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Big week for US-Mexico ties going into North American summit

It’s been a big week for U.S.-Mexico relations, and that was even before President Joe Biden becomes the first U.S. leader to visit Mexico in nearly a decade

The Independent UK

Mexican capo's arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week likely is an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed

The Independent UK

U.S., Mexican immigration officials to meet ahead of Biden visit

U.S. and Mexican immigration officials are set to meet in El Paso Saturday, the day before U.S. President Joe Biden's first visit to the border since taking office, Mexico's immigration institute said Friday.

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Biden's Immigration Plan Lays Out a Tougher Border, New Legal Pathway for Some Migrants

There's still much more to be done to establish fair and efficient processes at the border.

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Extradition of cartel boss El Chapo’s son to US halted by judge

Authorities say that Ovidio Guzman also aces legal proceedings in Mexico

The Independent UK

US rights groups slam Biden’s ‘unacceptable’ asylum restrictions

New rules allowing US to turn more people away at border with Mexico ignore rights of asylum seekers, advocates say.

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‘El Chapo’ son’s arrest leaves 29 dead in Mexico before Biden trip

The capture of the son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northern Mexico left 29 dead, including 10 members of the country’s military, just days before U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit the nation.

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Message from US asylum hopefuls: Financial sponsors needed

Migrants and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries have increasingly found that protections in the United States are available to those with money or the savvy to find someone to vouch for them financially

The Independent UK

Biden to focus on fentanyl in Mexico, Canada talks

President Joe Biden hopes to focus on the flow of fentanyl into the United States during a Mexico City meeting with leaders from Mexico and Canada next week, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters in the White House on Friday.

Reuters

At least 29 people killed in violence following arrest of Mexican cartel boss El Chapo’s son

Wave of violence broke out in state of Sinaloa after government arested Ovidio Guzman

The Independent UK

Analysis-Capture of El Chapo's son gilds Mexican president's patchy record on crime

The capture of a drug cartel boss who embarrassed Mexico's government has given President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a rare crime-fighting victory as he prepares to host a major North American summit and gears up to secure his succession.

Reuters

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The United States will expand Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, President Joe Biden said on Thursday in his first major speech on border security.

The Times of India

At least 29 killed in Mexico capture of Chapo's son; U.S. extradition not guaranteed

Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday.

Reuters

What is the U.S. 'Title 42' immigration policy and why is it expanding?

The United States announced on Thursday it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico, a move would block more nationalities from seeking asylum in the United States.

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The Independent UK

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 a month

President Joe Biden says the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally

Axios

Mexico authorities arrest El Chapo's son, sparking deadly riots in Sinaloa state

The U.S. State Department said Ovidio Guzmán was a"high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his jailed father previously led.

The Independent UK

Violence hits Mexico cartel stronghold as 'Chapo' son nabbed

Mexico's capture of a son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman thrust Sinaloa's state capital into a day of terror unlike any its residents had experienced since October 2019 — the last time authorities tried to capture Ovidio Guzmán

Miami Herald

What you need to know about the new program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will sharply step up the expulsion of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti who show up illegally at the U.S.-Mexico border. The administration also unveiled a new program to allow as many as 30,000 migrants from those countries to live and work in the…

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The Independent UK

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico

Celebrated as major setback for Sinaloa Cartel, detention of Ovidio ‘El Raton’ Guzman Thursday has already led to revenge attacks in city of Culiacan

Evening Standard

Security services members killed in clashes in Mexico after son of ‘El Chapo’ drug trafficker captured

Violence erupts across Sinaloa after police make major arrest of man wanted in US on drug trafficking charges

Bangkok Post

Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'

CULIACáN (MEXICO) - Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits.

Los Angeles Times

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will unveil a new border strategy Thursday expanding a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to turn back migrants without considering their claims for asylum, while also allowing thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti to apply for entry into the U.S.

The Texas Tribune

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.

Bangkok Post

Biden tells illegal migrants to keep out -- but opens door to others

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday warned undocumented migrants to stay away from the US border while opening the door to limited legal arrivals from four impoverished countries, in a delicate balancing act on one of the country's most explosive political issues.

Al Jazeera

US unveils new border curbs for Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans

Joe Biden says new rules allowing asylum seekers to be returned to Mexico aim to reduce arrivals at US southern border.

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