U.S.-Mexico border

Trump initiated the policy, officially known as Migrant Protection Protocols, in January of 2019, but Biden suspended the practice on his first day in office.

Mexican visitors account for 65 percent of retail sales in Del Rio, Texas, and business owners are hoping eased restrictions will lead to economic recovery.

"Smugglers will always view children as a commodity to gain a profit," Gregory K. Bovino, chief patrol agent for the El Centro Sector, said.

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"Large groups of mostly children continue to be exploited by smugglers who leave them at the border for agents to encounter," a Border Patrol official said.

Campaign finance records show the billionaire donated millions to former President Donald Trump's re-election efforts in 2020.

"This isn't a figure of speech. This is our reality," Arizona's governor said during a Wednesday visit to discuss border policies in Texas.

We can't wait for Washington to do it," said Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott invited the state leaders to the U.S.-Mexico border to discuss actions that were being taken to secure the border.

"I am in Texas performing my duties as the duly elected Governor of Idaho, and I have not authorized the Lt. Governor to act on my behalf," Brad Little said.

Listen to Senator Sinema tell lobbyists how important it is for constituents to weigh in "early and often." That was before the bathroom ambush.

"I want to say that it was an injustice, that it was wrong. The proud people of Haiti and any migrant deserve to be treated with dignity," Juan Gonzalez said.

"We regularly find deceased migrants in this county, but never anything like this," a Texas sheriff said.

Title 42, implemented by the Trump administration, has kept most asylum seekers out of the U.S. but a new ruling may allow a surge of border crossings.

Only 1 in 5 Texas voters told Quinnipiac pollsters they approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The El Paso Baptist Association continues to aid migrants with COVID-19 testing, food, shelter and more.

"They accused me of being an immigrant trafficker," said Eliseo Ortiz, a taxi driver in Mexico.

"We are dealing with a broken immigration system, and we need legislative reform," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Friday.

"The world has now seen for itself that all migrants seeking a better tomorrow aren't treated equal when skin color is involved," activist Yoliswa Cele said.

The Biden administration's malicious neglect of border states has reached new heights, as the small town of Del Rio, Texas, has been awash in a massive migrant wave.

Graham called Democratic criticism of border patrol agents fending off Haitian migrants "the most inhumane thing going on right now in America."

"We are very concerned that Haitians who are taking the irregular migration path are receiving misinformation that the border is open," said the homeland security secretary.

The decision comes after video and photos of Border Patrol officers' hostile interactions with Haitian migrants circulated earlier this week.

"Bad, bad, bad, things are going badly," said Michou Petion, a migrant carrying her 2-year-old son in her arms toward the Rio Grande River.

"I'm not just unhappy with the cowboys, who were running down Haitians and using their reins to whip them," Waters said. "I'm unhappy with the administration."

"I by no means diminish the, the humane issue that it presents, but I want to be clear that we do have a plan to address it," Alejandro Mayorkas said.

The U.S. and Mexico have been ramping up efforts to stem the flow of migrants across the border, including increasing deportations of Haitian migrants.

Border patrol agents also recently discovered a hotel room in Edinburg, Texas, that was being used to harbor undocumented migrants.

Thousands of Haitian immigrants have recently arrived at the U.S. southern border seeking refuge after a presidential assassination and powerful earthquake.

GOP governors from 26 states sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking for an imminent meeting to discuss the ongoing situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.