Earlier: Without any announcement or open debate, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a biennial state budget that will effectively halve the amount dedicated to its multi-billion-dollar #border security operations—from a proposed $6.5B down to about $3.4B. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-quietly-downsizes-border-security-spending/
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"When the water goes down, everything goes down with it.”
Featured story: The shrinking of a mighty Mexican river has hollowed out the economy of Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South #Texas demands the water it’s owed. https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-texas-mexico-water-treaty/
The Texas Observer · ‘With What Water?’: Texas, Mexico, and the Disappearing Rio ConchosDrought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.
President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package includes roughly $13 billion to reimburse states for border security spending during Joe Biden’s presidency. Gov. Greg Abbott is hoping to secure the lion’s share of that funding for Texas.
Houston Public Media · Texas will seek $11 billion in reimbursement from Trump administration for border security expenditures
Earlier: Behind the curtain of the filters imposed by outsiders, the Valley boasts an abundance of creative, powerful, and joyful communities, one of them being the #LGBTQ+ community. https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-grande-valley-lgbtq-pride/
The Texas Observer · The Rio Grande Valley as Heart of LGBTQ+ Resistance and JoyAs we celebrate Pride Month, I am struck by the contrast of what I know to be true about this region and what the popular narratives may be.
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How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
'Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.'
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/
WIRED · How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
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On July 2, US District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington determined that #Trump's denial of #asylum to migrants on the southern #border exceeded the president's #authority.
He then certified a #class that covered all individuals subject to the presidential proclamation on asylum & issued an injunction to protect the class -- effectively a nationwide injunction.
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In the short time since the ruling, lower-court #judges have already blocked #Trump's #asylum ban at the US-Mexico #border, prevented his admin from ending temporary #deportation #protections for Haitian immigrants & forced the govt to restore #health websites deemed to run afoul of Trump's efforts to squash "gender ideology."
Illegal border crossings between Mexico and the U.S. have dropped to historic lows, yet left-behind items linger. One property owner ponders border security through the objects left on his property. #immigration #border #immigrants
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0708/us-southern-border-new-mexico-immigration
The Christian Science Monitor · Southern border crossings are down. A sea of shoelaces remains.
#Poland has reinstated internal controls on the #border with #Lithuania in response to increased irregular #migration via #Belarus. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda argued that the border checks were a "capitulation to the problem."
https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-poland-reinstates-checks-on-lithuanian-border/
Via Baltica · Lithuania: Poland reinstates checks on Lithuanian borderPoland has temporarily reinstated internal controls at 13 checkpoints on its border with Lithuania in response to increased secondary irregular migration via Belarus, LRT reports.
Capital One’s $613 mistake mars couple’s idyllic Iceland vacation https://www.byteseu.com/1175124/ #administration #border #Branch #citizenship #Court #DC) #deportations #donald #DonaldTrump #GOP #Government #Iceland #Immigration #Judicial #justices #migrants #NorthAmerica #party #Politics #POTUS #president #Republican #Republicans #scotus #Supreme #trump #UnitedStates #USA #washington
Capital One’s $613 mistake mars couple’s idyllic Iceland vacation
But when the time came to check into one of their hotels, they ran…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #administration #border #Branch #citizenship #court #dc #deportations #Donald #DonaldTrump #GOP #Government #iceland #Immigration #island #judicial #justices #Migrants #northamerica #party #Politics #POTUS #president #Republican #Republicans #scotus #Supreme #trump #UnitedStates #USA #washington
https://www.europesays.com/2227595/
Two months after Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) implemented stricter border controls, including the rejection of asylum seekers, the Green Party is... https://news.osna.fm/?p=6948 | #news #border #crackdown #fury #germanys
Osna.FM · Germany's Border Crackdown Sparks Green Party Fury - Osna.FMGreen Party calls for an end to border controls between Germany and Poland, demanding a reversal of measures impacting asylum seekers.
Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania
0 Poland has temporarily reintroduced controls at its borders with Germany and Lithuania. The Polish border police, supported…
#Lithuania #LT #Europe #Europa #EU #border #Controls #foreignaffairs #germany #Lietuva #lithuania #migration #naujienos #poland
https://www.europesays.com/2226411/
https://www.europesays.com/2226411/ Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania #border #Controls #ForeignAffairs #germany #Lietuva #lithuania #migration #naujienos #poland
"Since March,when Iranian authorities ordered undocumented residents to leave the country, about 800,000 Afghans have poured across the #border .During and since the 12-day war between #Israel and #Iran last month, Iranian officials have repeatedly cast suspicion on Afghans as possible spies for Israel. [...]the pace of #migrations soared to an average of about 30,000 per day recently, peaking on Friday at more than 50,000 people crossing into #Afghanistan ."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/middleeast/iran-afghan-refugees-deportations.html
The New York Times · Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees
