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Advocates sue federal government for failing to ban imports of cocoa harvested by children

Child welfare advocates have filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that ends up in America’s most popular chocolate desserts and candies

The Independent UK

Statistics on unauthorized US immigration and US border crossings by year

The US has reported nearly 11 million unauthorized border encounters between October 2019 and June 2024.

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Biden administration sued over asylum appointment app that ‘does not work’

CBP One requirement creates unlawful hurdle for migrants on app riddled with glitches and indecipherable error messages, suit says

The Guardian - US

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Republicans accused of cynical ploy in blaming fentanyl crisis on Biden

Critics say GOP leaders misrepresent asylum seekers as being behind smuggling of opioid that kills 70,000 Americans a year

The Guardian - US

Illegal border crossings are down. One big reason why is now part of a court fight

Biden administration rules have one main legal pathway to seek asylum for migrants already at the border: a mobile app called CBP One. Immigrant advocates and immigration hardliners have objections.

WEKU

Border Patrol fails to assess medical needs for children with preexisting conditions, report says

A report says Border Patrol does not have a protocol in place for assessing the medical needs of children with preexisting conditions

The Independent UK

Mayorkas says congressional threats not affecting his work - Roll Call

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas highlighted efforts to stop fentanyl entering the country during an event in New York.

Roll Call

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Want to improve air quality? Hop on a bus or train

With more than one million trips per day, emissions from public transit vehicles make up less than 2% of the region’s transportation emissions, writes Regional Transportation Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard.

Chicago Sun-Times

US Border Protection officer indicted on charges of taking bribes to allow drug-laden cars into San Diego

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Leonard Darnell George was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday in San Diego with accepting bribes to allow vehicles containing drugs such as fentanyl and methamphetamine to pass through the border into the U.S.

Tribune News Service

US program is leaving asylum seekers stranded in Mexico, advocates say

Border agents promise better chance of asylum for those agreeing to go to Mexico and apply there, then strands them with no access

The Guardian - US

Border Patrol officials complained of 'overuse of hospitalization' as 8-year-old died

As an 8-year-old was dying in Border Patrol custody last month, officials at the Texas detention center where she had been held were complaining about the facility's "overuse of hospitalization," according to an internal report obtained by The Times.

Los Angeles Times

Internal report details rampant diarrhea among children at overcrowded border facility

Diarrhea was rampant, children were losing weight, and parents had to clean soiled clothing in sinks because guards would not provide them with clean items, mothers at an overcrowded Texas border facility in Laredo told Department of Homeland Security investigators last month, according to an internal report obtained by The…

Los Angeles Times

Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents shooting a tribal member in Arizona

U.S. Customs and Border Protection have released body camera footage that shows Border Patrol agents were concerned that a tribal member they fatally shot last month many have been carrying a handgun

The Independent UK

Decrease in border crossings hasn’t slowed Republican criticism - Roll Call

A reported decline in unauthorized border crossings in the month since pandemic-era asylum restrictions expired hasn't slowed GOP criticism.

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A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Imposter scams cost Americans billions

Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.

The Independent UK

Family of girl who died in Border Patrol custody holds New York funeral, says they want justice

A funeral is planned for an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody after her family crossed the southern U.S. border last month

The Independent UK

Border agency reassigns chief medical officer after custody death of 8-year-old girl

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reassigned its chief medical officer after the in-custody death of an 8-year-old girl whose mother’s pleas for an ambulance were ignored despite a high fever and other ailments

The Independent UK

US: Online asylum appointments halted at 1 Texas crossing because of Mexican city's safety woes

The Biden administration says the reason it halted online asylum appointments at the international crossing in Laredo, Texas was because of the “security situation” across the border in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo

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The Independent UK

US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings

U.S. authorities have halted mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants are being extorted there

Salon

Title 42 and the real border surge

Out-trumping Trump at the border

Daily Mirror

Border patrol nurse REFUSED to review health of girl who died with 40 degree temperature

The Customs and Border Protection nurse failed to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder and reported denying multiple requests from the girl's mum for an ambulance at a Harlingen, Texas, CBP station

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigation finds multiple failings in the death of 8-year-old girl in federal custody

After discovering that contracted medical staff ignored the mother’s pleas to take the girl to the hospital as her condition declined, the federal agency said it is taking action to ensure an in-custody death “never happens again.”

The Independent UK

Court monitor warned of medical care issues at Border Patrol stations before girl’s death

A court-appointed monitor said in January that child migrants held in medical isolation may be overlooked when Border Patrol stations are too crowded

The Independent UK

US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire

Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he threw something and abruptly raised his arm

The Independent UK

Death of 8-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody highlights challenges providing medical care

The death in Border Patrol custody of an 8-year-old Panamanian girl is the second child migrant fatality in two weeks under government supervision, raising questions about how prepared authorities are to address medical emergencies of people arriving after an often-exhausting journey

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