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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out.
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Work authorization for migrant arrivals stagnant since December
Gov. Maura Healey has frequently pointed to getting more migrants authorized to work as a key step in moving people out of the state’s overwhelmed emergency family shelter system, but the number of new arrivals who have work authorizations has stagnated since December. About half of the families in the state’s Emergency Assistance family shelter system are newly arrived...
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Migrants with no passport will now need facial recognition scans for domestic flights, TSA says
The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas.
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Biden's proposed budget includes $4.7 billion emergency fund for border migrant surges
President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for 2025 includes a $4.7 billion emergency fund for border security to enable the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up operations in the event of a migrant surge, according to a portion of the budget reviewed by NBC News.
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Proposed White House budget includes $4.7 billion emergency fund for border security
President Joe Biden’s proposed 2025 budget includes a $4.7 billion emergency fund for the Department of Homeland Security to bolster border security.
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Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge
The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.
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Arizona Republicans are pushing bills to punish migrants who enter the United States illegally
Republicans in swing state Arizona are broadcasting a tough border security stance with legislation aimed at punishing migrants who enter the U.S. illegally. The proponent of one bill has suggested it would allow property owners to shoot and kill migrants criminally trespassing on their property.
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Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally.
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New immigration court in Chelmsford aims to ease Mass. case backlog
A new federal immigration court will soon open in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Migrants are continuing to arrive each day, with most awaiting court dates for judges to hear their cases. As the situation continues to burden the court system, the U.S. Department of Justice plans to open the new Lowell Immigration Court on Chelmsford’s Apollo Drive. “I hope it provides...
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First responders in a Texas town are struggling to cope with the trauma of recovering bodies from the Rio Grande
First responders in Eagle Pass, Texas, say they are traumatized by what they see at the U.S.-Mexico border: parents drowned or dying, their children barely holding onto life after attempting to cross the Rio Grande.
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White House weighing executive actions on the border – with immigration powers used by Trump
The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.
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Report recounts changing nature of greater Boston immigration
Immigrants have been steadily representing a larger share of the Boston area’s population for more than half a century, but where they come from and where they settle has been changing significantly in recent years, according to new analysis. In an extensive, 50-page report that examined the significant economic impact immigrants have on the region, researchers found that South American and...
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Polls show Mass. voters are locked in on immigration
Two different polls released this week gave mixed signals around things like voters’ feelings about the job Gov. Maura Healey is doing and the level of support for Nikki Haley here ahead of next month’s presidential primary, but what was clear from both surveys was that Massachusetts voters have immigration and border control at the front of their minds....
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The Biden administration is considering executive action to deter illegal migration at the southern border
The Biden administration is considering taking executive action to deter illegal migration across the southern border, two U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Many US immigration fees set to jump in April with first significant changes in 7 years
Beginning April 1, the cost for some common immigration applications will rise with new adjustments.
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Some 500 migrants depart northern Honduras in a bid to reach the US by caravan
This is the first group since January 2022 and was comprised of men, women and children mostly from inland and southern Honduras, where many farm workers lost their jobs due to the closure of some plantations.
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Texas refuses to comply with Biden administration's cease-and-desist letter about border access
Texas is refusing to comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the Biden administration over actions by the state that have impeded U.S. Border Patrol agents from accessing part of the border with Mexico.
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Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
About 261,000 cases of migrants placed in removal proceedings are pending in the Miami court — the largest docket in the country.
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Pair faked robberies to help store clerks get US visas, feds say
Two men have been arrested for allegedly staging armed robberies at convenience stores and fast food restaurants so the “victims” could apply for a special visa for victims of criminal activity, federal prosecutors in Boston announced Friday. The pair of men, from New York City, are accused of staging armed robberies at at least four places in Massachusetts and at…
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Thousands of migrants trek across Mexico towards US border
An estimated 8,000 people left southern Mexico in a caravan Christmas Eve with the hopes of reaching the U.S. border.