🌎 Discussion: Illegal Immigration, Immigration Reform, and Other Citizenship Issues II

[MagnarTheGreat]

Unlawful border crossings drop for 5th straight month, reaching lowest level since September 2020

U.S. Border Patrol agents made 56,000 migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the lowest number since September 2020.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Unlawful border crossings drop for 5th straight month, reaching lowest level since September 2020

U.S. Border Patrol agents made 56,000 migrant apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the lowest number since September 2020.

www.cbsnews.com

Some good news. Less for Republicans to complain about.

 

[Teelie]

They will do as they always do, lie, say that really in fact border crossings are 200% higher than before and continue to stonewall literally any attempt to rectifiy the situation so they can keep pouring gasoline on that fire.

 

[blueharvest]

Parole scheme for migrants from four countries paused after alleged fraud

Sponsors for those from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua used addresses, social security numbers and other information multiple times, a report said.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

USA’s Olympic team is bolstered by a crucial group of athletes: immigrants

Many of those with the American contingent in Paris have chosen to represent a country where some have vilified people like them

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Harris is talking about immigration more, and her allies think it could be a political advantage

As California's attorney general, Harris prosecuted transnational criminal organizations.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Why immigration is a better issue for Trump than it was in 2020

Why immigration is such a good issue for Donald Trump and Republicans.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Operation Lone Star Holds The Biden-Harris Administration Accountable

gov.texas.gov

 

[Herofan]

In some sense it's not surprising, more surprising that we don't more often have state and federal governments in at least active rhetorical opposition to each other, they obviously have different constituencies and mandate to work for those different constituencies (and have to try to continue to impress to continue to get support from them).

 

[Lily Adler]

The Man Who Tried to Solve Immigration for the G.O.P.

The senator discusses how political calculations killed his border bill, the evangelical Christian vote and preparing for life after Trump.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

U.S. to speed up asylum processing at northern border to deter migrant crossings

The Biden administration is planning to speed up the processing of asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Canada border in response to an unprecedented increase in migrant crossings there.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Takeaways: Harris' approach to migration was more nuanced than critics or allies portray it

Vice President Kamala Harris was never the “border czar," as critics claim. She was assigned to tackle the “root causes” of migration from three Central American nations — El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — that were responsible for a large chunk of border-crossers, administration officials said.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/us/border-wall-construction-stopped/index.html

I still don't see how this wall was going to keep them out with those slits..

 

[Teelie]

It was all for show. If they actually did stop people from crossing the border they wouldn't be able to use it in their rhetoric about the country falling apart or being stolen by immigrants or whatever crisis they caused and are trying to distract the public from that week.

 

[squeekness]

U.S. to speed up asylum processing at northern border to deter migrant crossings

The Biden administration is planning to speed up the processing of asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Canada border in response to an unprecedented increase in migrant crossings there.

www.cbsnews.com

We've needed this for a long time.

 

[squeekness]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/30/us/border-wall-construction-stopped/index.html

I still don't see how this wall was going to keep them out with those slits..

Ir won't. They've already shown footage of steel cutters and the like. Or they'll just go under.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

I thought his state was being over run....?

 

[blueharvest]

Just a reminder that Greg Abbott has wasted over $10 billion on his nonsense "border war" rather than spending that money on anything useful, like healthcare or education or anything else.

 

[Lily Adler]

Should Social Security cards and Green Cards be changed to include fingerprints for biometrics use to prove citizenship at the border?

 

[blueharvest]

After record-breaking years, migrant crossings plunge at US-Mexico border

Along the US-Mexico border, migrant apprehensions plunge to the lowest level of the Biden-Harris era.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

After record-breaking years, migrant crossings plunge at US-Mexico border

Along the US-Mexico border, migrant apprehensions plunge to the lowest level of the Biden-Harris era.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Fox host confronts Republican with poll showing voters blame GOP for border

Fox News Host Maria Bartiromo pressed Republican Representative Eric Burlison on new polling data on the border situation.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Immigrants prepare for new Biden protections with excitement and concern

A new Biden administration program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country.

apnews.com