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In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, a group of Brazilian migrants make their way around a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., seeking asylum in the United States after crossing over from Mexico. The Biden administration says it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings. The Border Patrol's Yuma sector recorded the highest number of separations of the agency's nine sectors on the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia) **FILE**

New border asylum policy would strain DHS’s finances

Homeland Security says it doesn't know where it will get the money to handle the surge of border asylum claims it expects under its new plan to shift the work from immigration judges to department bureaucrats.

August 19, 2021
Central American asylum-seekers arrive at El Ceibo, Guatemala, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, after being deported by air from the U.S. to Mexico and then shipped into Guatemala by land. The Central American migrants were expelled by the U.S. after being denied a chance to seek asylum under a pandemic-related ban. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy) **FILE**

Judge blocks Biden’s attempt to limit deportations

A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday blocking the Biden administration's attempt to limit the scope of illegal immigrants who federal agents can target for arrest and deportation, saying Homeland Security officials failed to give a good justification for the reasons behind the policy.

August 19, 2021
Lizeth Morales, left, of Honduras, and her son, Alex Cortillo, right, get a hug from Erika Valladares Ponce, center, as they wait to cross into the United States to begin the asylum process Monday, July 5, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. Dozens of people are allowed into the U.S. twice a day at a San Diego border crossing, part of a system that the Biden administration cobbled together to start opening back up the asylum system in the U.S. Immigration advocates have been tasked with choosing which migrants can apply for a limited number of slots to claim humanitarian protection. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DHS announces plan to speed asylum cases

The Biden administration unveiled plans Wednesday to speed up asylum decisions for illegal immigrants who sneak across the border then demand protection, a move that could result in hundreds of thousands more people winning asylum each year.

August 18, 2021
Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. The Taliban on Sunday swept into Kabul, the Afghan capital, after capturing most of Afghanistan. (Capt. Chris Herbert/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Top Trump officials warn against flood of Afghan visas

Two top officials from the Trump administration delivered a stark warning Tuesday over the stampede to bring in as many Afghan citizens as possible, calling that an element of "open borders policies" and saying it would repeat the mistakes President Biden is making on the U.S.-Mexico border.

August 18, 2021
U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. On Monday, the U.S. military and officials focus was on Kabul's airport, where thousands of Afghans trapped by the sudden Taliban takeover rushed the tarmac and clung to U.S. military planes deployed to fly out staffers of the U.S. Embassy, which shut down Sunday, and others. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani)

Rush to approve Afghan visas poses serious risks

The Biden administration is rushing to build an immigration system that will decide who gets to stay in the U.S. after promising to airlift tens of thousands of Afghan citizens out of their home country.

August 17, 2021
Migrants who entered the United States illegally and turned themselves sit on a bus after they were processed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Monday, June 14, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. Record numbers of Venezuelans are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as overall migration swells. Unlike the farmers and low-wage workers who come from Mexico or Central America, the Venezuelans include bankers, doctors and engineers. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

DHS to pay for legal assistance, ‘cultural orientation’ for illegal immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security announced a new pilot program Tuesday to pay cities, counties and nongovernmental organizations to offer legal services, "cultural orientation," medical screening and other assistance for illegal immigrants who have been caught and released and are awaiting deportation hearings.

August 17, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden taps emergency funds to try to help Afghans flee

President Biden directed the State Department on Monday to tap into emergency money to help speed up processing of Afghans who risked their lives to assist the U.S. war effort, saying an additional $500 million is needed to handle the surge of people.

August 16, 2021
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane, some climbing on the plane, as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac at the airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto the American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP)

‘Promises are being broken’ as U.S. strands Afghan allies

Nearly 20,000 Afghan allies who assisted the U.S. in its war and nation-building efforts -- and perhaps 50,000 more spouses and children -- are in danger of being stranded by the country's chaotic collapse, putting faces on the human toll of America's withdrawal.

August 16, 2021
In this May 17, 2021, photo, a group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, in La Joya, Texas. The U.S. Homeland Security Department says thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to wait in Mexico for their court hearings will be allowed to return for another chance at humanitarian protection. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS sets new high for catch-and-release policy at border

Homeland Security set a new monthly high in July for illegal immigrants caught and released during the southern border surge with nearly 60,000 people turned loose into communities, according to new numbers the department released last week.

August 13, 2021
In this June 25, 2021, photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas talks to the media after he and Vice President Kamala Harris toured of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

DHS chief acknowledges ‘unprecedented’ border surge

Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that the current border surge is "unprecedented," with July setting a new high -- and he acknowledged his department is "stretched" in its capacity to test and quarantine those who come across with COVID-19.

August 12, 2021