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Migrants stuck at US gates as Covid-era immigration policy expires

As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early Friday, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S. Some migrants still waded apprehensively into the Rio Grande, defying officials who shouted for them to turn back, while elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico…

France 24

'Risk it all': Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end

A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants

The Independent UK

Former undercover investigator Nanette Ambrose trades sleuthing for a life in Mount Isa

Her work for the US government helped bring down a sex-trafficking syndicate and international fraudsters. But Nanette Ambrose gave it all up for the red dirt of Mount Isa — and love.

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This is the best free travel app you're not using — at it will save you a ton of time

Mobile Passport Control is the most important travel app for U.S. citizens you didn’t know about — and it saved me a ton of time returning home.

Tom’s Guide

US, Mexico agree to ramp up fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking

Mexico and the United States on Thursday agreed to ramp up the fight against fentanyl trafficking, as well as Mexico's Sinaloa and CJNG drug cartels and their supply chains, in joint bid to reduce consumption of the powerful opioid.

Reuters

US official sees no link between Chinese migrants at border and fentanyl

A top U.S. law enforcement official on Wednesday said he sees no link between a rise in Chinese migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and illicit fentanyl entering the United States, in response to questioning by a Republican lawmaker.

Reuters

$400,000 in fake Rolexes, Prada, other luxury brand items seized at O’Hare Airport

Customs officials say two shipments from Thailand headed to U.S. addresses contained counterfeit jewelry, accessories. Sales of the items can fund criminal activity.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Giant African snails, a voracious invader, are intercepted at Detroit's airport

Considered one of the most damaging snails in the world, the U.S. has worked spent over a $1 million over decades to eradicate them.

WEKU

Two Michigan Companies No Longer Allowed To Import Cars Due To Violations

The NHTSA said that the two companies have seriously violated federal safety requirements.

Motor1

Despite pharma claims, illicit drug shipments to US aren’t full of opioids. It’s generic Viagra

For years, the FDA has defended its efforts to intercept prescription drugs coming from abroad by mail as necessary to keep out dangerous opioids, including fentanyl.

Tribune News Service

Mexico arrests cartel member suspected of leading fentanyl trade

Mexico's defence ministry said Sunday that security forces had arrested a suspected top cartel member accused of leading the region's production of fentanyl, which has killed thousands in the United States.

Reuters

A dolphin skull was found in someone's luggage in Detroit

The luggage was unaccompanied on an international flight re-entering the U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now in possession of the skull.

WEKU

Death of public safety officer at Texas-Mexico border was preventable, experts say

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The patrol arrived around sunset and entered a stretch of rolling hills dense with cactus, sage and towering carrizo cane. The way into the property was an unlit, narrow dirt road pockmarked with potholes, near a hydroelectric power plant.

Tribune News Service

Don't smuggle eggs across the border — it could result in a hefty fine, border officials say

SAN DIEGO — The egg shortage in the United States has led to an increase in people smuggling raw eggs and poultry across the border, says U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Tribune News Service

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Big group of Haitian migrants arrive on Virginia Key near Key Biscayne, Border Patrol says

MIAMI — A group of up to 70 Haitians arrived Thursday afternoon in a migrant sailboat off Virginia Key, a barrier island off Miami that leads to Key Biscayne.

The Independent UK

Biden takes first presidential trip to US-Mexico border as officials report surge of migrants

Red states have hammered Biden’s administration for not doing more to stem tide of illegal crossings

Miami Herald

Desperation is driving latest surge of Cuban rafters arriving in the Florida Keys

In an end-of-year video message for social media, Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recently acknowledged that 2022 was “one of the most challenging of Cuba’s revolutionary history.” He then admitted that 2023 “could be even more difficult,” but that, he added, would be “an attractive challenge for all who feel revolutionary.”

WEKU

The future of migrants in El Paso remains uncertain as border restrictions continue

Migrants have traveled hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to the Mexican border in a search of a better life. Many are turning themselves over to U.S. border authorities and seeking asylum.

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The Conversation

A Trump-era law used to restrict immigration is nearing its end despite GOP warnings of a looming crisis at the Southern border

A key component of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies is currently set to expire on Dec. 21, 2022.

The Independent UK

US agent, suspected smuggler killed off Puerto Rico coast

U.S. authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday morning off the Puerto Rico coast

Los Angeles Times

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Roll Call

Border agency head resigns amid uptick in migrant encounters - Roll Call

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has faced criticism from immigrant advocates and Democrats over treatment of migrants at the border.

WEKU

Top U.S. border official Chris Magnus resigns after less than a year on the job

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.

The Conversation

Why the number of encounters at the southern U.S. border does not mean what the GOP says it means

Like many other Republican candidates and conservative talk show hosts, Kari Lake is using the racially tinged issue of immigration to fuel turnout in her gubernatorial campaign in Arizona. The former television anchor has boldly proclaimed that on her first day as governor, she would declare the state under “invasion.”

Reuters

More than 100 Haitian migrants found on island near Puerto Rico

More than 100 Haitian migrants have been found on an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday, as a gang blockade of a fuel terminal has caused a humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

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