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White House plans to reduce deportations

Senior Republicans reacted with fury after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would “be forced to reduce its [migrant] removal operations” after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid agreement backed by the Biden administration. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Jean-Pierre said: “Because congressional […]

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Articles of impeachment against Mayorkas released

House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust.” “These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment,” House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., […]

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Texas Nat. Guard defies Feds demands to vacate

The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country’s immigration policies. Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called on Texas […]