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![A man sits with a backpack, reaching to touch his ankle monitor.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-623723498-1-400x300.jpg)
New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew
ICE is currently monitoring at least 250,000 people and forcing nearly 41,000 people to wear ankle bracelets.
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House Vote on Border Bill Is Just Anti-Immigrant Theatrics, Critics Say
Republicans deployed dangerous rhetoric about an “invasion” before passing an anti-immigration bill along party lines.
![The number 42 is displayed above a gate on the border wall along the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1253664207-400x300.jpg)
Title 42 Was Inhumane and Illegal. So Are Biden’s New Border Policies.
Biden’s decision to utilize and repackage rather than reject Trump’s amped-up deportation apparatus is no surprise.
![A little girl holds a sign reading "Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-989876824-400x300.jpg)
Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Bill Will Open the “Floodgates for Racial Profiling”
This bill "appears to be cruelty for cruelty's sake,” said an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.
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Driver Plows Into Group Near Migrant Shelter in Texas, Killing 8
The incident, which injured at least 10 more, comes just days before the Trump-era Title 42 policy is set to expire.
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Trump Facebook Ad Attacks Biden Using Images That Occurred During Trump Era
Other images in the advertisement are deeply misleading, leaving out additional context that would also embarrass Trump.
![The heavily guarded us/mexico border](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_0503-us-mexico-border-400x300.jpg)
Migrant Defenders Slam Biden’s Plan to Deploy 1,500 Troops to Southern Border
The administration is playing into the hands of anti-immigrant zealots who demonize asylum seekers, said one advocate.
![Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill on May 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0428-homeland-security-400x300.jpg)
Advocates Warn Biden’s New Migrant Policy Restricts Rights of Asylum Seekers
Expanding refugee resettlement shouldn’t be traded off, undermining those seeking asylum at the border, activists say.
![Hundreds of migrants go to the migration offices to request information about the victims caused by a fire inside the detention center of the migration institute in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on March 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0427-ciudad-juarez-400x300.jpg)
Migrant Massacre in Ciudad Juárez Is Rooted in US-Mexico Border Policing
Mexico's borders are crucial arenas in a necessary global struggle for migrant rights.
![Joe Biden walks alongside border patrol agents and beside the us/mexio border fence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0329-biden-border-fence-400x300.jpg)
Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans
The president positioned himself to the right of the GOP and its fear-mongering about fentanyl in a recent tweet.