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Despite efforts of 3 U.S. administrations, migrant families keep crossing the border

Immigration authorities arrested more families in August than in any month on record. U.S. officials have long grappled with discouraging families from coming — and found there are no easy solutions.

WEKU

With temporary status for Venezuelans, the Biden administration turns to a familiar tool

The Biden administration's grant of temporary legal status to nearly 500,000 Venezuelans already in the United States may complicate its messaging abroad

The Independent UK

U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. as of July 31 can sign up for Temporary Protected Status. Homeland Security officials estimate that roughly 472,000 more people will now be eligible for work permits.

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City Council OKs spending another $34.5 million on burgeoning migrant crisis

Alderpersons OK’d a $33 million Homeland Security grant to care for asylum-seekers and also agreed to spend $1.5 million in tax increment financing dollars to buy a 10.7-acre property formerly used by the Marine Corps and convert it into a shelter for up to 550 migrants.

Chicago Sun-Times

House GOP starts to coalesce around stopgap funding plan - Roll Call

The seeds of a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown appeared to be germinating Thursday in the House.

Roll Call

Spending turmoil rocks House GOP with deadline weeks away - Roll Call

House Republicans are discussing a three- to four-week stopgap funding measure to avert a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1.

Roll Call

The White House wants $44 billion in emergency funding. Here's what that covers

The White House has asked Congress for emergency funding for Ukraine, disaster recovery, and the border. The package would be tied to a broader deal to keep the government running.

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The US government is eager to restore powers to keep dangerous chemicals out of extremists' hands

When Congress returns this week, Homeland Security officials and those in the chemical industries will be watching to see if a program regulating the chemical sector will be on its agenda

The Independent UK

Web control, crime patrol or Real pawns in cybercrime

The Hindu’s Telangana Spotlight: 30 IT employees duped, scam worth $10K/day uncovered in Hyderabad. Police raid uncovers 115 CPUs, 7 laptops, 94 monitors, 4 routers, 120 mobiles, ₹2.55 lakh in cash. Employees from Gujarat, Assam, Delhi, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Victims duped via VOIP calls.

The Hindu

Biden administration sharply expands temporary status for Ukrainians already in US

The Biden administration has announced a major expansion of temporary legal status for Ukrainians already living in the United States, granting a reprieve for those who fled Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

New York rights groups call for fast-track work permits for asylum seekers

Homeland Security secretary urged to grant Temporary Protective Status to migrants to help alleviate strain on systems

The Guardian - US

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

WEKU

U.S. House Republicans from Texas target federal funding unless Homeland Security chief is removed

Escalating their fight over Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ handling of immigration at the southern border, far-right representatives say they will oppose any appropriations for his agency.

The Texas Tribune

House passes Military Construction-VA bill, cancels Friday votes - Roll Call

The House passed its first fiscal 2024 spending bill Thursday, funding veterans benefits and military construction projects.

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House Republicans grill Mayorkas on 'disastrous' border policy and renew calls to impeach him

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced a barrage of criticism by House Republicans who, in recent months, have floated impeaching the cabinet official over what they see as his dereliction of duty in securing the southern border

Roll Call

Republicans tear into Mayorkas as impeachment efforts build - Roll Call

House Republicans at a hearing accused the Homeland Security secretary of mismanaging the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Guardian - US

Homeland security chief defends handling of US-Mexico border at House hearing

Mayorkas says ‘approach to managing border securely and humanely, even within broken immigration system, is working’

Tribune News Service

House GOP readies more cuts to fiscal 2024 appropriations bills

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are moving toward deeper cuts in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in an effort to win over votes from hard-line conservatives as bills start to move to the House floor next week.

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House GOP readies more cuts to fiscal 2024 appropriations bills - Roll Call

House Republican leaders are moving toward deeper cuts in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in an effort to win votes.

The Independent UK

Watch: Alejandro Mayokas holds fireside chat at Aspen Security Forum

Watch as the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, participates in a fireside chat at the Aspen Security Forum (ASF) in Colorado on Thursday, 20 July.

Tribune News Service

‘It’s inhumane.’ Mexican president blasts treatment of migrants by Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted the treatment of migrants following reporting earlier this week that officials received orders to push those crossing at the Texas border back into the Rio Grande and also were told not to give them water.

The Independent UK

Members of Congress demand update from Homeland Security on Oath Keepers and militias in government

‘It is clear that the issue of extremists infiltrating federal law enforcement is a persistent and clear threat to the rule of law and national security,’ lawmakers write

Tribune News Service

Murray, Collins strike deal on fiscal 2024 emergency funds

WASHINGTON -- Senate Appropriations Committee leaders have reached agreement to tack on nearly $14 billion in additional fiscal 2024 spending in the bills set to come before the panel before the August recess, sources familiar with the discussions say.

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Murray, Collins strike deal on fiscal 2024 emergency funds - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders have reached agreement on nearly $14 billion in additional fiscal 2024 spending.

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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.

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