The mayor of Eagle Pass said 2,500 migrants arrived in one day, part of a recent surge in crossings along the border that has taxed local, state and federal resources.
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The Pennsylvania Fugitive: Why Wasn’t He Deported?
Undocumented immigrants accused of minor crimes are often sent back to their homelands. Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a U.S. prison, had been facing a murder charge in Brazil.
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Record Number of Families Cross Southern Border Illegally in August
The roughly 91,000 migrants who were arrested after crossing together as families exceeded a record set in May 2019, the height of the border crisis during the Trump administration.
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Fact-Checking Ramaswamy’s Claims on Campaign Trail, Including on Climate and Jan. 6
The upstart Republican candidate has made inaccurate claims about climate change as well as the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, while mischaracterizing his own positions and past comments.