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Border city mayor says Texas closed park without permission after crossings increased
The mayor of Eagle Pass, the border town at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings, says state troopers have closed a large public park along the Rio Grande.
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US delegation meets with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
A top U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many saw as an attempt to have Mexico do more to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
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New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town on the Great Plains has a storied support network
One unassuming town on the Great Plains in Colorado has built a generational migrant support network over decades.
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Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country.
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A minor who died in a poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old, company confirms
A 16-year-old who died after getting sucked into equipment at a Mississippi poultry plant used a 32-year-old man’s identity to get hired.
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As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media.
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How immigrants can fight loneliness as they pursue the American dream
Here’s a look at immigrants’ mental health challenges and which culturally specific resources are available in the D.C. area.
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DC educator who works with migrants named teacher of the year
D.C.’s 2024 teacher of the year is an educator who works with children who arrived in the District on buses full of migrants.
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DC educator who works with migrants named teacher of the year
Beth Barkley, a teacher at Cardozo Education Campus who is known for her work with migrant students, won the honor of D.C.’s teacher of the year. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke to her and her students about the accomplishment.
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Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.
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2-month-old baby found abandoned on the Texas-Mexico border
Border patrol agents found a 2-month-old baby abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, according to Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.
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US grants temporary legal status to thousands of Venezuelans, permitting them to work
Venezuelans who arrive in the U.S. after July 31 of this year will not be eligible for the protection.
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Mexican railway operator halts trains after migrants get hurt while climbing aboard
A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process.
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Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A visa program
The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.
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Child, 3, riding on a migrant bus from Texas to Chicago dies
A 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died while on the way to Chicago, officials said Friday.
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DC has spent over $20 million on migrant crisis in past year
Almost a year after D.C.’s mayor declared the influx of buses carrying migrants from Texas and Arizona an emergency and launched the D.C. Office of Migrant Services, the office has just one full-time employee and has spent more than $20 million responding to the crisis.
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DC has spent more than $20 million on migrant crisis
Almost a year since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared the influx of buses carrying migrants from Texas and Arizona an emergency and launched the D.C. Office of Migrant Services, that office still only has one full-time employee. News4’s Mark Segraves reports D.C. has spent more than $20 million dealing with the crisis in the past year.
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Spain rescues 86 people near the Canary Island, but scores of migrants from Senegal remain missing
Spanish authorities say they have rescued 86 people from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal.
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More than 70 bodies recovered after migrant boat sinks off Greece, search continues
A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank.
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String of large buoys to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande into Texas
Texas will spend about $1 million to deploy a long string of buoys in the Rio Grande River to deter migrants from crossing the border near Eagle Pass.