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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared

  Associated Press - By VALERIE GONZALEZ

  HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States this summer, authorities and activists in South Texas found themselves embroiled in a mystery in this arid region near the border with Mexico. Barrels of life-saving water that a …

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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  Illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border rose in July but were still down from last year

  Associated Press - By ELLIOT SPAGAT

  Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico soared 33% from June to July, according to U.S. government figures released Friday, reversing course after a plunge that followed the introduction of new asylum restrictions in May. President Joe Biden’s administration insisted that its …

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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  Mexican President Urges Mexican-American Voters to Reject Abbott Over Border Spat

  U.S. News & World Report - By Reuters

  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday urged Mexican-Americans not to vote for Texas Governor Greg Abbott in …

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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  US Can do Well by Doing Good in Opening Our Doors to Chinese Immigration

  Reason.com - Ilya Somin

  As Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell explains, doing so will simultaneously strengthen the US and weaken a major geopolitical rival. It can …

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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  Number of Migrants Crossing U.S. Southern Border Is Down. But for How Long?

  The New York Times - Eileen Sullivan

  Officials say the lull after nearly two years of increased crossings is not going to last. Nearly two months since the lifting of a public health order that allowed the United States to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border, the number of migrants crossing into the country has not only …

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  Keith Fitzgerald

  

  California tried and failed to ban for-profit ICE detention centers. What does that mean for other states?

  Los Angeles Times - Andrea Castillo

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — California’s landmark ban on private prisons and immigrant detention facilities saw its fate sealed when a federal court officially repealed the 2020 law. In a win for private prison contractors, a final judgment last month declared Assembly Bill 32 unconstitutional as applied to …