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After the death of a nursing student, Georgia lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require local police to take on immigration enforcement. Opponents worry it will lead to profiling.
Both Republicans and Democrats in Arizona criticize the federal government's border policies but disagree on the state's role in addressing the problem.
Led by Texas, the states who brought the lawsuit against the Biden administration argued the program is forcing them to spend millions on health care, education and public safety for the migrants.
Georgia Republicans rallied around the death of a Georgia nursing student to call for harsher penalties for undocumented migrants. President Biden addressed the killing during his State of the Union.
Since 2022, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 102,000 migrants to predominantly Democratic-led cities. Supporters say the cost is necessary, but critics argue the program is expensive and inhumane.
Republican senators are now casting doubts on the new border security and foreign aid deal. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says they're caving to pressure from Trump to boost his reelection bid.
Republicans contend Mayorkas' "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" on immigration amounts to "high crimes and misdemeanors" for failing to manage the U.S.-Mexico border.
Recently, on a flight from San Diego to New York, reporter Jasmine Garsd sat next to a young man from Ecuador, who told her the story of his journey to the U.S.