Tag: Border Crisis

House passes fentanyl crackdown legislation with Biden’s backing

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2023 2:34 pm

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office as Chicago's 57th mayor Monday, May 15, 2023, in Chicago.

Chicago plan to house immigrants in school draws hundreds for heated town hall

Anna Giaritelli · May 24, 2023 5:26 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Republican governors meet with Abbott to discuss joint border security plan

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2023 12:02 pm

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2023, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Fact check: Does immigration increase housing costs?

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2023 7:00 am

Bipartisan Hispanic congresswomen introduce first sweeping immigration bill this session

Samantha-Jo Roth · May 23, 2023 9:36 pm

Vehicles make their way through flooded streets of Panorama City section of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over asylum app

Eden Villalovas · May 23, 2023 8:23 pm

Jenn Bennett, who is high on fentanyl, sits on her skateboard with a visible black eye as her friend, Jesse Williams, smokes the drug in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, 2022. Use of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin, has exploded. Even a small dose can be fatal, and it has quickly become the deadliest drug in the nation, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Beltway Confidential

How Washington can tackle America’s deadliest drug epidemic

Rep. Greg Murphy · May 23, 2023 6:00 am

White House offers rare support for GOP bill to tackle one section of border crisis

Anna Giaritelli · May 22, 2023 6:31 pm

Fentanyl seizures at the border in April reach record high

Anna Giaritelli · May 22, 2023 4:05 pm

The fence marking the border between Mexico and the United States is photographed Wednesday in La Paloma, Texas. (AP/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Fairness and Justice

Illegal immigrants put strain on blue-city resources amid border crisis

Sarah Bedford · May 22, 2023 9:00 am

Areas along the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, wired shut ahead of end of Title 42 policy

Migrant mother whose daughter died in custody says requests for help were denied

Jenny Goldsberry · May 20, 2023 3:46 pm

Several GOP lawmakers slammed the Biden administration's border policies this week after a migrant youth died in CBP custody this week, marking the third minor fatality in federal custody this this year.

GOP slams Biden after third young immigrant dies in custody: ‘Where is the outrage?’

Kaelan Deese · May 19, 2023 9:30 am