Announces first trip to Thailand as defense secretary. Thailand’s Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha paid a visit to the Pentagon on Friday, where Secretary Austin welcomed…
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VA Medical Staff Will Not Be Sent To Border
Care will remain with veterans. A week ago, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified that he was talking with the leader of the Veterans Affairs Department about using…
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CBP Seizes $1 Million Worth of Drugs at Border
2.38 pounds of cocaine and 76.4 pounds of methamphetamine were discovered. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a report chronicling a string of inspections at the Hidalgo…
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Court Temporarily Blocks Lifting Title 42
Action filed by Missouri, Louisiana, and Arizona. A U.S. District Court in Louisiana has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Biden administration from lifting Title 42. President Trump’s…
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U.S. Border Blockaded by Protesting Truckers
Long inspections seek to prevent trafficking. Truck drivers from Mexico have begun blockading bridges along the U.S. Mexico border to protest an order made by Texas Governor Greg…
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President Wants Secure Southern Border
He praises technology at land ports of entry. In his State of the Union address this week, President Joe Biden called on Congress to secure America’s border with…
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U.S. Border Sees Increase in Russians and Ukrainians
Numbers are outpacing immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. During the second half of 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection began reporting a sharp increase in…
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Gaps in Border Wall to be Completed
Homeland Security authorizes other expenditures. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that they will use border security funding allocated by Congress to close wall gaps and pay for…
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Administration Ends Plans for Payments to Migrant Families
Negotiations over a settlement have ceased. President Biden’s administration has suspended legal negotiations in which it had considered paying $450,000 to each adult and child separated at the southern…
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Over 7,000 Brazilians and Venezuelans Illegally Cross Border
Agents say many come with luggage and cash. Tens of thousands of migrants from South America have flown into Mexico and crossed into a remote part of Arizona…
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