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Migrants head to U.S. to flee poverty, violence, disasters and more, survey shows

Editor Nov 29, 2021

EL PASO - Poverty, food insecurity, gang violence and weather-related disasters are the main drivers of ongoing mass migration to the United States, a trend now fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the…

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Italian Coast Guard Rescues 550 Migrants From Stormy Seas – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Editor Nov 14, 2021

The Italian Coast Guard brought more than 550 migrants, including many young men or boys from Egypt, safely ashore from storm-lashed waters off the southern "toe" of mainland Italy on Sunday as human traffickers increasingly…

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Report: Migrants Held by Border Agencies Hit, Threatened and Sexually Assaulted

Editor Oct 23, 2021

Several remembered being hit or kicked. Some alleged sexual violence threats. Others said they were refused food. One man even said that a border guards dog bit his testicle. A new report from Human Rights Watch paints a grim…

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Undeterred plans for Haitian migrants on the Texas-Mexico border to expel them – CBS Dallas / Fort…

Editor Sep 20, 2021

Del Rio, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Immigrants from Texas Haiti who are still angry about the August earthquake and the President's assassination in July say they will not be thwarted by plans to send them back to their home countries.…

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U.S. sues Texas over Abbott’s order restricting transport of migrants

Editor Jul 31, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon to halt an order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to restrict the transport of migrants previously detained by federal immigration authorities.The lawsuit, filed in the US…