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New Plan Aims to Make It Easier for Ukrainians to Enter US, Just Not Via Mexico Border
The Biden administration is making it easier for refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine to come to the United States from Europe while trying to shut down an informal route through northern Mexico that’s emerged in recent weeks.
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‘Robot Dogs' Will Help Protect US-Mexico Border: CBP
The U.S. government continues to strengthen border security to prevent the illegal crossing of immigrants into the country, which has been on the rise year after year, as well as to reduce the presence of human smugglers, drug smugglers and violence.
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Opening a Restaurant When Ingredient Supply Chains Get Jammed
San Diego Chef Priscilla Curiel has everything she needs to open her new restaurants, Tuétano Taqueria and Mar Rustico: she has the perfect locations, she has her carefully crafted recipes, she has the vision. The only thing she’s missing is a steady supply of ingredients, as the pandemic supply chain problems hit her Michelin-recommended birria tacos.
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What Writing Music & Running a Restaurant Have in Common
San Diego’s revered chef Priscilla Curiel has a lot on her plate: between managing her restaurants, Tuétano Taqueria and Mujer Divina, opening a new seafood spot, finding ways to keep the lights on and payroll going, and being present for her family, Curiel has found juggling everything more challenging during the pandemic. But the one thing she can always rely...
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A Chef's Recipe for Success After Pandemic Shutdowns
Priscilla Curiel has made a name for herself as the chef who put bone marrow birria tacos on the map in San Diego County. Although she closed down one restaurant due to the pandemic, she’s ready for a new start in Old Town — with not one restaurant, but two.
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The Haitian Migration Story Behind the Shocking Scenes at the Texas Border
Scenes of thousands of Haitian migrants gathering at the border town of Del Rio, Texas, and images of some being chased down by border control agents on horseback shocked many Americans. But not those who understand how the history of Haiti and U.S. immigration policy led to this moment. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez digs into the story behind the...
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Biden on Border: ‘Of Course I Take Responsibility, I'm President'
President Joe Biden says he takes responsibility for the issues at the U.S.-Mexico border, and says the images of border patrol agents were “outrageous.”
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US Steps Up Effort to Unite Families Separated Under Trump
The Biden administration is stepping up its effort to find and unite migrant families forcibly separated under President Donald Trump
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Groups Sue Mexico Seeking to Stop Mass Removal of Migrants
Four migrant defense groups in Mexico say they have sought court injunctions to block what they call “massive” deportations by the government.
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US Is Flying Central Americans to Mexico to Deter Crossings
An official says the Biden administration has begun flying some Central American families deep into Mexico as authorities encounter more families and unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Number of Missing on Mexico's Highway of Death Rises to 71
At least 71 people have gone missing this year on a highway between Mexico’s industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo, authorities said Wednesday.
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US Begins Reuniting Some Families Separated at Mexico Border
The Biden administration says four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States this week.
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Texas Truck Driver Indicted in Deaths of 8 Migrants in Crash
A Texas man who drove a pickup truck involved in a deadly head-on crash that killed eight migrants he was carrying near a Texas border city has been indicted.
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Biden Taps VP Harris to Lead Response to Border Challenges
President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border
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SUV in Crash Where 13 Died Came Through Hole in Border Fence
Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved when an SUV packed with 25 people slammed into a tractor-trailer in a remote California desert, killing the driver and 12 passengers near the Mexican border.
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US Unwinds Trump Policy Making Asylum-Seekers Wait in Mexico
The Biden administration is moving to restore the asylum system to the way it worked for decades by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the U.S. It ends their long wait in Mexico and unravels a key anti-immigration policy of former President Donald Trump
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CBP Imposes New Measures to Curb Non-Essential Travel Across US-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced newly adopted measures that will be taken at the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to curb non-essential travel during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Guatemalan Man Seeking Asylum Drowns Along US-Mexico Border
Aid workers say a Guatemalan man who had been living in a makeshift migrant camp while waiting to petition the U.S. government for asylum drowned in the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas.
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US, Mexico, Canada Agree to Extend Border Restrictions Until September
The Governments of Mexico and the United States agreed on Friday to extend another month the restriction of non-essential travel at the border that expired on August 21 by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Both countries will attempt to coordinate health measures in the border region that will be in effect until 23:59 hours on September 21, 2020,” Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign…
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US: Border Tunnel Appears to Be ‘most Sophisticated'
Authorities say they’ve found an unfinished tunnel stretching from Mexico to Arizona that appears to be “the most sophisticated tunnel in U_S_ history.”