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Via press release from the ACLU: Yesterday, the Biden administration announced executive actions that will legally restrict people’s right to seek asylum. Among the measures announced, the administration will effectively shut off asylum for the overwhelming majority of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. Biden’s executive action takes the same basic approach as the Trump administration’s “entry ban,” which the …

The New York Times reports: President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday that temporarily prevents migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border when crossings surge, seeking to ease pressure on the country’s immigration system and address a major concern among voters. The dramatic election-year move is the most restrictive border policy instituted by Mr. Biden, or any other …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden plans to issue an order Tuesday that would shut off access to the U.S. asylum system when illegal border crossings exceed a daily threshold, according to four administration officials and people with knowledge of the plans. Migrants would be returned to Mexico and ineligible for asylum consideration once the limit is surpassed, according to …

The Hill reports: The Senate voted down the bipartisan border bill on Thursday, marking the second time it has been blocked in a matter of months as Democrats look to shore up their political troubles and give President Biden and incumbent senators a boost in the process. In a widely expected outcome, senators voted 43 to 50 to take down …

ABC News reports: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will bring the bipartisan border deal that was negotiated early this year by a group of Senators back up on the floor this week for a standalone vote, he said in a letter to his colleagues released Sunday night. The move to hold another vote on this legislation comes as Senate Democrats try …

ABC News reports: The Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two separate lawsuits on Thursday aiming to block a controversial immigration law — known as SF 2340 — from going into effect in Iowa. SF 2340 authorizes local law enforcement officials to arrest migrants who have previously been deported or removed from the country, or who have been …

“President Trump and I’ve talked about this at length, but the challenge we’ll have is finding them. Brian, as you know, they’ve been spread out everywhere, the DHS, Department of Homeland Security, and Mayorkas, the reason we impeached him is because he’s an abject failure and they’re not keeping track of where these people are. So we will have the …

The Miami Herald reports: Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the United States and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime, their attorney says. The migrants are eligible for these protections because they applied for a special …

The Associated Press reports: It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, has elevated anxiety in Iowa’s immigrant communities and has prompted questions among legal …

NPR reports: A federal judge in Boston has ruled that migrants flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in 2022 can proceed with a lawsuit against the Florida company that took them there. The judge also dismissed claims against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials named in the suit. Three migrants from Venezuela, along with an immigrant rights group, filed …

CBC News reports: A panel of federal appeals court judges late Tuesday continued to block Texas from arresting and jailing migrants under a contentious state immigration law known as SB4, keeping a hold on the measure while it weighs its legality. In a 2-1 decision, the panel of 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges denied Texas’ request to suspend the …

The Washington Post reports: Melania Trump sponsored her mother to immigrate to the United States through a family-based process that former president Donald Trump aggressively sought to end, according to federal immigration records released Monday. The records detail for the first time the full path that the former first lady’s mother, Amalija Knavs, followed from Slovenia to the United States …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants “rapists” who were “poisoning the blood” of the country. The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric. “This …

The Des Moines Register reports: Iowa law enforcement would be allowed to arrest undocumented immigrants who were previously denied entry into the United States under a bill on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk that mirrors a controversial Texas law. Senate File 2340 makes it a crime for someone to attempt to enter Iowa after being previously deported or …

Reuters reports: Texas law enforcement can no longer arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border – again – just hours after the country’s top court said that for now, they could. The legal whiplash came from an appeals court, who halted the enforcement of the Republican-backed state law ahead of oral arguments on the issue scheduled for Wednesday …

NBC News reports:  The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants. The conservative-majority court, with three liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over. …

Bloomberg News reports: “I can’t have a conversation with any business owner that doesn’t revolve around the fact that they simply cannot find the skilled workforce they need,” says Jay Timmons, chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers. Some 9 million positions are open across the economy, equal to 1.4 vacancies for every unemployed worker. The worst-affected industries …

ABC News reports: Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The House voted 97-74 on Thursday for House Bill 1105 after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. …

The Texas Tribune reports: A federal judge in Austin on Thursday halted a new state law that would allow Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally. The law, Senate Bill 4, was scheduled to take effect Tuesday. U.S. District Judge David Ezra issued a preliminary injunction that will keep it from being enforced while a …

“First of all, everybody’s tired of a do-nothing Congress. I mean, can they do anything? Because we’ve seen nothing out of Republicans or Democrats. They have an inability to get anything done. The second thing is you can’t have Trump sitting there saying, don’t do anything until the election. We have a completely open border. “America is acting like it’s …