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MIAMI (AP) — Most people in the U.S. see Mexico as an essential partner to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, even as they express mixed views of Mexico’s...
Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers
These cases were once going to be part of a class-action lawsuit that the railroad estimated might include as many as 7,700 people. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government...
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With temporary status for Venezuelans, Biden administration turns to familiar tool
MEXICO CITY (AP) — From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined new legal pathways to the United States for Venezuelans and others, along...
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After lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes, overwhelm agents
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of...
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Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage
PHOENIX (AP) — The construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled untold numbers of saguaro cactuses in Arizona, put endangered ocelots at risk...
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Mexican abortion-pill networks reach across U.S. border to help immigrants without access
MONTERREY, Mexico – Verónica Cruz Sánchez watched something remarkable happen from the office of her women’s rights organization in Guanajuato, the capital city of one of this country’s most conservative Catholic...
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Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort...
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After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. People stood shoulder to shoulder wherever they could — near the stained glass windows depicting scenes from...
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US will start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Air National Guard base in October, the Pentagon said Thursday. The...
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Water-short cities want to use every last drop – even if it used to be sewage
Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with new shelter
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board...
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Republican lawsuit threatens Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Valerie Laveus remembers when she first heard about an immigration program designed to allow people to come to the U.S. from four countries, including her native Haiti....
