Record July surge at border sees unaccompanied children peak
U.S. officials estimate over 19,000 unaccompanied children were encountered in July, a record high, with about 80,000 people in families and total migrant encounters near 210,000. Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley sectors bore the heaviest load as Title 42 health expulsions continue amid ongoing court battles and renewed CDC powers.
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San Diego
U.S
David Shahoulian
Department of Homeland Security
Shahoulian
del Rio
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Homeland Security Department
CDC
Department
American Civil Liberties Union
U S expands Afghan refugee program
The State Department widened refugee eligibility to include current and former employees of U.S. news outlets aid groups and other funded entities. A new Priority 2 category covers at risk Afghans allied with the U.S. who lack a direct Special Immigrant Visa path, with adjudication in a third country that may take 12 to 14 months.
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Washington
Biden
U.S
State Department
United States
Afghanistan
Families press to identify unknown Arizona sailors
Families of 85 unidentified crew from the USS Arizona push the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency to use advances in DNA and genealogical methods to identify their loved ones buried in Hawaii. They note Oklahoma identifications show feasibility while citing limited records and privacy concerns.
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Honolulu
William Edward Mann
Navy
Washington State
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
U.S
Teri Mann Whyatt
Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency
U.S. Ser
McKeague
Associated Press
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Oklahoma
Randy Stratton
Donald Stratton
Stratton
Michael Coble
Center For
Nique
Ancestry.com
23andMe
Tim McMahon
Defense Department
German court sets trial date for suspected Nazi guard
A 100-year-old man is charged with 3518 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly serving as an SS guard at Sachsenhausen. Neuruppin state court set the trial to begin in early October, with privacy rules keeping the suspect’s name private.
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Berlin
Neuruppin
Sachsenhausen
Federal Prosecutors
Ludwigsburg
Oranienburg
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Austria
Occupied Territories
Auschwitz
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Emmet Sullivan
Neela Chakravartala
Center For Gender & Refugee Studies
ACLU
Mexico
Lee Gelernt
Gelernt
Brazil
Yuma
Vice
Kelly McKeague
Adm
Darius Banaji
Banaji
Colby Village
Grafton
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