Category: Immigration & Border Security

Biden Restarts Program That Lets Parents Bring Central American Children to US

September 14, 2021
Executive BranchFeatured TopicsimmigrationImmigration & Border SecurityJoe BidenPoliticsUSUS News
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President Joe Biden’s administration is accepting new applications from parents who want to bring children as old as 20 from Central America, years after former President Donald Trump ended the program. The Central American Minors Program was launched in 2014 during the Obama administration to let certain parents legally present in the United States bring…

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Illegal Immigrant Children Enjoy Different Standard in Proof of Immunization, Florida Educator Says

September 14, 2021
educationFeatured TopicsFloridaillegal immigrant childrenImmigration & Border SecurityLocal NewsRegional-Local NewsUSUS News
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In the United States, schools must accept the children of illegal immigrants as students. But one mother and educator says the children of illegal immigrants enjoy a different standard in proof of immunization than those of American citizens. “Public schools must accept illegal students and not require the same registration paperwork for admission as we…

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Arizona AG Sues Biden Administration Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

September 14, 2021
AMERICACCP VirusCOVID-19Executive BranchFeatured TopicsFederal-State RelationsImmigration & Border SecurityJoe BidenPoliticsRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsUSUS NewsVaccines & Safety
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Arizona filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates that affect federal employees, most healthcare workers, and employees at numerous private businesses—likely the first lawsuit that was filed against the policies. “The federal government cannot force people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Biden Administration is once again flouting our laws and…

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COVID-19 Vaccines Mandatory for US Green Card Applicants: Immigration Officials

September 14, 2021
AMERICACCP VirusCOVID-19Executive BranchFeatured Topicsgreen cardImmigration & Border SecurityPoliticsUSUS NewsWorld
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All green card applicants subject to the immigration medical examination have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 starting next month, federal immigration officials announced Tuesday. “In general,” said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), “individuals applying to become a lawful permanent resident, and other applicants as deemed necessary, must undergo an immigration medical examination…

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White House Reveals Why Flights Carrying Afghans Are Being Blocked From Landing in the US

September 10, 2021
AfghanAfghanistanExecutive BranchFeatured TopicsImmigration & Border SecurityJen PsakiMiddle EastPoliticsUSUS NewsWorld
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The Biden administration said on Friday that the United States has temporarily suspended flights with Afghan evacuees on board from entering the country after several measles cases were confirmed among recent arrivals. “‘Operation Allies Welcome’ flights into the United States have been temporarily paused at the request of the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]…

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Michigan Mayor Withdraws Recusal, Urges Approval of Resettlement Facility for Illegal Alien Teenagers

September 9, 2021
Featured TopicsillegalImmigration & Border SecurityLocal NewsRegional-Local NewsResettlement Facilityteenage boysUSUS News
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ALMA, Mich.—Mayor Greg Mapes sent a letter Tuesday to the city commission requesting to undo his recusal from voting on and discussing a controversial plan to turn a former nursing home owned by Masonic Pathways into a resettlement center for unaccompanied alien minors. Mapes, a long-time Mason, is an outspoken advocate for the project. Mapes’s…

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Michigan Mayor Withdraws Recusal, Urges Approval of Resettlement Facility for Illegal Alien Teens

September 9, 2021
Featured TopicsillegalImmigration & Border SecurityLocal NewsRegional-Local NewsResettlement Facilityteenage boysUSUS News
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ALMA, Mich.—Mayor Greg Mapes sent a letter on Sept. 7 to the Alma, Michigan, city commission requesting to undo his recusal from voting on and discussing a controversial plan to turn a former nursing home owned by Masonic Pathways into a resettlement center for unaccompanied alien minors. Mapes, a longtime Mason, is an outspoken advocate…

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Texas Makes It Easier to Prosecute Human Smugglers

September 7, 2021
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A new law in Texas has removed a major barrier to prosecuting human smugglers, who are most often caught driving illegal aliens from the U.S.–Mexico border to larger cities. As of Sept. 1, prosecutors need not prove “pecuniary gain,” which was often the reason cases were thrown out. “We don’t have any way to track…

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DHS Quiet on ‘Remain in Mexico’ Restart After Supreme Court Order

September 2, 2021
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Nine days after the Supreme Court ordered the Biden administration to restart the Remain in Mexico program, no information is available on new enrollees, and border agents are saying the program hasn’t yet been reinstated. The program, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), was launched during the Trump administration and terminated by President…

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Crossing Over: How Central America’s Desperate Poor Get to New York

September 1, 2021
Featured Topicsillegal aliensImmigration & Border Securitymcallen texasUSUS Features
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The 3-month-old baby in the airplane had a scabby forehead and dirty fingernails, yet she was a dark-eyed darling in her father’s arms. She was named after her dead mother, Maria Isabella, and she had spent her life to that point traveling north from El Salvador. All she knew was her family’s passage to the…

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