Facing such headwinds, Biden officials worked with senators to negotiate the bipartisan proposal that would beef up immigration review teams, add Border Patrol agents, establish new emergency powers and changes to the asylum system. After the measure was rejected by ...
Biden To Finally Visit Southern Border; Going On Same Day As Trump | Eastern North Carolina Now President Joe Biden will travel to the U.S. southern border this week to meet with local officials who have been overwhelmed by the illegal immigration crisis during the Biden administ...
The Democratic president is expected to unveil the actions — his most aggressive unilateral move yet to control the numbers at the border — at the White House at an event to which border mayors have been invited.
Mr. Biden was repeatedly pressed on his administration's plan to address the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border into the U.S. and whether he favors changes to the legislative filibuster, a rule under which 60 votes are needed to end debate on a measure and m...
The number of daily encounters at the southern border has dropped 40% since a Biden administration measure essentially banning asylum took effect in early June, but border crossings were generally lower during the Trump administration. —HAMED ALEAZIZ ...
“Let me be clear: the situation at our southern border was preventable and predictable,” he continued. “We warned that reversing President Trump’s most successful border policies would lead to an increase of migrants coming across our border illegally. Now, we have seen it happen.” The...
Washington— The Biden administration published aproposalon Tuesday that would disqualify certain migrants from U.S. asylum and allow the government to deport them more quickly, saying the major policy shift is needed to curb unlawful migration to the southern border. ...
Biden has asked Congress for more than $100 billion in aid that would go to Ukraine, Israel and others. Some lawmakers oppose the measure unless there are conditions attached. They say the Biden administration must find solutions to the migrant problem at the U.S. southern border. ...
President Joe Biden has made some strong claims about shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few days.
Earlier in the day, as he testified on the Pentagon's Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Senators on Capitol Hill that the Pentagon is "going to continue to do what's necessary to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself. But that said,...