GOP Negotiator James Lankford Tries to Solve Border ‘Rubik’s Cube’

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 13, 2024 12:21 pm ET Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma has taken on one of Congress’s most thankless and politically risky jobs: leading negotiations to overhaul…

U.S. Claims Texas Is Blocking Border Patrol From Busy Migrant Crossing Area

[ad_1] EAGLE PASS, Texas—State officials here are blocking federal Border Patrol agents from accessing a busy section of the U.S.-Mexico border, the federal government has alleged in a new legal…

For Fleeing Palestinians, Gaza Has Shrunk—by Two-Thirds

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Shadia Abu Middin had fled Israel’s war against Hamas twice. Then on Dec. 31, Israel told the 44-year-old mother of four in Gaza to…

Senate Group Edges Closer to Proposal Aimed at Securing Southern Border

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 7, 2024 4:41 pm ET A group of bipartisan senators hopes to release its proposal to tighten U.S. border laws later this week, a top negotiator said,…

DocGo CEO Defends Performance on New York City Migrant-Care Contract

[ad_1] DocGo Chief Executive Lee Bienstock is standing by the mobile-healthcare company’s performance under a controversial migrant-care contract awarded by New York City. In an interview, the former Google executive,…

Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Border Patrol to Cut Texas Razor Wire

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 2, 2024 6:07 pm ET WASHINGTON—The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate federal authority over the international boundary between Mexico and Texas, after state…

Opinion | The Welfare-Industrial Complex Is Booming

[ad_1] Dec. 31, 2023 11:23 am ET Drill into the nation’s 3.7% unemployment rate, and you’ll find a growing welfare-industrial complex beneath the seemingly strong labor market. Government, social assistance…

Surge of Migrants Heading North Has Chicago, New York at a ‘Breaking Point’

[ad_1] The mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver said a nonending flow of migrants arriving from the southern border has pushed their cities to the breaking point heading into…

‘Escape This Hell’: One Family’s Painful Journey Out of Gaza

[ad_1] How a family made the difficult decision to leave homes and loved ones behind as they fled the war. [ad_2] Source link

Why a Border Deal Might Not Fix the Border

[ad_1] WASHINGTON—The immigration-policy proposals that Republicans and Democrats have haggled over for weeks have one big catch—they may not do much to stem the flow of migrants at the border.…