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A Pennsylvania Republican candidate for governor claims secret flights are carrying illegal immigrants into the state, despite assurances they are part of a Health and Human Services program

I am extremely concerned ... the federal government has flown illegal immigrants to [Scranton], Rep. Dan Meuser wrote to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson.

DHS will use barrier funds and work with CBP in El Paso, Texas and Tucson and Yuma, Arizona sectors to close gaps left open when Biden halted construction on Trumps border wall project.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote Monday that DHS cant implement a massive policy reversal... simply by typing out a new Word document and posting it on the internet.

‘Remain in Mexico’ reinstated, sends asylum seekers across the southern border

This week, the United States began returning migrants to Mexico under the ‘Migrant Protection Program,’ which began under the Trump administration. The MPP forced migrants applying for asylum to wait in Mexico instead of the U.S. for their hearings. The Biden administration shut down the program but had to restart it after court orders. Washington Post Mexico Bureau Chief Kevin Sieff joins.

Ducey's comments came after a Trump-era immigration policy was reinstated, upholding that asylum seekers have to wait for a court hearing outside US borders.

Nana Gyamfi, director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, says the U.S. is "deadly silent" on the issue of Haiti immigration.

Following bipartisan condemnation of U.S. actions in Del Rio, advocates and progressive Democrats push immediate immigration reform in the face of a December federal debt default.

Republican Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick urged President Joe Biden to "ask Donald Trump to come back and negotiate with Mexico for him."