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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?
Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents. That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job....
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What is birthright citizenship, and what would it take for Trump to end it?
According to Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, the President-elect announced his plan to “sign an executive order on Day One to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”
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What is birthright citizenship?
Two experts explain the origins of birthright citizenship and what it would take to change it in the US.
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Jose Ibarra found guilty of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
Jose Antonio Ibarra was convicted on Wednesday in a case that became focal to the immigration debate ahead of the presidential election.
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Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major US cities
The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.
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Trump may deport hundreds of thousands of migrants whom Biden allowed to legally enter US
President-elect Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden Administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, NBC News has learned.
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Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.
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Trump says there's ‘no price tag' for his mass deportation plan
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his campaign promise to carry out the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history.
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Trump's deportation plans worry families with relatives in US illegally
Donald Trump has promised to stage the largest mass deportation in U.S. history if elected. The move would disrupt families with relatives living in the U.S. illegally.
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Boston pizza shop owner sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for threatening workers with deportation
Stash’s Pizza owner Stavros “Steve” Papantoniadis of Westwood has been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted this summer on forced labor charges
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Here's what's actually happening with immigration in America
Immigration has been a hotly debated issue between Republicans and Democrats running up to the 2024 election. Here’s what’s actually happening with immigration in America.
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Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation
Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans where appellate judges heard arguments over a policy shielding them from deportation.
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The Biden administration isn't extending a two-year program for migrants from 4 nations
The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship.
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Biden administration further tightens asylum restrictions at border
The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher.
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Trump points to migrants with criminal pasts. Officials say the data's distorted
Republicans are pointing to newly released immigration enforcement data to bolster their argument that the Biden administration is letting migrants who have committed serious crimes go free, but the numbers have been misconstrued.
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Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas to try it next
Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients’ immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023.
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Debate moderators refute Trump claims of immigrants eating family pets
ABC moderator David Muir corrected former President Donald Trump during the presidential debate on Tuesday night after Trump unsubstantiated claims about Haitian immigrants eating family pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Police deny Venezuela gang has taken over rundown apartment complex in Denver suburb
Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say a Venezuela street gang with a small presence in the city has not taken over a rundown apartment complex.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attacks Harris for busing migrants, then brags about his own busing program
The attack from Abbott comes as the Trump campaign has sought to tie Harris to chaos surrounding migrants and the U.S. border.
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Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.