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DHS sees huge drop in Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan arrivals at southern border

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recorded a precipitous drop in encounters with migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this month, the department said on Wednesday, putting January on track to see the lowest level of monthly border encounters since the beginning of the Biden administration.

Miami Herald

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

Texas leads lawsuit against Biden administration’s new immigration policy

Last month, the administration said the U.S. will let up to 360,000 people per year enter the country from four countries. A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims the policy is illegal.

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Homeland Security silent on claim Tiger King star Carole Baskin’s husband ‘alive’ after 1997 disappearance

‘They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica’

The Independent UK

Homeland Security silent on claim Carole Baskin’s husband ‘alive’ after 1997 disappearance

‘They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica’

The Independent UK

Fast turnaround: Feds approve first Cubans to come to the US under new parole program

In a surprisingly quick turnaround, U.S. immigration authorities have already approved some applications by Cubans to come to live in the United States through a new parole program the Biden administration announced less than a week ago in a bid to curb migrants coming to the U.S. border and Florida…

Miami Herald

Florida says it’s helping feds deal with migrant surge but not directly intervening

MIAMI — Florida’s emergency response to the influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti arriving by boat will be one of surveillance and not interdiction as 150 to 200 troops and officers work with federal Homeland Security officials “to increase coastal vigilance and provide improved situational awareness on migrant activities,’’…

Miami Herald

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Mayorkas unfazed by McCarthy impeachment threat: "I've got a lot of work to do"

He said he has no intention of resigning and is prepared for any potential investigations.

Axios

U.S. and Japan agree to step up cybersecurity cooperation

The United States and Japan on Friday signed an updated memorandum of cooperation on cybersecurity to strengthen operational collaboration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

Reuters

Ahead of El Paso visit, Biden says U.S. will allow 30,000 migrants from four countries to enter monthly

Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela will be allowed entry and given work permits. The administration will also expand the use of Title 42 to expel more migrants to Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

Biden’s first border visit will be in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday

WASHINGTON — Two years after taking office, President Joe Biden will make his first U.S.-Mexico border visit on Sunday with a stop in El Paso, where a massive influx of migrants has overwhelmed local shelters.

Tribune News Service

Population Growth Still Isn't a Problem. Anti-Immigrant Groups Still Think It Is.

It shouldn't be surprising that a misanthropic worldview like Paul Ehrlich's can be taken in xenophobic directions.

Reason

Real ID deadline extended to 2025

After the May 2025 deadline, domestic travelers 18 and older on commercial flights must have a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or state photo ID identification card. The deadline to have a Real ID had previously been May 3, 2023.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border directive in place

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order that keeps in place the pandemic-related border policy known as Title 42, allowing border agents to continue turning away migrants seeking asylum at least for months.

Roll Call

Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border directive in place - Roll Call

The Supreme Court kept in place the pandemic-related border policy known as Title 42, allowing the government to turn away asylum-seekers.

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

Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

A video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016

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Ex-Homeland Security agent convicted of rights violations for three sexual assaults

LOS ANGELES — A former Department of Homeland Security agent was convicted Wednesday of violating the civil rights of two women by trying to block them from reporting to police that he sexually assaulted them.

Miami Herald

‘Life-threatening’: Florida Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar asks feds to stop deportation of Cubans after data leak

MIAMI — U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar asked the head of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday evening to stop the deportations of Cubans in immigration custody whose information the federal government accidentally published online.

Los Angeles Times

DHS accidentally informed Cuba that deportees had sought protection in US

The Department of Homeland Security inadvertently tipped off the Cuban government this month that some of the immigrants the agency sought to deport to the island nation had asked the U.S. for protection from persecution or torture, officials said Monday.

Roll Call

Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border policy in place for now

More than a dozen Republican-led states asked the Supreme Court on Monday to preserve pandemic-related border restrictions.

The Independent UK

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

The Department of Homeland Security says more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week

Tribune News Service

Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

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Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups - Roll Call

Most of the provisions aimed at identifying and removing extremism in the U.S. military were stripped out of the annual defense policy bill.

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