Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
In a significant election-year move, President Joe Biden is offering relief to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S.
U.S.-Mexico border
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The US is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally
That’s in addition to about 242,700 Venezuelans who already qualified for temporary status before Wednesday’s announcement.
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Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border in migrant push
After the El Paso visit, Biden travels to Mexico to meet with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in talks that will also touch on immigration issues.
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The U.S. Supreme Court left in place for now a pandemic-era policy allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border
In a 5-4 vote, the court granted a request by Republican state attorneys general to put on hold a judge's decision invalidating the emergency public health order known as Title 42.
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US, Congressional lawmakers reach deal on border wall funding
Details have yet to be released but aides familiar with the negotiations say it includes $1.375bn in funding for 55 miles (88km) of new fencing at the border, a small part of the more than 2,000 miles promised by the president.
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Trump walks out of meeting with Democrats on government shutdown
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with them at the White House Wednesday when they wouldn't agree to fund a border wall.
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