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In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Arizona then-Republican candidate for Attorney General Mark Brnovich talks to supporters at the Republican election night party in Phoenix. Brnovich ended the investigation into Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, saying he did not violate state law when he encouraged small business leaders to vote no on Proposition 208 last year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Federal judge rejects Arizona challenge to Biden deportation rules

A federal judge on Wednesday gave a tentative blessing to the Biden administration's current limits on deportations, saying the government has the right to set priorities, even if that means some illegal immigrants face almost no risk of deportation.

June 30, 2021
In this file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas is shown in this June 29, 2021 file photo. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) **FILE**

DHS Secretary Mayorkas delays new deportation rules

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas won't have his new deportation rules written until August or September, the administration told federal judges this week, marking the second self-imposed deadline the department chief has missed as he tries to come up with a policy to govern whom ICE should target.

June 30, 2021
A group of migrants mainly from Venezuela wade through the Rio Grande as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Left-wing activists battle Biden over immigration with new lawsuits

Left-leaning immigration groups announced multiple legal offensives Wednesday against President Biden and his administration, suing to try to stop ICE movements of illegal immigrants in one case and demanding speedier action on admitting a refugee in another case.

June 30, 2021
In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona, to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

House Dems target Trump legacy in Homeland Security spending bill

House Democrats unveiled a new Homeland Security spending bill Tuesday that aims to wipe away large chunks of former President Trump's legacy at the department, including new restrictions on deploying agency personnel to police protests, and clawing back more than $2 billion in border wall money lawmakers had already approved.

June 29, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris talks to the media, Friday, June 25, 2021, after her tour of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Harris visited the U.S. southern border as part of her role leading the Biden administration's response to a steep increase in migration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris on first trip to border: ‘We’ve made progress’

Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the Biden administration has "made progress" in trying to gain control of the southern border, even as it tries to pave a more lenient path for migrants rushing to the U.S. in hopes of gaining a foothold.

June 25, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, second left, visit the Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry in El Paso, Texas, Friday, June 25, 2021. The Paso del Norte Port of Entry is one of the country's busiest pedestrian border crossings. It is located on the Paso Del Norte International Bridge. Thousands of people cross the border through the Port each day.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kamala Harris makes first visit to southern border

Vice President Kamala Harris made her first pilgrimage to the border Friday, watching Border Patrol at work in El Paso handling processing of illegal immigrants, then making a snap visit to a border crossing where aides said she saw other migrants who hoped to claim asylum in the U.S.

June 25, 2021
Shown here is a screen capture from The Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar's website. The owner of the establishment took the Biden administration to court, alleging improper discrimination in the way it administered COVID relief funds. (https://www.thepennhotel.com/)

Restaurant that beat Biden in court faces affirmative action backlash

The Cajun wings at the Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar had always been a big favorite on Yelp. Now, it seems, all anyone wants to talk about is politics after the establishment's owner sued the Biden administration, alleging discrimination in the manner in which it prioritized COVID-19 relief.

June 24, 2021
A smuggler paddles a small inflatable raft across the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. carrying migrant families in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) ** FILE **

Dollars over danger: Inside the mind of a smuggler

For Cecilio Rios-Quinones, life had always been about money -- and how little he had. Eventually, he and another brother, Ricardo, headed north to Tijuana, where Rito, another brother, was already hooked in with a smuggling organization, guiding people across the border into California. Ricardo and Cecilio were sentenced this spring to 66 months in prison each, and documents from their now-concluded case provide a unique and interesting look at the psychology of a smuggler.

June 23, 2021
A Haitian migrant family looks to emerge from a rocky canal adjacent to a gap in the U.S. border wall in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Trump’s claims on construction of border wall system undercut by GAO audit

As the former president prepares to make his first trip to the border since leaving office, the Government Accountability Office has delivered a scorching report card on his border wall. It calculated that he completed only 69 miles of the wall system he promised Americans -- not the more than 450 miles he claimed.

June 20, 2021