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Haitian Asylum Seekers Take the Biden Administration to Court
A federal court heard arguments in a lawsuit accusing the administration of racial discrimination and rights violations.
![National Guards, migrants and wire-spikes on the border are seen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on January 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0222-border-400x300.jpg)
AOC Slams Biden Over Report He’s Considering “Outrageous” Sweeping Asylum Ban
“Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
![Democratic House candidate Tom Suozzi speaks following his victory in the special election to replace Republican Rep. George Santos on February 13, 2024, in Woodbury, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0214-tom-suozzi-400x300.jpg)
Dems Pick Up House Seat With Suozzi Winning New York Special Election
The win for Democrats tightens the already slim majority Republicans have in the House of Representatives.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0208-aoc-400x300.jpg)
AOC Says GOP’s Mayorkas Impeachment Attempt Is “Craven and Without Merit”
“There is absolutely no evidence for an impeachable offense. It is completely politicized,” she said.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders makes his way to the Senate chamber, pausing as a colleague speaks about Israel, on Capitol Hill on December 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0208-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Casts Sole Democratic Vote Against Bill to Send $14B to Israel
“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children are literally starving to death” due to Israel, Sanders said.
![Palestinians gather their belongings and leave the area after Israeli airstrike hit Al-Maghazi School affiliated with UNRWA at Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza Strip on December 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0206-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Bipartisan Border Bill Would Block All Funding to UN Palestine Relief Agency
Though the bill is not likely to pass at this point, it is a show of bipartisan negotiators’ priorities.
![Texas National Guard troops reinforce razor wire after immigrants crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas, on January 30, 2024, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0205-texas-national-guard-400x300.jpg)
Critics Blast Bipartisan Immigration Bill as “Disgrace” That Will Harm Migrants
The proposed bill “will result in more cruelty and chaos at our nation’s border,” one pro-immigration group said.
![South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gestures as she speaks at the Calvin Coolidge Foundation conference at the Library of Congress on February 17, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0205-kristi-noem-400x300.jpg)
Kristi Noem Warns of “War” If Biden Federalizes National Guard in TX Dispute
Noem is on the short list of potential vice presidential running mates being considered by Donald Trump.
![Eagle Pass residents with the newly formed Eagle Pass Border Coalition join with organizers from the No Border Wall Laredo Coalition in San Juan Park just before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's news conference in Shelby Park on February 4 in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0213-lead-re-400x300.jpg)
Locals Say Eagle Pass Is Being Invaded by Christian Nationalists — Not Migrants
They say an influx of GOP governors and a far right convoy helped spread hate in their community over the weekend.
![Texas National Guards place razor wires at the Shelby Park area as guards continue to patrol the Rio Grande River, on January 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0130-texas-400x300.jpg)
Far Right Forces Are Attempting to Generate a National Emergency at the Border
A crisis is taking shape on the US-Mexico border, but it is not the result of an “invasion” of those seeking asylum.