Maria Sacchetti | The Seattle Times

April 27, 2021 at 12:58 pm

To lead ICE, Biden chooses Texas sheriff and Trump critic

President Biden has nominated a critic of the Trump administration's immigration policies to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one of the federal government's most...

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April 19, 2021 at 6:18 am

ICE, CBP to stop using ‘illegal alien’ and ‘assimilation’ under new Biden administration order

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration plans to order U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using terms such as "alien," "illegal alien" and "assimilation" when referring...

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April 12, 2021 at 8:02 am

Biden picks Tucson police chief to run U.S. Customs and Border Protection

WASHINGTON - President Biden is preparing to nominate Tucson police chief Chris Magnus to be commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, selecting a critic...

Nation & World

March 28, 2021 at 9:34 am

Family groups crossing border in soaring numbers point to next phase of crisis

The Biden administration's attention along the Mexico border has been consumed for the past several weeks by the record numbers of migrant teenagers and children...

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March 19, 2021 at 5:34 pm

Senators tour border; U.S. weighs flying migrants north

WASHINGTON - Migrant children and families are dangerously packed into holding facilities on the southwest border, lawmakers and child-welfare monitors warned Friday, as Customs and...

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March 12, 2021 at 5:14 pm

ICE has no clear plan to vaccinate thousands of detainees

Lawyers for immigrants who are detained say there is no urgency to vaccinate those in federal custody against a deadly pathogen that can spread fast...

March 5, 2021 at 6:40 am

Pressure grows on Biden to end filibuster

WASHINGTON - Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, a longtime backer of traditional Washington rules, to do away with the filibuster and other procedures...

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A U.S. Border Patrol officer speaks to migrants in El Paso, Texas, after they crossed the U.S. and Mexico border wall seen from Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, on Feb. 11. (Raul Ratje / Bloomberg)

March 4, 2021 at 8:22 am

Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs

The Biden administration is preparing to convert its immigrant family detention centers in South Texas into Ellis Island-style rapid-processing hubs that will screen migrant parents...

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February 2, 2021 at 2:50 am

Biden issues new immigration orders, while signaling cautious approach

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed executive actions Tuesday ordering the review and potential reversal of the Trump administration's deterrent policies along the Mexico border...

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Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP) WX353 WX353

January 19, 2021 at 4:24 pm

Hawley moves to block swift confirmation for Biden’s homeland security pick

Democrats are pushing for Alejandro Mayorkas' rapid confirmation as Homeland Security secretary, but Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., moved to block the fast-track confirmation process, dissatisfied...