The more we learn about the true dimensions of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the worse it is. Now, a new report says that in the last few months, U.S. authorities have encountered illegal border crossers not just from Mexico, or the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, but from 160 nations around the globe. People are coming to Mexico from the most distant spots on the planet in order to cross illegally into the United States, confident that President Joe Biden will let them stay. And Biden is doing just that. More than 12,500 Ecuadoreans were encountered in March, up from 3,568 in January, The New York Times Miriam Jordan reports. Nearly 4,000 Brazilians and more than 3,500 Venezuelans were intercepted, up from just 300 and 284, respectively, in January. The numbers in coming months are expected to be higher.
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A DISASTER ENTIRELY OF BIDEN S MAKING. The more we learn about the true dimensions of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the worse it is. Now, a new report says that in the last few months U.S. authorities have encountered illegal border crossers not just from Mexico, or the Northern Triangle countries, but from 160 nations around the globe. People are coming to Mexico from the most distant spots on the planet in order to cross illegally into the United States, confident that President Joe Biden will let them stay. And Biden is doing just that.
What we can learn from the ransomware attack on US Colonial Pipeline
Cornelia Meyer
May 11, 2021 00:44
Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline s Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, US May 10, 2021. (Reuters)
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The ransomware cyberattacks on the Colonial Pipeline, which carries refined products from the Gulf of Mexico up to New York Harbor, was a shock in more ways than one. The entire Colonial Pipeline system had to be taken offline as a precautionary measure late Friday.
Colonial is the largest products’ pipeline in the US, spanning 5,500 miles and carrying gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from the Gulf of Mexico to the Eastern Seaboard. It has a capacity exceeding 3 million barrels per day (bpd) and habitually carries around 2.5 million bpd. Its importance cannot be overstated for drivers and airlines alike. Several major airports, such as Atlanta Hartsfield, Charlotte, Raleigh Durham, La Guardia and other
Source: ACI World. Note: Total passengers enplaned and deplaned. Passengers in transit counted once
Amid that dynamic, China Southern Airlines’ Guangzhou hub handled the most passengers in 2020, having ranked just outside the top 10 in 2019. Chengdu and Shenzhen airports joined Guangzhou in the top five, both having leapfrogged more than 20 airports to get there.
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Guangzhou Baiyun jumped from 11th to top place in the ranking of the world’s busiest airports
Also boosted by a large domestic market, Atlanta Hartsfield dropped to second place in a list that features two other US airports and seven in China.