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Insiders Leak ICE Enforcement Data Covered Up by Biden Administration
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64 Times the Biden Administration Intentionally Undermined Border Security
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In October 2023, the Foreign-Born Share Was the Highest in History
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Biden caused the border crisis — don’t fall for his new spin
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Biden pledge to shut down border points to policy shortfalls
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Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What’s really in Biden’s bipartisan immigration deal
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Biden Administration Relies on Deterrence to Manage Immigration at US-Mexico Border
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Biden administration has admitted more than 1 million migrants into U.S. under parole policy Congress is considering restricting
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New Biden plan will let people in Latin American countries apply to legally enter U.S., Canada or Spain
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Three Years of Biden Immigration Policies Have Benefitted Criminal Aliens
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: August Migration Data, Mexico’s Response, Government Shutdown
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: May migration data, House appropriations bill, Border Patrol-related fatalities
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Reduced February migration, 2024 budget, Ciudad Juárez incident
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Why Illegal Border Crossings Are at Sustained Highs
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Biden administration urges US court to uphold asylum restrictions
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Pushing Back Indirectly Against the Biden Administration’s Unlawful CBP One Programs
No ID, no airplane ride
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DOJ Report Details Decline in Border Prosecutions Under Biden
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Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade
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