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Month: January 2024

Exclusive: Biden administration demands Texas immediately stop blocking Border Patrol access

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration demanded Sunday that Texas immediately stop its efforts blocking US Border Patrol’s access along a portion of the US-Mexico border, where late Friday a woman and two children drowned after agents were barred from the area by state officials, according to a Department of Homeland Security

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Iranian journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini’s death released from prison on bail

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Adam Pourahmadi and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Two journalists imprisoned in Iran following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked nationwide protests in 2022, have been temporarily released on bail, according to state-run media. Convicted in October, Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi are currently awaiting a verdict

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Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings

By JAMIE STENGLE and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston. “We are not allowing Border Patrol on that property anymore,” Abbott said Friday, drawing

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