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☆ The U.S. Is Rebuilding a Legal Pathway for Refugees. The Election Could Change That.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Hamed Aleaziz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With national attention focused on the chaos at the southern border, President Biden has been steadily rebuilding a legal pathway for immigration that was gutted during the Trump administration. The United States has allowed more than 40,000 refugees into the country in the first five months of the fiscal year after they passed a rigorous, often yearslong, screening process that includes security and medical vetting and interviews with American officers overseas. The figure represents a significant expansion of the refugee program, which is at the heart of U.S. laws that provide desperate people from around the world with a legal way to find safe haven in the United States. The United States has not granted refugee status to so many people in such a short period of time in more than seven years. The Biden administration is now on target to allow in 125,000 refugees this year, the most in three decades, said Angelo Fernández Hernández, a White House spokesman.

Persons: Biden, Trump, Angelo Fernández Hernández Organizations: United Locations: United States

☆ Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It’s unclear how the proclamation under discussion would be executed and what, if anything, would be different from what was enacted during the Trump administration. Trump tried to close the US southern border to asylum seekers crossing the border unlawfully while in office, invoking provisions in immigration law, but was blocked by the courts. It’s likely to face legal challenges if the White House were to move forward with it. Administration officials, facing dwindling border security funds, have also discussed whether declaring a national emergency could shore up funds, two sources said. The White House supplemental request includes $14 billion in border security but remains stalled in Congress.

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With the 2024 presidential campaign shaping up as a likely rematch between Biden and Trump, immigration has moved to the forefront as one of the president's biggest potential liabilities. “If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly,” Biden said last weekend. That was due in part to a lack of cooperation from many cities and states whose leaders opposed Trump’s immigration policies. Wayne Bowens, a 72-year-old retired real estate agent in Scottsdale, Arizona, said he's disgusted by both Biden and Trump's recent border moves. Most Republicans, 55%, say the government needs to focus on immigration in 2024, while 22% of Democrats listed immigration as a priority.

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His spokesman said the absence of razor wire and other deterrents encourages migrants to risk unsafe crossings and makes the job of Texas border personnel more difficult. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe White House applauded the order, which was handed down after a federal appeals court last month had forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire. Eagle Park has become one of the busiest spots on the southern U.S. border for migrants illegally crossing from Mexico. Abbott has said Texas won’t allow Border Patrol agents into Shelby Park anymore, having expressed frustration over what he says are migrants illegally entering through Eagle Pass and then federal agents loading them onto buses. Texas officials have argued that federal agents cut the wire to help groups crossing illegally through the river before taking them in for processing.

Persons: Biden, Greg Abbott, Abbott, ” Abbott, Andrew Mahaleris, Angelo Fernández Hernández, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, ___ Weber, Valerie Gonzalez Organizations: WASHINGTON, Border Patrol, U.S, Justice Department, Texas Gov, Republican, House, Texas Military Department, Eagle, Shelby, Border, Texas, Associated Press Locations: Texas, U.S, Mexico, Rio, Eagle, Austin , Texas, McAllen , Texas

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. He relayed frustration over migrants illegally entering the U.S. through the border city of Eagle Pass and federal agents loading them onto buses. The weekend deaths once again escalated tensions between Texas and the Biden administration. Border Patrol must have access to the border to enforce our laws,” White House spokesman Angelo Fernández Hernández said in a statement Sunday. “However, the bottom line is that Border Patrol was barred from entering Shelby Park,” Cuellar said in a statement.

Persons: Greg Abbott, ” Abbott, ‘ We’ve, We’re, ’ ” Abbott, “, Biden, ”, Angelo Fernández Hernández, Abbott, Henry Cuellar, ” Cuellar, Rolando Salinas, Melissa R, Cigarroa, ___ Stengle, Paul J, Weber, Mark Stevenson Organizations: —, Border Patrol, Republican Gov, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, Border, Texas Military Department, Lone Star, Migrants, Rio Grande . U.S . Rep, Democrat, ”, ” Texas Military Department, of Public Safety, Eagle Pass, Justice Department, U.S, Supreme, Shelby, Democratic, Wall Coalition, National Guard, Associated Press Locations: BROWNSVILLE , Texas, — After Texas, U.S, Mexico, Houston, Eagle, Texas, Rio Grande, Shelby, Rio Grande . U.S, ” Texas, . Texas, Laredo, Dallas, Austin, Mexico City

The White House said it was sending a climate team, including Special Envoy John Kerry, climate adviser Ali Zaidi and clean energy adviser John Podesta. Biden has called climate change the “ultimate threat to humanity.”Earlier this month, he released an assessment on the state of climate change in America and said the issue was impacting all regions in the U.S. “Not just some, all,” he said. “Anyone who willfully denies the impact of climate change is condemning the American people to a very dangerous future,” he said. Under his tenure, the U.S. passed the Inflation Reduction Act, America’s most significant response to climate change, and pushed toward more clean energy manufacturing. The act aims to spur clean energy on a scale that will bend the arc of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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