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​An aerial view shows a truck crossing into the United States over the Cordova of the Americas border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 2, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Border apprehensions plunge, Maplewashing crops up, Fentanyl trickles in, Trump puts “Truth” on the block

Migrants, most with children follow a path along the concertina wire where ultimatley they will placed under guard by Border Patrol after having crossed the Rio Grande on May 27 2022 in Eagle Pass Texas, USA. Title 42, the Trump era mandate which was set to prevent migrants from entering the US, was to expire on May 23 but was blocked by a lawsuit filed by several states citing that the move to strike down the law “failed to meet standards set by the Administrative Procedure Act” and that there is no permanent solution to handling the inevitable surge in immigration. Opponents to upholding of the law voiced their demands stating that Title 42 is illegal in that it violates immigration laws that prevents immigrants from their right to seek asylum. Since the implementation of Title 42 in March 2020, US Customs and Border Protection has effected “more than 1.8 million expulsions, mostly on the southern border of the US-Mexico Border”.
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Migrants rush to US border fearing Trump’s return

Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries left Mexico’s southern border area by foot on Sunday, heading north toward the US border.

​United States President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Black History Month Reception at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
Election Watch

Border bill fails in Senate: the jockeying intensifies

President Joe Biden is blaming Donald Trump for a bill on Ukraine support and border security failing to pass in the Senate on Wednesday.

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott speaks during a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S
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Texas takes immigration into its own hands

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott just signed SB4, a bill that is being described as the harshest state immigration law in modern US history, into law.

United States Senator Ron Johnson (Republican of Wisconsin)
What We're Watching

Will Democrats and Republicans head for the border?

Now’s the time to watch the fascinating politics of immigration policy in the United States.

Migrants gather near the border wall
Analysis

Biden is (re)building the wall

Mexican authorities and firefighters remove injured migrants, mostly Venezuelans, from inside the National Migration Institute (INM) building during a fire, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 27, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: Deadly Mexican fire, ZAUKUS, terror in the Sahel, Luke Skywalker saves Ukraine

Migrants fearing deportation set an immigration detention center ablaze in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, killing 40 asylum-seekers and critically injuring dozens.

Migrants use their phones to access the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a shelter near the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 24, 2023.
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Hard Numbers: Glitchy US border app, Japanese no-show canned, Paris stinks, Argentina’s inflation hits triple digits

A glitchy new US government app meant to speed the processing of asylum-seekers and other migrants arriving from Mexico has a rating of just 2.5 stars on Google play.

Visitors walk past an image of President Xi Jinping holding a ballot ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.
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What We’re Watching: China’s party congress, US-Mexico migrant deal

China's party is having a party; Biden to Venezuelans: Steer clear of Mexico border.

The Graphic Truth: Bracing for a surge at the US-Mexico border
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The Graphic Truth: Bracing for a surge at the US-Mexico border

We take a look at encounters between border patrol agents and migrants at the southern US border from 2019 to 2022.