 8-year-old girl died in border patrol custody

The passing of a young Panamanian girl marks the second death of a minor in two weeks in US immigration custody.

ABC News

Girl, 8, dies in US Border Patrol custody, officials confirm

An 8-year-old girl from Panama has died in US Border Patrol custody, Customs and Border Protection says.

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