The top CHNV destinations (Miami, Ft Lauderdale) are cities with a lot of commercial flights to the CHNV countries. OK then!

The CHNV program is controversial, sure. But this focus on the mundane logistics of commercial air travel seems...misplaced.

Very odd for this time of year... there's been a drop, in April, in the number of migrants per day transiting the Darién Gap and Honduras.

SCOOP illegal border crossings in April have dipped to ~130k, a slight decline during a season when they typically jump. Migration remains high by historic standards but a crackdown in Mexico is keeping numbers down & helping Biden. How long can it last? washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Clashes between pro-Palestinian student protesters and police intensified at colleges across the nation on Wednesday, as university officials aggressively cracked down on campus demonstrations over the Israel-Gaza war. @reisthebault @danrosziff and team!
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Incredible story from ⁦Antonio Olivo⁩ washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

NEW: Saddled by ICE stigma, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is launching own website & rebranding campaign to distance itself from bitter politics of immigration enforcement washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

In today’s The Washington Post, with record-breaking migration, comes record-breaking death. A Texas border county has struggled to keep up.

Our dispatch w/colleagues Marina Dias & Daniele Volpe, who made images along with the amazing Jabin Botsford

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House Republicans revolt against spy agency bill, signaling trouble for Johnson via Marianna Sotomayor wapo.st/3TTIoH1

Some excitement among GOP lawmakers today at hearing Sec. Mayorkas use the word 'crisis' to describe southern border after using term 'challenge' for years.

Mayorkas started calling it a crisis in Feb, after Biden did so, during push for bipartisan senate border deal (now dead).

Looks like Ukraine. But this is Mexico.

This video was in a card in a drone used in the attacks on villages in Guerrero. Sources said the drone was shot down although local media reported a mechanical failure. You can see the makeshift bomb hurtling down towards the target and people fleeing the explosion and shrapnel.

Texas immigration law back in federal court after whiplash rulings - The Washington Post w/⁦Nick Miroff⁩ washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

NEW: in response to SCOTUS decision, DHS said its agencies do not have the authority to assist Texas with the enforcement of the SB4 law & DHS will only conduct deportations with federal orders (not state) wapo.st/43mbaEF Story via Ann Marimow Arelis R. Hernández

Cubans protested in at least four different cities on Sunday, many demonstrators calling for greater political freedoms and criticizing govt for increasing food scarcity and power outages.

Trump is eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role via ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: US asylum officers are running on overdrive under Biden’s new rules. But with border crossings expected to jump again this spring, latest DHS data show limits of trying to create deterrence by tweaking asylum system without major $$$ boost in capacity washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

One of the reasons immigration is such an intractable issue in the US is because the discourse on it is riddled with misleading / false narratives that lack nuance and extreme positions.

A thread about what I've been thinking about lately as immigration becomes a top 2024 issue:

EXCLUSIVE: Federal agent accuses DHS of failing to protect her from sexual misconduct. Authorities say allegations of improper behavior are referred for possible internal investigations. Via Maria Sacchetti The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

EXCLUSIVE: Federal agent accuses DHS of failing to protect her from sexual misconduct washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is clashing with the Biden administration on border policies on a number of fronts.

Here is a look at the key Texas initiatives: wapo.st/3ITxzzT