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Border officials pause construction of new barriers at Friendship Park following outcry

SAN DIEGO — U.S. border officials on Thursday said that plans to construct two new 30-foot border barriers through the historic Friendship Park would be temporarily paused in response to an outcry from local community groups and more than a dozen members of Congress.

Tribune News Service

ACLU accuses Border Patrol agents of taking turbans from Sikh men

Sikhs have long been targets of US government harassment

The Independent UK

The Biden Administration Must Ban Racial Profiling

The public opposes immigration authorities' use of race in border apprehensions, but it continues to be legal in some circumstances.

Texas Observer

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Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here's why

The June 2022 deaths of 53 people, victims of heat stroke, in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, show the dangers of crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization.

The Conversation

Michelle Vallejo Keeps the Progressive Flame Alive in the RGV

She could be the first Latina Democrat to represent the Valley in the U.S. House, if she can defeat a well-funded Republican.

Texas Observer

Legal questions shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to bus migrants back to the border

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

The Texas Tribune

To stay in Congress, Mayra Flores bets Democratic South Texas is ready for an outspoken conservative

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.

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Migrant Deaths Are a Feature—Not a Bug—of U.S. Immigration Policy

Governor Greg Abbott says he can make coming to the U.S. more miserable than being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer.

Texas Observer

Editorial: Beef up hiring of Border Patrol agents now

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the U.S. Border Patrol.

Boston Herald

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died

The Independent UK

Commentary: The long, deep reach of the US Border Patrol

Most people think of the border as a distant line tracing the outside edge of the United States. That is not how the U.S. government sees it. The border is officially defined as a zone that extends 100 miles into the interior of the United States from all external boundaries.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Border Patrol stopped counting migrant deaths. We need that information now

The tragic deaths of 53 migrants in a San Antonio truck last month was appalling, but it may be only a narrow insight into the loss of life on and near the southern border. An actual number of recent immigrant deaths is hard to come by because U.S. Customs Border…

Tribune News Service

Uvalde report takeaways: Massive response but little action

The Texas House report into the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting charts a massive but uncoordinated and chaotic response from law enforcement

The Independent UK

Editorial: Biden should make reopening of Friendship Park a priority, not an afterthought

Last year, a Politico headline summarized President Joe Biden's immigration problem succinctly: "It's not just Republicans. Everyone's mad at Biden over migration." In the 2020 campaign, Biden promised a fair and humane immigration system and offered unrelenting criticism of then-President Donald Trump for his cruel rhetoric about and policies toward…

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Uvalde police officer criticized for checking his phone was waiting to hear from his dying wife

“I couldn’t say nothing seeing this man, who’s lost everything, maligned as if he was indifferent or actively malicious,” Rep. Joe Moody, a member of the Uvalde House Investigating Committee, said on Twitter.

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The agents on horseback who chased migrants used unnecessary force, a report finds

A federal investigation concluded that the Border Patrol agents did not use their reins to whip any of the Haitian migrants who were crossing the border near Del Rio, Texas, last year.

The Independent UK

Border Patrol agents did not whip migrants in Del Rio but internal report notes ‘unprofessional and dangerous behaviour’

Investigators ‘found multiple instances in which agents acted inappropriately during the incident’

Miami Herald

4 border agents face discipline over ‘dangerous’ horseback behavior in Del Rio, Texas

Border patrol agents on horseback who corralled Haitian migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas, in September, “acted inappropriately during the incident” and endangered migrants with unsafe maneuvers, according to an internal review published Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Border Patrol Launched a Surveillance Blimp Over Nogales, Arizona. Town Officials Didn't Know.

Residents of Nogales are now under the gaze of a round-the-clock surveillance craft.

Los Angeles Times

Border agents used ‘unnecessary’ force against Haitian migrants, report finds

Border Patrol agents who confronted Haitian migrants on horseback at the Texas border in September used “unnecessary” force, according to a report released Friday.

The Independent UK

Report finds 'unnecessary' force by agents at Rio Grande

Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in “unnecessary use of force” against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn’t whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall

Roll Call

Report finds agents used improper force against Haitian migrants

Several Border Patrol agents used undue force against Haitian migrants along the southwest border last fall.

Los Angeles Times

Under new program, some migrant kids will no longer be separated from relatives at border

LOS ANGELES — After the girl's grandfather died, she traveled from Guatemala to the Texas border with her uncle.

The Independent UK

Truck driver Homero Zamorano appears in court as documents suggest broken A/C caused migrant deaths

Mr Zamorano is charged with charged smuggling undocumented migrants resulting in death

The Texas Tribune

A “cloned” 18-wheeler made it easy for smugglers to pass through the border, say state officials vowing to crack down

A federal agency estimates that about 75 trucks are reported nationally each year with copied or stolen state and federal ID numbers, which industry experts say is likely a significant undercount.

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