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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

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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

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

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…

Tribune News Service

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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.

The Texas Tribune

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.

WEKU

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’

The Independent UK

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.

Miami Herald

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.

Reason

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Independent UK

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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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The Independent UK

US official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint

A U.S. official says migrants were inside a tractor-trailer when it cleared an inland Border Patrol checkpoint, later ending up in San Antonio where 53 people were found dead in the deadliest known smuggling attempt in the United States

The Texas Tribune

U.S. charges driver and 3 others in deaths of 53 migrants found in tractor-trailer

It was the single deadliest migrant smuggling case in U.S. history, according to a Homeland Security official. Citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were among the victims.

Salon

Border crackdowns cause migrant deaths

50 migrants were found dead in a semitruck in San Antonio. Hundreds more have died in recent years

The Independent UK

46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio

Forty-six people have been found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in Texas

The Texas Tribune

Death is a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas

In 1987, 2003 and 2017, groups of migrants died of heat and dehydration in Texas after being trapped in stifling containers. Hundreds more die alone or in smaller groups as desperation drives them to take fatal risks.

The Independent UK

Border Patrol paroles migrants to avoid massive overcrowding

The Border Patrol paroled more than 207,000 migrants who crossed from Mexico from August through May

The Independent UK

New photo captures heavily armed officers outside Uvalde classroom 46 minutes before shooting gunman

The photo was taken at 12.04pm on 24 May – 46 minutes before officers with a Border Patrol unit finally breached the classroom at 12.50pm and killed Salvador Ramos

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