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Border agency anticipates years to hit Trump’s hiring goal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol will not lower hiring standards to satisfy President Donald Trump’s order to add 5,000 agents and will need several years to hit its target, administration...
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AP FACT CHECK: Who needs a wall? Trump says border is strong
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the border with Mexico is already “getting extremely strong” and would-be illegal crossers are giving up because they think, “we can’t get in.” All without...
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Trump budget calls for border wall, border prosecutions
WASHINGTON (AP) — For core supporters counting on President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration, his proposed budget reads like a wish list: billions of dollars for some of his most...
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AP FACT CHECK: Who needs a wall? Trump says border is strong
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the border with Mexico is already “getting extremely strong” and would-be illegal crossers are giving up because they think, “we can’t get in.” All without...
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Trump wants to build 30-foot-high wall at Mexican border
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract...
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Electronics banned in cabins of U.S.-bound flights from 8 nations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in...
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DHS releases names of local jails that won’t hold immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is naming some names in its efforts to shame local jails that don’t cooperate with immigration authorities. It’s putting the spotlight on Travis County,...
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No new threat led to airline laptop limits, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and British officials said Tuesday the decision to bar laptops and tablets from the cabins of some international flights wasn’t based on any specific threat but on longstanding...
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Trump’s border-wall proposal faces many obstacles
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the “big, beautiful wall” that he’s promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge hurdle...
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Trump’s border wall with Mexico faces all kinds of obstacles
President Donald Trump has laid out exactly what he wants in the "big, beautiful wall" that he's promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. But his effort to build a huge barrier to those attempting...
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Zinke: Border wall ‘complex,’ faces geographic challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — will make it difficult to build the “big, beautiful wall” that President Donald Trump has...
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Immigration arrests at Mexican border continue to plummet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests of people caught trying to sneak into the United States across the Mexican border plummeted in March to the lowest monthly figure in more than 17 years, the head of the...
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DHS won’t rule out arresting crime victims, witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department said Tuesday it can’t promise that immigrants in the United States illegally won’t be arrested if they come forward to report they have been a victim...
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Homeland Security chief backtracks on splitting families
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says parents and children caught crossing the Mexican border illegally won't be separated unless the "situation at the time requires it."
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Kelly says critical lawmakers should changes laws or shut up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Tuesday bluntly challenged members of Congress critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement to...
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Report: ICE does bad job of overseeing deportable immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers aren’t doing a good job of keeping track of immigrants facing deportation but released from jail, an internal government...
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Tough court on immigration serves as model for Trump plans
In most U.S. jurisdictions, authorities skip criminal charges and order quick deportations for those who enter the country illegally. But in America's toughest courthouse for border-crossers, just...
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AP fact check: Is there new border-wall money in the budget?
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sought Tuesday to defend its budget compromise with Congress, saying it’s a start to President Donald Trump’s promise to build a “big, beautiful wall” at the...
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AP FACT CHECK: Budget not a down-payment on new border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its budget compromise with Congress includes hundreds of millions of dollars in border wall funding. Those funds might be for the border, but they’re not...
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AP FACT CHECK: Budget not a down-payment on new border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to defend its budget compromise with Congress, saying it’s a start to President Donald Trump’s promise to build a “big, beautiful wall” at the...
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