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![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1218-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Rights Groups Decry Anti-Migrant Bills That Texas Governor Is Poised to Sign
Even if Biden doesn't challenge SB 4, civil rights groups have already announced plans to sue.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during his event at Trendsetter Engineering on November 2, 2023, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1215-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump Wants 300K Troops to Build “Detention Camps” at Southern Border
The former president's xenophobic plans for a second term would start “on day one” if he's elected, sources indicated.
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Will Biden Cave on GOP’s Immigration Demands in Ukraine Funding Request?
Republicans are pushing for a new crackdown on asylum seekers and immigrants in exchange for more Ukraine funding.
![Buoy barriers are seen situated in the Rio Grande river on September 11, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1675364445-400x300.jpg)
Appeals Court Tells Texas to Remove Anti-Migrant Razor Buoys From Rio Grande
The buoys are “only a fraction of Gov. Abbott's racist and murderous Operation Lone Star,” noted immigrant advocates.
![The CBP One app login screen.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1128-app-b-400x300.jpg)
Dysfunctional Migration App Is Making Migrants to US Vulnerable to Kidnapping
Traffickers and scammers are using confusion caused by the CBP One app to take advantage of migrants desperate for help.
![Flames rise from a car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O'Connell Bridge in Dublin, on November 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1798747201-400x300.jpg)
Far Right Rumors About Stabbing Attack Spur Anti-Migrant Riots in Dublin
Critics said the outburst was a result of years of demonization of migrants by politicians in Ireland and elsewhere.
![A family is overcome with emotion after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-us-mexico-border-400x300.jpg)
Talk of “Border Crisis” Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty.
U.S. policies created the poverty that drives people to migrate here, despite the lack of adequate social supports.
![Asylum seekers from Mauritania pose for a photo after a Wednesday night scrimmage in September 2023 at Grover Cleveland Park in Ridgewood Queens.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Photo2-2-400x300.jpeg)
A Pick-Up Soccer Group Is Helping Welcome Refugees to New York City
A weekly pickup game in a public park in Queens has become a powerful hub for organizing solidarity with asylum seekers.
![Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1031-maduro-400x300.jpg)
Latin American Leaders Reject US-Imposed Migration Policies at Palenque Summit
At the Palenque Summit in Mexico City, Latin American leaders blamed coercive U.S. policies for the migration crisis.
![A Texas National Guard soldier stands vigil at a makeshift migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on May 11, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1016-el-paso-border-400x300.jpg)
El Paso Residents Say “Border Crisis” Is Manufactured, Reject Militarization
Border militarization, not immigration, is what is making El Paso unsafe, residents say.