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House passes bill providing pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
Oriana Gonzalez, Axios
The House on Thursday voted 228-197 to pass the American Dream and Promise Act as part of Democrats' first effort at immigration reform under the Biden administration. Why it matters: Nine Republicans joined Democrats to support the bill that creates a pathway to citizenship for about 2.5 million immigrants living in the U.S. The pathway would be available to those who were brought into the…

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Texas man charged in connection with deadly migrant crash
Acacia Coronado, AP/The Washington Post
A Texas man who drove a pickup truck involved in a deadly head- on crash near a Texas border city following a police chase that left eight migrants dead was named in a criminal complaint, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday. The collision happened weeks after one of the deadliest highway crashes involving migrants entering the U.S. without permission and amid rising…

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Biden tells migrants not to come to US: 'Don't leave your town'
Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN
President Joe Biden discouraged would-be migrants from coming to the United States as his administration scrambles to respond to a surge of unaccompanied migrant children coming into the US. "I can say quite clearly: Don't come," Biden told ABC in an interview aired on Tuesday. The President continued: "We're in the process of getting set up, don't leave your town or city or…

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Homeland Security chief defends US handling of border surge
Ben Fox, Associated Press/ABC News
Faced with a rising number of migrants at the southwest border and criticism from all sides, the Biden administration's head of Homeland Security insisted Tuesday that the situation is under control as he defended a policy of allowing teens and children crossing by themselves to remain in the country. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conceded that a surge in the number of…

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Refugee Flights Canceled as Biden Fails to Lift Trump Cutback
Miriam Jordan, The New York Times
More than 715 refugees from around the world who expected to start new lives in the United States have had their flights canceled in recent weeks because President Biden has postponed an overhaul of his predecessor’s sharp limits on new refugee admissions. Agencies that assist refugees poised to enter the country were notified by the State Department this week that all travel would be…

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Texas lawmakers to tour detention facility for migrant teens near border
Sandra Sanchez, Fox 40
As criticism about the prolonged detention of undocumented migrant children mounts, at least two Texas lawmakers are scheduled to tour a controversial and newly opened migrant detention facility for teens Friday in the South Texas town of Carrizo Springs. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told Border Report on Thursday that he will tour the Carrizo Springs facility, which holds…

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Exclusive: Unaccompanied migrant children staying in Border Patrol facilities an average of 107 hours, internal records show]
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Thousands of migrant children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone are being held in US Border Patrol custody for more than four days on average in facilities unfit for minors, a dramatic increase from a week ago, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN. The data, dated Tuesday, is the latest indication of the challenge facing…