The Biden administration shuttered a migrant tent camp in Mexico that was created under a Trump policy. Immigration advocates praised the move, but the closure adds to growing confusion over which migrants are let in or left out.
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Teenage migrant boys will be housed in Dallas and Midland as South Texas border facilities experience overcrowding
The Biden administration’s emergency measure will send the boys to Dallas’ convention center and a former oil field workers’ camp in Midland.
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Biden will deploy FEMA to care for teenagers and children crossing border in record numbers
The deployment will support what the Department of Homeland Security called a 90-day government-wide effort at the border, where the Biden administration is struggling to care for a record number of teenagers and children arriving without their parents.
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Migrant apprehensions continued upward trend in February
The Rio Grande Valley and the El Paso sectors remain the busiest crossing points as more than 100,000 people were either apprehended or surrendered to authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs
The Ellis-Island-style hubs that will screen migrant parents and children with a goal of releasing them into the United States within 72 hours.
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Federal judge prevents Biden administration from pausing deportations for two more weeks
Judge Drew Tipton originally issued a 14-day suspension of Biden’s moratorium on Jan. 26. The pause in deportations was part of Biden’s attempted day one overhaul of several of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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Donald Trump visiting Texas’ Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday as his administration rushes to award more border wall contracts
The president’s visit comes a week after Department of Homeland Security officials touted the “historic” completion of 450 miles of border fencing during his administration.
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The Trump administration awarded border wall contracts to build on land it doesn’t own in Texas
The government’s strategy of awarding contracts before acquiring titles to land in Texas has led to millions of dollars in costs for delays. Things could get even more complicated if President-elect Joe Biden stops border wall construction.
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Reversing Trump’s immigration policies will “take time,” Biden team says
Several members of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team said the incoming administration would “need time” to undo “damage” to the U.S. immigration system and border enforcement policies that have severely limited the ability of asylum seekers to qualify for humanitarian protection.
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Judge orders Trump administration to stop immediate deportations of unaccompanied immigrant minors
The practice started in March as a way to contain the spread of COVID-19. At least 13,000 unaccompanied children had been removed from the country under the order, the ACLU said in a statement.
