Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came in families likely reached its second-highest total on record, a U.S. official said Monday, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came in families likely reached its second-highest total on record, a U.S. official said Monday, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an all-time high in July, and the number of people who came in families likely reached its second-highest total on record, a U.S. official said Monday, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'God opened the door': Mystery surrounds US asylum picks
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — In a packed camp for migrant families on Mexico's side of the busiest U.S. border crossing, Nelson Membreño has lived through a chickenpox outbreak, people's heavy drug use and night prowlers wielding knives.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
'God opened the door': Mystery surrounds US asylum picks
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — In a packed camp for migrant families on Mexico's side of the busiest U.S. border crossing, Nelson Membreño has lived through a chickenpox outbreak, people's heavy drug use and night prowlers wielding knives.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
'God opened the door': Mystery surrounds US asylum picks
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — In a packed camp for migrant families on Mexico's side of the busiest U.S. border crossing, Nelson Membreño has lived through a chickenpox outbreak, people's heavy drug use and night prowlers wielding knives.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol was forced out of his job Wednesday, after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol was forced out of his job Wednesday, after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol was forced out of his job Wednesday, after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Border Patrol chief, who supported wall, is leaving job
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of the Border Patrol said Wednesday he was leaving his job after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
US identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers to come to US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that block people from seeking asylum.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. Would they receive asylum?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
US calls reports of migrant children in buses 'unacceptable'
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US calls reports of migrant children in buses 'unacceptable'
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US calls reports of migrant children in buses 'unacceptable'
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US calls reports of migrant children in buses 'unacceptable'
Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews record on migrants; GOP on virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when he was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews record on migrants; GOP on virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when he was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews record on migrants; GOP on virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when he was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency
HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews record on migrants; GOP on virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a swipe at his predecessor, President Joe Biden gave a distorted account of the historical forces driving migrants to the U.S. border, glossing over the multitudes who were desperate to escape poverty in their homelands when he was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency
HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency
HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally, picking a seasoned law enforcement official who sharply criticized Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Paying a smuggler, Edgar Mejia could afford to take only one child with him to the United States. He chose his 3-year-old “warrior” son, leaving his 7- and 12-year-olds with their mother in Honduras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Paying a smuggler, Edgar Mejia could afford to take only one child with him to the United States. He chose his 3-year-old “warrior” son, leaving his 7- and 12-year-olds with their mother in Honduras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Paying a smuggler, Edgar Mejia could afford to take only one child with him to the United States. He chose his 3-year-old “warrior” son, leaving his 7- and 12-year-olds with their mother in Honduras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Paying a smuggler, Edgar Mejia could afford to take only one child with him to the United States. He chose his 3-year-old “warrior” son, leaving his 7- and 12-year-olds with their mother in Honduras.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrants freed without court notice — sometimes no paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — time-saving moves that have left some migrants confused.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrants freed without court notice — sometimes no paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — time-saving moves that have left some migrants confused.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrants freed without court notice — sometimes no paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — time-saving moves that have left some migrants confused.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrant families freed without court notice or any paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — a time-saving move that has left migrants confused.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrant families freed without court notice or any paperwork
MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — a time-saving move that has left migrants confused.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Migrant kids crowded into Texas facility as space runs low
DONNA, Texas (AP) — More than 500 migrant children were packed into plastic-walled rooms built for 32 people, sitting inches apart on mats with foil blankets Tuesday at the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection holding facility for unaccompanied children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is thoroughfare for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Small Texas border town is thoroughfare for migrant children
ROMA, Texas (AP) — As darkness sets on the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents hear pumps inflating rafts across the river in Mexico. It is about to get busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border crossing with the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday during a visit to El Paso, Texas, that, “It's more than a crisis. This is human heartbreak.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday called the wave of migrants a difficult challenge but nothing new.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday during a visit to El Paso, Texas, that, “It's more than a crisis. This is human heartbreak.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday called the wave of migrants a difficult challenge but nothing new.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem Tuesday but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday during a visit to El Paso, Texas, that, “It's more than a crisis. This is human heartbreak.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday called the wave of migrants a difficult challenge but nothing new.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Child border crossings are surging, straining US facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem Tuesday but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Child border crossings surge as DHS chief defends policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number of children traveling alone across the Mexican border on Monday than on an average day last month, an official said Tuesday, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas conceded the surge was a challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden moves to relieve strain of child border crossings
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Biden administration hopes to relieve the strain of thousands of unaccompanied children coming to the southern border by ending a Trump-era order that discouraged potential family sponsors from coming forward to care for them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden moves to relieve strain of child border crossings
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Biden administration hopes to relieve the strain of thousands of unaccompanied children coming to the southern border by ending a Trump-era order that discouraged potential family sponsors from coming forward to care for them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden moves to relieve strain of child border crossings
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Biden administration hopes to relieve the strain of thousands of unaccompanied children coming to the southern border by ending a Trump-era order that discouraged potential family sponsors from coming forward to care for them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden meets with Mexican president amid migration issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden to meet with Mexican president amid migration issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans a virtual meeting Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration moved to restore the asylum system to the way it worked for decades Friday by releasing a group of asylum-seekers into the United States, ending their long wait in Mexico and unraveling one of former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
25 asylum-seekers who were waiting in Mexico released in US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday released 25 asylum-seekers into the country with notices to appear in court, ending their long waits in Mexico and marking a milestone in unraveling a key immigration policy of former President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Some asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico to be allowed in US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden's immigration moves show limits as Congress waits
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a second wave of splashy announcements to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, President Joe Biden showed where he sees perils and limitations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden expands quick bid to undo Trump’s immigration policies
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced steps to address harm to thousands of families that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, expanding efforts to quickly undo relentless changes to immigration policy over the last four years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as a symbol of international friendship.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as a symbol of international friendship.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as a symbol of international friendship.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as a symbol of international friendship.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Immigration agency leader resigns, only weeks in office
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned Wednesday, only weeks after taking over the agency that detains and deports immigrants and runs international criminal investigations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Immigration agency leader resigns, only weeks in office
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned Wednesday, only weeks after taking over the agency that detains and deports immigrants and runs international criminal investigations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Woman fatally shot at Capitol echoed Trump on social media
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Like President Donald Trump, the San Diego woman fatally shot by police as a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol had used Twitter to amplify her views, including false allegations that November's election was riddled with fraud.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Woman shot at Capitol was Air Force veteran who backed Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The woman who was fatally shot when a mob supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol was identified by authorities Thursday as Ashli Babbitt, whose family described her as an Air Force veteran and avid supporter of Trump and his efforts to stay in office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trump extends visa ban, health coverage policy advances
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home
ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home
ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home
ROME (AP) — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Appeals court blocks San Diego County restaurant openings
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court on Friday blocked a judge’s order allowing San Diego County restaurants to resume indoor and outdoor dining, keeping Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home edict in full effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Some San Diego restaurants reopen despite legal uncertainty
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eggs, waffles and burritos flew out of the kitchen Friday at The Old Townhouse, a 45-year-old institution in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood that immediately resumed indoor dining when a judge cleared the way for restaurants in the state's second-largest county to ignore Gov. Gavin Newsom's …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eateries leery to reopen amid appeal of strip club ruling
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Notorious Burger owner Brian Gruber said he felt like he was giving an early Christmas gift to his employees when he called them back to work following a California judge's ruling that cleared the way for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge says strip club ruling also protects restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge cleared the way Thursday for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining, marking a major, if temporary, setback to the governor’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus before the state's intensive care units run out of beds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge says strip club ruling also protects restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge cleared the way Thursday for all restaurants in San Diego County to resume on-site dining, marking a major, if temporary, setback to the governor’s stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus before the state's intensive care units run out of beds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Strip club ruling forces San Diego to pause ban on dining
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County has suspended enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions barring restaurant dining and live entertainment after a judge extended his order protecting two strip clubs from a state shutdown order and indicated the ruling applied more broadly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
San Diego County suspends virus enforcement on restaurants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County has suspended enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and live entertainment establishments after a judge extended his order protecting two strip clubs from a state shutdown order and indicated the ruling applied more broadly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California judge extends strip-club exemption from lockdown
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a setback to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health order that calls for such establishments to be shuttered.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California judge extends strip-club exemption from lockdown
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing a setback to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health order that calls for such establishments to be shuttered.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US fully restores protections for young immigrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that it fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation, complying with a federal judge’s order.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Search persists for parents of 628 kids separated at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration, according to a court filing Wednesday that also said the government last week provided additional phone numbers to aid the long-running search.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Search persists for parents of 628 kids separated at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration, according to a court filing Wednesday that also said the government last week provided additional phone numbers to aid the long-running search.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Navy will decommission warship damaged in suspected arson
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy said Monday that it will decommission a warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson this summer caused extensive damage, making it too expensive to restore.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Judge won't lift San Diego County pandemic restrictions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge on Monday denied a request to temporarily restore indoor service at restaurants and gyms in San Diego County that were forced to move operations outside earlier this month to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won’t enforce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won’t enforce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won’t enforce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won’t enforce it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California cities, counties split on enforcing health orders
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore on Thursday announced a “full-time law enforcement presence” to get more businesses to comply with California's tightening coronavirus restrictions, joining one of the most aggressive enforcement efforts in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
California struggles with how to enforce coronavirus orders
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Health inspectors fanned out to 29 businesses across San Diego County, threatening criminal prosecution and $1,000 fines for ignoring orders to avoid indoor activity during the coronavirus pandemic. Not just that, the businesses' names appeared on the county's website — unwelcome publicity as officials push companies …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California lawyer who for years made sure white supremacist Tom Metzger made payments on a judgment for his role in the killing of an Ethiopian man studying in the U.S. took no money for himself from the case but ended up with something priceless: a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California lawyer who for years made sure white supremacist Tom Metzger made payments on a judgment for his role in the killing of an Ethiopian man studying in the U.S. took no money for himself from the case but ended up with something priceless: a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California lawyer who for years made sure white supremacist Tom Metzger made payments on a judgment for his role in the killing of an Ethiopian man studying in the U.S. took no money for himself from the case but ended up with something priceless: a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California voters reject revamp to property tax system
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old cap on property taxes, a move that would have have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California voters give property tax breaks a makeover
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters gave the state's landmark 1978 law to limit property taxes a makeover Wednesday, passing a measure that gives exemptions to older homeowners, the disabled and wildfire victims and strips breaks from people who inherit homes but don't live in them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his administration and important to his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California voters reject revamp to property tax system
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old cap on property taxes, a move that would have have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his administration and important to his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California voters reject revamp to property tax system
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters have rejected a proposal to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old cap on property taxes, a move that would have have raised taxes for many businesses in a pandemic-hobbled economy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Effort to revamp California property taxes may fall short
SAN DIEGO (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Vote tight on California property tax revamp
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Voters were nearly evenly split on a California ballot measure to partially dismantle the state’s 42-year-old system of tying property taxes to the last sales price, early ballot tabulations Tuesday showed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
California ballot measure would reshape property taxes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s 42-year-old system of tying property taxes to the last sales price of a building faces one of its biggest tests yet Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Under Trump, citizenship and visa agency focuses on fraud
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the agency handling citizenship and visa applications was surprised when he faced blowback for cutting a reference to the U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” in its mission statement. The son of a Peruvian immigrant added language about “protecting Americans” instead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Under Trump, citizenship and visa agency focuses on fraud
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the agency handling citizenship and visa applications was surprised when he faced blowback for cutting a reference to the U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” in its mission statement. The son of a Peruvian immigrant added language about “protecting Americans” instead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Report: US turning away asylum-seekers at border is flawed
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security ordered border agents to stop asylum-seekers from stepping on U.S. soil at official crossings with Mexico in 2018, undercutting public statements at the time that they were welcome to do so, according to a government watchdog report published …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Report: US turning away asylum-seekers at border is flawed
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security ordered border agents to stop asylum-seekers from stepping on U.S. soil at official crossings with Mexico in 2018, undercutting public statements at the time that they were welcome to do so, according to a government watchdog report published …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Video shows San Diego police shooting man who charged them
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Video from home surveillance and police body cameras show a San Diego police officer fatally shooting a mentally ill Mexican man last week who was wielding a metal curtain rod when he charged officers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Video shows San Diego police shooting man who charged them
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Video from home surveillance and police body cameras show a San Diego police officer fatally shooting a mentally ill Mexican man last week who was wielding a metal curtain rod when he charged officers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross
TECATE, Calif. (AP) — Edgar Alexis Lopez looks well-rested in photos he took before crossing the border illegally in mountains east of San Diego, flashing a wide grin in clean jeans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Immigrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Edgar Alexis Lopez looks well-rested in photos he took before crossing the border illegally in mountains east of San Diego, flashing a wide grin in clean jeans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Top Trump adviser wants more nations to field asylum claims
SAN DIEGO (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's top priorities on immigration if he wins a second term would be to use agreements with Central American governments as models to get countries around the world to field asylum claims from people seeking refuge in the United States, a top …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Top Trump adviser wants more nations to field asylum claims
SAN DIEGO (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's top priorities on immigration if he wins a second term would be to use agreements with Central American governments as models to get countries around the world to field asylum claims from people seeking refuge in the United States, a top …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Parents of 545 children separated at border can't be found
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early in the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump administration adds criminal disqualifiers to asylum
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that asylum-seekers will lose their bids if they are convicted of driving under the influence or committing crimes to support gangs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Parents of 545 children separated at border can't be found
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early in the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump administration adds criminal disqualifiers to asylum
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that asylum-seekers will lose their bids if they are convicted of driving under the influence or committing crimes to support gangs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ex-Mexican defense secretary is denied bail on drug charges
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge denied bail to Mexico's former defense secretary on Tuesday on charges of helping a Mexican cartel smuggle drugs to the United States in exchange for bribes, casting aside an argument that the retired general wouldn't flee because he was determined to exonerate himself.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Authorities: Top Mexico official helped smuggle drugs to US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexico’s former defense secretary helped a cartel smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States in exchange for bribes, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Cameroonian asylum-seekers accuse US of forcing deportation
A group of asylum-seekers from Cameroon facing deportation back to their conflict-ridden country say they were pressured with force by U.S. immigration officers to sign their deportation paperwork, and that they and a slew of others facing an imminent return flight are at risk of persecution and death.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Cameroonian asylum-seekers accuse US of forcing deportation
A group of asylum-seekers from Cameroon facing deportation back to their conflict-ridden country say they were pressured with force by U.S. immigration officers to sign their deportation paperwork, and that they and a slew of others facing an imminent return flight are at risk of persecution and death.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
US finds major cross-border tunnel used to smuggle drugs
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A large haul of drugs, including opioids, methamphetamine and cocaine, being smuggled from Mexico to California was seized from a cross-border tunnel equipped with ventilation, lighting and an underground rail system, authorities said Tuesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico rarely find lawyers
SAN DIEGO (AP) — One by one, asylum-seekers from El Salvador and Honduras who are waiting in Mexico for court hearings in the United States appeared before Judge Lee O'Connor to explain why, after months of effort, they couldn't find an attorney.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Virus prompts US and Mexico to restrict border travel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that they would prohibit all “non-essential” travel across their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New restrictions coming on travel between the US and Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. officials are expected to announce new restrictions on the southern border Friday as they try to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US, Canada are closing shared border to nonessential travel
The United States and Canada agreed Wednesday to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel to confront the coronavirus pandemic, bringing a halt to tourism and family visits but leaving the flow of trade intact.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US-Canada border closing temporarily to nonessential travel
The United States and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, and his administration is considering turning back all people who cross illegally from Mexico into the U.S., two administration officials said.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump: US, Canada to close border to nonessential travel
TORONTO (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, and the Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the president has during pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak to mount what would be one of the most …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'Remain in Mexico' is just one US response to asylum-seekers
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for their U.S. court hearings. It may be the most far-reaching measure in a series of policies the government has put in place over the last year amid an unprecedented surge …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Court blocks 'Remain in Mexico' policy on part of US border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the latest twist on a key Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court said it will prevent the government from making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings starting next week unless the Supreme Court steps in sooner.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'Banzai runs' a thing of the past?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
California water cuts ignore past changes by some cities
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Father: Rescued teen taking things day at a time
LAKESIDE, Calif. - The father of a 16-year-old girl said she is taking things one day at a time after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and brother and escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Teen faces long recovery after rescue
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Search for kidnapping suspect enters Gem State
CASCADE - A car belonging to a man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son and then fleeing with the 16-year-old daughter was found in the Idaho wilderness on Friday after a horseback rider reported seeing the man and girl hiking in the area two days earlier, …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Inspectors arrest 15 in prescription drug case
SAN DIEGO - U.S. border inspectors are not only seizing drugs coming into the country from Mexico - they're making arrests for drug smuggling that's going the other way.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Arizona CEO's son, girlfriend die
CORONADO, Calif. - The most common crimes are small-time theft. Bicycles vanish from homes. Cell phones and other gadgets are stolen from cars and beach towels.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Ex-San Diego star figures in sports bribery indictment
SAN DIEGO - A former University of San Diego star basketball player, another former player and a former assistant coach were charged with running a sports betting business to affect the outcome of games, federal authorities said Monday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Elaborate drug-smuggling tunnel found
SAN DIEGO - A sophisticated cross-border tunnel equipped with a rail system, ventilation and fluorescent lighting has been shut down by U.S. and Mexican officials - the second discovery of a major underground drug passage in San Diego this month, authorities said Friday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Weary travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers
SAN DIEGO - They can call it a nightmare. A cruise from hell. Even a Spamcation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Migrants turn to sea to enter US illegally
SAN DIEGO - The speedboat is about three miles offshore when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent cuts the engine to drift on the current in quiet darkness, hoping for the telltale signs of immigrant smuggling - a motor's whirr or sulfur exhaust fumes.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Quake rattles Mexico, southern California
MEXICALI, Mexico - Aftershocks rattled the southwest Mexico-U.S. border Monday in the aftermath of a major earthquake that killed two people, blacked out cities and forced the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Thousands mourn death of California teen
POWAY, Calif. - Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a high school football stadium Saturday to honor a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow, lakeside grave, allegedly killed by a registered sex offender.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Was 'runaway Prius' story a hoax?
SAN DIEGO - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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