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Probe Finds Capitol Police Leaders Ignored Key Intel Ahead of January 6 Insurrection
Capitol Police officers are overwhelmed by a mob of invading supporters of then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Biden Pushed to Permanently Scrap 'Trump's Xenophobic and Racist Wall'
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A border activist documents if construction along the new U.S.-Mexico border wall built under former President Donald Trump has halted approximately 15 miles east of Sasabe, Arizona on January 28, 2021 in the Coronado National Forest. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
"The wall doesn't even begin to address any of the injustices plaguing the borderlands. It's nothing but a political prop for the GOP. Biden must stop it for good."
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As Biden Ramps Up Detention Capacity, Group Warns Contaminated Military Bases 'Are No Place' for Kids
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Migrant children rest inside a pod at the Customs and Border Patrol detention center in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. (Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool via Getty Images)
"Immigrant children under the care of the federal government should not be in...
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GOP's Border Stunt 'Nothing But a Divide and Distract Tactic' Say Immigrant Rights Advocates
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Unaccompanied minors are loaded into a U.S. Border Patrol transport van after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on March 25, 2021 in Hidalgo, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
"Their focus on the border is a cynical and strategic racist play for political...
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Migrants are shown at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas. (Photo: provided by Rep. Henry Cuellar)
As Biden Restricts Media Access, Photos Show Children in Crowded 'Border Jails'
Sen. Chris Murphy said he "fought back tears" while meeting with unaccompanied migrant children detained in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Texas on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Sen. Chris Murphy 'Fought Back Tears' Visiting Detained Migrant Children in Texas
A sign outside of a Influx Care Facility (ICF) for unaccompanied children explains what the facility is on Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores/<em>The Washington Post</em> via Getty Images)
FEMA Ordered to Help as Border Patrol Holds 3,000 Migrant Children Over Legal Limit
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 1, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
'Fight Is Not Over,' Say Rights Groups as Biden Admin Lets Separated Families Remain in US
A view of the unlawful Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)
Jewish Groups Urge Biden to 'Review and Revoke' Trump-Era 'Made in Israel' Settlement Goods Policy
Textbooks and notebooks line tables inside a classroom at a detention facility for unaccompanied migrant children on Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
As Biden Reopens Texas Detention Center, Amnesty Demands Immigration Policies That Put 'Best Interests' of Children First
'A Clear Back-Track': Rights Groups Warn New Biden Guidelines Not Enough to Curb ICE Abuses
U.S. volunteer Mary Keenan of Brownsville, Texas hands out markers on December 8, 2019 during a class for immigrant children at a refugee camp near the Gateway International Bridge in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, where more than 1,000 Central American and Mexican asylum-seekers are awaiting their next court hearings. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Reversing Xenophobic Trump Policy, Biden to Allow 25,000 Asylum-Seekers Stuck in Mexico to Enter US
Migrants are gathered inside the fence of a makeshift detention center in El Paso, Texas on Wed. March 27, 2019. (Photo by Sergio Flores for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Advocacy Groups Sue Biden Admin. to Force Release of Trump-Era Family Immigration Detention Records
Participants seen holding a banner at the press conference in Manhattan on February 6, 2021.
Outrage After ICE Accused of Deporting 'Defenseless Babies' to Haiti During Pandemic
A Central American woman and her baby in a shelter just across the U.S.-Mexican border in Tijuana, Baja California del Norte, on November 28, 2018. (Photo: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
Under Pretext of Pandemic, Babies Born in US—Legal American Citizens—Expelled With Mothers to Mexico
A migrant holds a sign reading "Biden: light the way for humane immigration reform," as advocates and migrants demonstrate at San Ysidro crossing port during a vigil in Tijuana, Baja California del Norte, Mexico on January 19, 2021, ahead of now-President Joe Biden's inauguration. (Photo: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images)
'We Need to Continue to Fight': Federal Judge Blocks Biden's 100-Day Freeze on Deportations

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