At-home child-care workers are heading to Sacramento Thursday to lobby legislators for higher wages. They’re challenging California to increase funding for its child-care voucher program, saying the current rates don’t cover their costs. latimes.com/california/sto…

U.S. halts online asylum appts in Laredo after extortion warnings. Migrant advocates say situation in Nuevo Laredo, with its persistent cartel fighting, casts doubt on Biden adm’s argument that Mexico is a safe place for people fleeing violence. | The Associated Press apnews.com/article/mexico…

Some back of the envelope math: the Martha's Vineyard "relocation" took 50 migrants from San Antonio to that island. That's a rate of $26,000 per passenger. In a quick search just now, I found commercial flights from SA to MV next weekend for $362.

Migrants say contractors lied to them -- promising to change their court dates -- to get them on DeSantis' planes Jack Herrera latimes.com/world-nation/s…

“We feel lied to. [Biden] said he was different from Trump and was going to help us, but he is probably worse because he says one thing but does another.” Luis Chaparro texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

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Yesterday, a boat carrying around 60 migrants sank off the coast of the Canary Islands. More than 30 are feared to have drowned. bbc.com/news/world-659…

BREAKING NEWs WALMART shooter sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for death of 23 in #elpaso../

New: A 15-year-old unaccompanied child from Guatemala died in ORR custody on Monday, according to a notification sent to congressional staff. The child died in a local hospital in Texas.

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Our reporting on the murder of environmentalists in Colombia was nominated for an Emmy -- one of 30 (!) nominations for VICE News. So much respect for my current and former colleagues.

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TONIGHT: The U.S. is conducting high-level discussions with China aimed at increasing the number of Chinese nationals deported from the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an exclusive interview with David Noriega