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News Articles: Immigration Reform

President Joe Biden speaks with US Customs and Border Protection officers as he visits the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023.

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Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions

President Biden has issued a number of immigration-related executive actions that mimic those of the Trump administration, and VP Harris has promised she’ll continue restrictive policies.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump rallies opposition

Senators are closing in on a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration. But vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump is threatening to topple the compromise.

January 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded until early March. The House is set to vote on the measure later today.

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Congress passes stopgap spending measure to dodge Friday shutdown threat

The House and the Senate have approved a short-term measure to keep the full federal government funded until early March.

January 18, 2024
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  • Eric McDaniel
As Title 42 is set to be lifted by the Biden administration next month, more Democrats are expressing concern that the White House doesn't have enough of a plan to handle the fallout.

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  • Politics

As Biden plans to lift Title 42, Democrats want details on how he'll address influx

Some key Senate Democrats and candidates have come out this week and expressed reservations about the Biden administration's decision to lift Title 42 by May 23.

April 20, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
As Title 42 is set to be lifted by the Biden administration next month, more Democrats are expressing concern that the White House doesn't have enough of a plan to handle the fallout.

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  • Politics

As Biden plans to lift Title 42, Democrats want details on how he'll address influx

Some key Senate Democrats and candidates have come out this week and expressed reservations about the Biden administration's decision to lift Title 42 by May 23.

April 20, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
In this June 21, 2021, file photo former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a campaign event for Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa in New York. An appeals court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. The ruling, signed Thursday, June 24 will prevent Giuliani from representing clients as a lawyer.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Giuliani’s New York Fallout Doesn’t Halt His Georgia Fixation

Friday on Political Rewind: Vice President Kamala Harris visits the Mexican border for the first time today. She’s been criticized by Republicans and Democrats for failing to take the leadership role President Joe Biden assigned her to find solutions for dealing with the surge of immigrants looking to enter the United States. 

Meanwhile, the New York Appellate Court that suspended Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani’s license to practice law in New York State cited his conduct in challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

June 25, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
The Trump-era "zero tolerance" immigration policy has resulted in the separation of more than 3,000 children from their families after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

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  • Politics

Justice Department Rescinds Trump's 'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Policy

The Trump-era immigration policy resulted in thousands of family separations at the U.S-Mexico border.

January 27, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this April 29, 2018 photo, Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants they walk towards the border before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico.

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  • Politics

Trump Administration Looks To Ban Imports Of People And Goods

On this edition of Political Rewind, the always contentious issues of illegal immigration is back in the spotlight. A bi-partisan group of U.S. House...

June 01, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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