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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/20/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/20/21

Border Patrol in 95% Hispanic-Latino Texas Town Partners with College to Train Agents

Texas' Laredo Community College inked a deal with U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) to form a partnership in which CBP will provide instruction at the school to students interested in law enforcement careers.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/19/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/19/21

Border Towns Suffer as Mexico Extends Restrictions on Travel to U.S.

Border town economies that rely on Mexican tourism struggle as the U.S. and Mexico extend restrictions on crossing at the border.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/13/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/13/21

Asylum Seekers Dropped Off by Border Patrol Strain Resources of Arizona Border Towns

Instead of being transported to a city like Phoenix with a robust nonprofit support system and steady means of transportation, asylum seekers find themselves in small Arizona towns like Yuma.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/4/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 5/4/21

Migrant Border Deaths Surge with 'Increased Enforcement and Militarization,' Expert Says

The remains of at least 3,356 undocumented border crossers have been recovered in Arizona since 1990, an average of more than 100 deaths a year, a University of Arizona study has revealed.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/29/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/29/21

Desperate Migrants Ride Freight Train Roofs in Perilous Attempts to Cross Border

In all of 2020, there were 181 illegal train crossing encounters. In not quite four months of 2021, there have been 292. It is an incredibly perilous journey for the migrants.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/28/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/28/21

Migrants Awaiting Processing Fill Two Border Town Hotels, While California Foots the Bill

Two local hotels in Imperial County, the Ramada by Wyndham Hotel in Holtville and Travelodge by Wyndham El Centro, currently house migrants awaiting processing, with each hotel at full capacity.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/28/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/28/21

America's Chicken Wing Shortage is Bad for the Planet

The demand for U.S. chicken abroad increases production at home, production which Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns, said devastates its surrounding environment.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/21/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/21/21

In Pictures, George Floyd Celebrated in L.A. Streets Once Rocked by Rodney King Riots

Some 49% of the U.S. agricultural workforce is undocumented. A new bill making its way through Congress would expand systems already in place that help U.S. employers hire migrant workers legally.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/21/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/21/21

With Nearly Half of U.S. Farmworkers Undocumented, Ending Illegal Immigration Could Devastate Economy

Some 49% of the U.S. agricultural workforce is undocumented. A new bill making its way through Congress would expand systems already in place that help U.S. employers hire migrant workers legally.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/15/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/15/21

Donald Trump's Ambassador to Mexico Offers Surprising Immigration Solutions

“Right now, I'm afraid we are incentivizing people to come here illegally, which is, I think, a terrible humanitarian tragedy during the route here. “

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/6/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/6/21

Asylum Seekers Struggle to Keep Kids Safe and Learning in Tijuana Tent City

Of the 2,000 migrants, about 500 are children, who live in small camping tents without access to heat, permanent shelter, or consistent clean running water.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/5/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/5/21

Chasing the American Dream: Four Migrants in Tijuana Tent Camp Tell Their Stories

“More than a Dream, America is a need.”

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/1/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 4/1/21

Flee or Die—Why Refugees are Flocking to Tijuana's Tent City

On the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border, about a five-minute walk from Trump's border wall, more than 2,000 people live in tents at the El Chaparral migrant encampment.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/26/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/26/21

Natural Disasters, Famine and Gangs Driving Central Americans' Mass Migration to U.S.

“People are not running to the U.S.—they are running away from the situations that they are living in Central America.”

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Alex Rouhandeh 3/24/21 Alex Rouhandeh 3/24/21

Central American Refugees Fleeing Gang-run China-style Surveillance State

"I try to use the phrase 'non-state armed actors,' because that is a better description of the level of control (these gangs) possess."

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/16/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/16/21

Biden Administration Scrambles to Ease Crowding at Border as Migrant Children Surge Continues

The Biden administration plans to lease the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers, the Associated Press reported, in an effort to relieve pressure at the southern border caused by a wave of unaccompanied children.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/16/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/16/21

Joe Biden's Reversal of Trump's Border Ban on Solo Children Increases Cartel Profits

President Joe Biden's reversal of the Trump-era policy of turning away unaccompanied migrant children has offered smugglers greater leverage in promising families safe passage for their children.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/12/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/12/21

Border Patrol Grappling with Immigrant Surge Love Trump's Wall

Newsweek got an inside look at the state of the U.S.-Mexico border through the eyes of Public Affairs Officers Justin Castrejon and Jacob MacIsaac of the U.S. Border Patrol.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/5/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/5/21

U.S. Sets Record for Overdose Deaths During Pandemic

The Coronavirus pandemic has earned the United States a new record for annual drug overdose deaths at 81,000. During this same period, law enforcement seizures of marijuana and methamphetamine also increased.

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Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/2/21 Newsweek Alex Rouhandeh 3/2/21

Hunting Sexual Predators A Political Fight in Facial Recognition Legislation

Political polarization over government use of facial recognition technology continues to mount, as Massachusetts became one of the first states to pass comprehensive regulations curbing law enforcement's use of the software.

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