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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with the Council of Presidents of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, also known as the "Divine Nine," in her ceremonial office on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kamala Harris faces pressure to deliver on amnesty

Activists are increasingly targeting Vice President Kamala Harris as they battle to inject a large amnesty for illegal immigrants into the Democrats' massive social safety net makeover, saying she has the power to make their dream a reality.

October 6, 2021
In this Aug. 20, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines and Norweigian coalition forces assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP) **FILE**

DHS pleads for department volunteers to process Afghans

Homeland Security's legal-immigration agency issued a plea for volunteers to help "parole" Afghans into the U.S., saying they're seeing "an increasing number of requests" from people still outside the U.S.

October 5, 2021
A Customs and Border Patrol agent detains a migrant atop Montezuma's Pass in Coronado National Memorial, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Hereford, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Catch-and-release at border up more than 430,000% in August

In August 2020, the Trump administration managed something stunning. Border Patrol agents caught more than 47,000 illegal immigrants and immediately released just 10 of them into the interior. This August, under President Biden, the Border Patrol made more than 195,000 arrests and released 43,941 people -- an increase of more than 430,000%.

October 3, 2021
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2019, file photo asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego. The Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of the "Remain in Mexico" policy, saying that the Biden administration likely violated federal law by trying to end the Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. The decision immediately raised questions about what comes next for the future of the policy, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Biden’s DHS rebuilding Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it has formed a task force to "rebuild" the Remain in Mexico policy the Trump administration used to solve the last border surge -- though the department said it needs Mexico's cooperation in order to move forward.

September 29, 2021
Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers watch as migrants, many from Haiti, wade across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, to return to Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to avoid deportation from the U.S. The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

‘There’s no control’: Border chaos invades America’s heartland

Iron County in Utah is about the furthest thing from a border community. But Sheriff Kenneth Carpenter says incidents like a traffic stop this month on the interstate, where a deputy nabbed a motorist for reckless driving and found 5 pounds of methamphetamine and $8,000 in cash, are the results of the chaos on the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

September 26, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The White House is facing sharp condemnation from Democrats for its handling of the influx of Haitian migrants at the U.S. southern border, after images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics went viral. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) **FILE**

Photographer says Border Patrol agents didn’t whip Haitian migrants

A photographer who took photos of mounted Border Patrol agents in a tense encounter with Haitian migrants earlier this week says he didn't see any whipping, puncturing the outrage that the White House and immigrant-rights activists have aimed at the agents.

September 24, 2021
In this Aug. 22, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Republicans demand details on Afghan evacuees charged with crimes in the U.S.

Republican lawmakers on Friday demanded the Biden administration reveal how many Afghan evacuees have already been charged with crimes in the U.S. after federal prosecutors revealed two cases in Wisconsin involving allegations of spousal abuse and attempted sexual assault of two boys under 15 years of age.

September 24, 2021