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FILE - Voters sign in at Frank McCourt High School for New York's party primaries, June 22, 2021, in New York. New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the largest place in the U.S. to give noncitizens the right to vote. Legally documented, voting-age noncitizens, who comprise nearly one in 10 of the city's 8.8 million inhabitants, would be allowed to cast votes in elections to pick the mayor, City Council members and other municipal officeholders under a bill nearing approval. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
New York City Poised to Give Voting Rights to Noncitizens
  • 8 December 2021
New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the...
New York City Poised to Give Voting Rights to Noncitizens
FILE - Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, Oct. 27, 2021, as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border. The Biden administration struck agreement with Mexico to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next week that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, U.S. officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, file)
US Will Resume Policy for Asylum-Seekers to Wait in Mexico
  • 2 December 2021
Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as...
US Will Resume Policy for Asylum-Seekers to Wait in Mexico
French police officers patrol on the beach in the searcher migrants in Wimereux, northern France, Wednesday, Nov.17, 2021. Several migrants died and others were injured Wednesday Nov.24, 2021 when their boat capsized off Calais in the English Channel as they tried to cross from France to Britain, authorities said. British and French authorities were searching the area using helicopters and coast guard vessels, according to the French maritime agency for the region. (AP Photo/Louis Witter, File)
Migrant Boat Capsizes in English Channel; Dozens Feared Dead
  • 24 November 2021
Although officials offered few confirmed details, it appeared to be one of the deadliest days...
Migrant Boat Capsizes in English Channel; Dozens Feared Dead
FILE - Students finish loading belongings into a U-Haul truck as they move out of their dorm in Washington on March 18, 2020. The proportion of people who moved over the past year fell to its lowest rate in the 73 years that it has been tracked, in a refutation of popular anecdotes that there was a great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic, according to figures released Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Contrary to Popular Belief, No Great Migration in Pandemic
  • 18 November 2021
New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the proportion of people who...
Contrary to Popular Belief, No Great Migration in Pandemic
FILE — In this Feb. 19, 2021 file photo a woman seeking asylum in the United States waits with others for news of policy changes, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration outlined a plan to reinstate a border policy that made asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. Details were disclosed in a court filing after a federal judge in Texas ordered that the policy by resumed "in good faith," having started under President Donald Trump and sending about 70,000 people back to Mexico until Biden abruptly ended because he felt it was inhumane. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Biden Plans to Reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
  • 18 October 2021
The Biden administration said it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers...
Biden Plans to Reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
Migrants, many from Haiti, wait in lines to board buses under the Del Rio International Bridge, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Official Says Only 225 Migrants Remain in Texas Border Town
  • 24 September 2021
Migrants driven by confusion over the Biden administration’s policies and misinformation on social media converged...
Official Says Only 225 Migrants Remain in Texas Border Town
Many Migrants Staying in US Even As Expulsion Flights Rise
Many Migrants Staying in US Even As Expulsion Flights Rise
  • 22 September 2021
Many Haitian migrants in Del Rio are being released in the United States, according to...
Many Migrants Staying in US Even As Expulsion Flights Rise
Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government ramps up to an expected six expulsion flights to Haiti and Mexico began busing some away from the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mexico Buses, Flies Haitians from Remote Area on US Border
  • 21 September 2021
Mexico has begun busing and flying Haitian migrants away from the U.S. border, authorities said,...
Mexico Buses, Flies Haitians from Remote Area on US Border
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference at The National Press Club in Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Mayorkas Chief Says Images from Border ‘Horrified’ Him
  • 21 September 2021
But he stopped short of calling the new influx of migrants there a crisis.
Mayorkas Chief Says Images from Border ‘Horrified’ Him
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, then-President Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Stephen Miller walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban are arriving in the U.S., and a handful of former Trump administration officials are working to turn Republicans against them. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump Aides Aim to Build GOP Opposition to Afghan Refugees
  • 15 September 2021
As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in the U.S., a...
Trump Aides Aim to Build GOP Opposition to Afghan Refugees
FILE - Migrants waiting to cross into the United States wait for news at the border crossing Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. A federal appellate court refused late Thursday, Aug. 19 to delay implementation of a judge’s order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. President Joe Biden had suspended former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy on his first day in office and the Department of Homeland Security said it was permanently terminating the program in June, according to the court record. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
Justice Dept. Seeks High Court Input on ‘Remain in Mexico’
  • 20 August 2021
The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the implementation of a judge’s...
Justice Dept. Seeks High Court Input on ‘Remain in Mexico’
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. A billionaire Republican donor is paying $1 million to help defray the cost of deploying the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S. -Mexico border. The amount of the donation was confirmed Wednesday by Gov. Kristi Noem's office. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
GOP Donor Pays $1M to Deploy South Dakota National Guard
  • 1 July 2021
Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help.
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