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News Articles: border security

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

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  • National

ACLU sues Trump administration over asylum ban

The lawsuit alleges Trump's actions go against protections provided by Congress and backed by the courts.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Children of the Rivera family look toward the sky while waiting to be apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers after crossing over into the U.S. in June 2024 in Ruby, Ariz.

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  • Politics

Trump to make historic move toward revoking birthright citizenship

Trump wants to reinterpret the phrasing of the 14th Amendment to mean that the federal government would not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
In this aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border wall ends with a gap on Sunday near Sasabe, Ariz. Although immigrant crossings are down sharply, the incoming Trump administration has vowed to complete the wall and "seal" the border completely.

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  • Politics

Trump plans 10 sweeping actions on border security on Day 1. Here's what we know

Trump campaigned on border security promises, and he and his allies argue that his electoral win is an endorsement of his upcoming actions on the issue.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reacts during a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on Sunday, one day ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

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  • Politics

Trump rallies at Capital One Arena in preview of inauguration

Trump took the rally as an opportunity to preview several of his Day 1 actions, including on border security, energy, and ending the Biden administration's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in government agencies.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
President-elect Donald Trump speaks turing a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Why Trump's tariff promises will be hard to keep

President-elect Donald Trump has said his tariffs will raise revenues, boost U.S. jobs, and help stop the drug trade. But some of these goals are at odds with the others.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Vice President Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Sept. 27, 2024.

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  • Politics

At the border in Arizona, Harris lays out a plan to get tough on fentanyl

Vice President Harris is trying to shore up one of her biggest political liabilities. She focused her border security remarks on disrupting fentanyl smuggling.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
A group of Indian and Haitian immigrants arrive at a bus stop in Plattsburgh, N.Y. on a Saturday afternoon in August. The migrants were received by Indian drivers who take them to New York City for a fee.

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  • National

Indian migrants drive surge in northern U.S. border crossings

Unauthorized crossings through the U.S. northern border have surged due to an influx of Indian migrants. Many leave Canada in search of better economic opportunities.

September 10, 2024
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Vice President Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.

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  • Politics

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech

The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.

July 30, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Sen. Ossoff at the U.S. southern border on May 29, where he warned about the threats of terroism to U.S. national security without legislation or address unlawful entry at the border.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Ossoff at U.S.-Mexico border, Warnock joins senators' security statement

For the week ending May 31, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting national security at the southern border, urging Delta Air Lines leadership not to hinder workers' unionization efforts, calling out pharmaceutical companies for high medication prices, and addressing law enforcement shortages.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
President Biden shakes hands with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox during a meeting with governors from across the country at the White House on Feb. 23.

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  • Politics

Biden is looking at options for the border. But he's running into legal issues

President Biden told governors that he's looking for ways to take executive action to reduce the number of migrants crossing the southern border — but he's limited by laws and lack of funding.

February 23, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Asma Khalid
President Biden pauses in remarks in the State Dining Room on Feb. 6. Biden urged Congress to pass a Senate compromise bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security priorities.

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  • Elections

Biden tells Republicans to 'show some spine,' buck Trump, and back border bill

President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., the Democrats' chief negotiator on the border security talks, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in December.

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  • Politics

Top Dem in immigration talks says Republicans are ignoring border chaos to help Trump

Republican senators are now casting doubts on the new border security and foreign aid deal. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says they're caving to pressure from Trump to boost his reelection bid.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Hundreds of migrants gather along the border wall Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes.

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  • National

Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona crossing, overwhelming agents

A shift in smuggling routes has brought an influx of migrants near Lukeville, Arizona, prompting the Border Patrol to seek help from other federal agencies.

December 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., (left) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on September 21. Zelenskyy made his renewed case for American aid to Ukraine to a deeply divided Congress.

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  • Politics

The fate of Ukraine funding lies in the balance with speaker's race

The next House speaker will need to win the support of 218 members and Ukraine aid is expected to be a significant factor.

October 06, 2023
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

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  • Politics

House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.

September 29, 2023
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  • Deirdre Walsh
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