Europe’s migration crisis – Five years on
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Kamala Harris touring ‘border’ spot hundreds of miles from actual crisis
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Vice President Kamala Harris visits the El Paso central processing center in Texas on June 25, 2021.REUTERS Vice President Kamala Harris finally visited the US-Mexico border on Friday — but toured an area far from the epicenter of the migrant … Read More
Donald Trump to tour border wall with Gov. Greg Abbott on June 30
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Abbott announced last Thursday that Texas would build its own border wall to stem the flow of migrants from Mexico. Former President Donald Trump walks from his flight at Valley International Airport in Harlingen on Jan. 12, 2021. Credit: Jason Garza … Read More
Texas border wall project receives over $450K in donations, a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans
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A section of the border fence in the Rio Grande Valley. Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune Over the span of about a week, Texas received $459,000 in private donations for the state’s planned wall at the southern border, the … Read More
Kamala Harris to visit El Paso on Friday in first trip to U.S.-Mexico border as vice president
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Former President Donald Trump plans on touring Texas’ southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott later this month. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit El Paso on Friday. Credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit El Paso on June … Read More
In 5 months, 41,000 migrants have sought asylum in Mexico, 16 more than in all of last year
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For many, Mexico is becoming a destination rather than a transit country. More migrants are choosing to stay here rather than seek entry into the US Mexico is on track to record its highest ever number of asylum requests as … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 18 June 2021
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Greetings from Tyler, The main news this week was what a great job “the big guy” did at the G-7 conference in Europe. We could barely stand to watch as the embarrassment played out. Maybe too much is being made … Read More
Texas Border Patrol agents bust U-Haul truck smuggling 27 illegal immigrants
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The drivers were U.S. citizens. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents at the Laredo Sector in Texas intercepted a U-Haul truck carrying 27 illegal immigrants in a suspected smuggling operation. The agents apprehended the truck on I-35, north of Laredo Sector’s immigration checkpoint Sunday … Read More