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'Outsourcing' border enforcement: Biden's migration policies rely on Mexico despite its grim record

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The Biden administration reached an immigration enforcement deal with Mexico as Title 42 neared end. MEXICO CITY -- When Emiliano, 51 years old, finally reached Mexico from his native Venezuela, he was detained by Mexico's immigration authority, known by its Spanish-language initials as INM. Imprisoned in a crowded room, he said he and other migrants were never given medications or access to their phones, even to let family know where they were. "When you enter that place, you lost your human rights," Emiliano, identified by only his last name to protect his identity, told Human Rights Watch, per the human rights monitor's recent report. "There were so many of us, we slept one on top of the other ... Half of us have COVID-19 symptoms. I was afraid I would die." Emiliano's experience is one of hundreds of thousands of migrants who have overwhelmed Mexico's migration authorities. But in an eleventh-hour deal with the Biden administration, Mexican P...

Mayorkas: Law enforcement is 'very concerned' about 'lone wolf' threat against Jewish communities after Hamas attack

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells Jewish leaders that law enforcement is "very concerned" about "lone wolf" threat against Jewish communities. Law enforcement around the country remain "very concerned " about the threat of a "lone wolf" actor attempting to exploit the co NFL ict between Israel and Hamas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Jewish leaders. "We remain very concerned about the lone wolf, the individual incited to violence by and ideology of hate," Mayorkas said at "Unity in Crisis: Emergency Leadership Mission for Israel" an event in Washington, D.C., put on by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mayorkas urged Jewish organizations to utilize the $156 million made available by the department through grant funding in order to bolster security around synagogues in the wake of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. In his remarks, th...