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US to announce fresh weapons aid for Ukraine as Congress is stalled
The latest weapons package will be provided through presidential drawdown authority, or PDA, which pulls weapons from existing U.S. stockpiles.
By Lolita C. Baldor
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Judge orders feds to stop cutting C-wire Texas Guard put up on border
State troopers and National Guard members placed concertina wire on the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass. Border Patrol agents have cut through it.
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylum
It's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.
US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
The officials are opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Pentagon rejects DC request for National Guard migrant help — again
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rejected a similar D.C. request earlier this month.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Former national security officials push to ease immigration for science experts
To help the U.S. better compete with China, a group of former national security officials is asking lawmakers to exempt immigrants with advanced science, technology, engineering and math degrees from green card caps.
By Joe Gould