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The Dominican Republic partially reopened its border with Haiti on Wednesday to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier in a continuing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river. Vendors in Dominican border cities are allowed to sell basic goods like food and medicine, but exporting electronic products and construction materials, including cement and metal rods, is prohibited. Wednesday marked the first time since Sept. 15 that the border partially reopened, although Dominican President Luis Abinader maintained a ban on issuing vis...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Wednesday he will visit the southern U.S. border imminently, as city predictions that buses from Texas would spike to new heights were turning true. In a post-City Council news conference Wednesday afternoon, the mayor said Chicago was now expecting at least 14 — and as many as 22 — buses that day and delivered a promise: “I am going to the border as ...

Mexico has made an agreement with the United States to deport migrants from its border cities to their home countries and take several actions to deter migrants as part of

>> a record 2.4 million migrants were app ended at the border last fiscal year. that shattered the record set the previous year. and nearly equaled the total population of chicago. >> and the clock is ticking. >> officials on the border are sounding the alarm. >> reporter: hundreds have been arriving every day to some border cities. >> now what? >> reporter: sometimes tens of thousands of migrants in a single month. >> all of our shelters are already at capacity. >> reporter: homeless shelters have been overwhelmed. >> this is not even about politics. it's about humanity. >> reporter: families...

Every hour. >> a record 2.4 million migrants were apprehended at the border last fiscal year. that shattered the record set the previous year. and nearly equalled the total population of chicago. >> and the clock is ticking. officials on the border are sounding the alarm. >> hundreds have been arriving every day to some border cities. sometimes tens of thousands of migrants in a single month. >> all of our shelters are already at capacity. >> homeless shelters have been overwhelmed. >> this is not even about politics. it's about humanity. >> families have been sleeping on the streets. >> we ha...