January 25, 2023
- Paul J. Weber, “Texas Silent After Guard Member Shoots Migrant on Border” (Associated Press, Associated Press, January 25, 2023).
It’s been a week and a half since a National Guardsman wounded a migrant, and Texas authorities are being untransparent
- Kate Morrissey, “Activists Begin Rallies at Border Patrol Headquarters Over Friendship Park Wall Construction” (The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 25, 2023).
Activists will gather three times per week to preserve the 1970s-era Friendship Park along the border, as CBP plans new wall building
- Mackenzie Elmer, “Officials Fear Nightmare Flooding From New Tijuana River Border Wall” (Voice of San Diego, January 25, 2023).
If one gate malfunctions, a new wall project could cause serious flooding along the San Diego-Tijuana border
- Melissa del Bosque, “Republicans’ Upcoming Border Hearings Will Platform White Supremacist Ideology: A Q&A With Zachary Mueller” (The Border Chronicle, January 25, 2023).
Zachary Mueller of America’s Voice previews the GOP’s planned hearings on the border and migration
- Joseph Morton, “Texas Republican Congressman Says Both Parties Grandstand on Border Security” (The Dallas Morning News, January 25, 2023).
Tony Gonzales, who represents a large Texas border district, is a relative moderate among House Republicans on migration policy
- Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “After Promising to Expand Asylum, Biden Moves to Limit Access Amid Record Border Arrivals” (CBS News, January 25, 2023).
“President Biden came into office vowing to dismantle Trump-era restrictions on asylum, but has found himself proposing similar policies amid an unprecedented migrant crisis”
- Rafael Bernal, “Texas Sues to Stop Biden Immigration Parole Program” (The Hill, January 25, 2023).
The suit against the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole policy will almost certainly be heard by hardline Trump-appointed judge Drew Tipton
- Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “20 Gop-Led States Ask Federal Judge to Halt Migrant Sponsorship Program” (CBS News, January 25, 2023).
20 Republican states go to court once again to block a Biden administration immigration policy, this time the “humanitarian parole” program for 30,000 migrants per month
- “Complaint” (United States District Court Southern District of Texas Victoria Division, January 25, 2023).
Complaint filed by 20 GOP-governed states’ attorneys-general opposing the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program
- Uriel J. Garcia, “Texas Leads Lawsuit Against Biden Administration’s New Immigration Policy” (The Texas Tribune, January 25, 2023).
20 Republican states once again file a lawsuit in the 5th Circuit to undo a Biden administration immigration policy, this time targeting the new humanitarian parole program for some countries’ migrants
- Priscilla Alvarez, “Daily Border Encounters Have Dropped by More Than Half in January, Dhs Official Says” (CNN, January 25, 2023).
Title 42 expansion has reduced asylum-seeking migration in January
- “Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck on Twitter” (Twitter, January 25, 2023).
Thread looks at how Republican attorneys-general have targeted the 5th Circuit’s hardline judges when opposing Biden administration immigration policies