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Washington (AFP) - Facing mounting criticism over an immigration surge, Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday sought to assure Congress that the US border with Mexico is "secure" despite a dramatic influx of arrivals. "The border is secure, and the border is not open," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said as he once again defended the government's policies in the face of "historic and unprecedented challenges" involving undocumented immigration. "The situation is undoubtedly difficult," Mayorkas told the House Homeland Security Committee in his first hearing since assuming his...
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Philadelphia (AFP) - The difference was as stark as any moment during the tempestuous 2020 presidential campaign. While Donald Trump barnstormed five states 48 hours before the election, Covid-conscious Joe Biden homed in on one valuable patch of political turf: battleground Pennsylvania.Instead of also jetting to Michigan or Wisconsin, swing states he most likely must flip to defeat Trump, Biden spent Sunday campaigning in his birth state, pleading for some voter love in the City of Brotherly Love to help pull him over the finish line."Philadelphia, two more days!" the 77-year-old former vice...
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Washington (AFP) - US Senate Democrats blocked a pared-down coronavirus relief package Thursday, calling it "beyond insufficient" to help millions of suffering Americans and raising the prospect that no new aid will be approved until after November's presidential election.The bill in the Republican-led Senate fell short on a party line procedural vote, 52 to 47. It needed 60 votes to overcome blocking tactics in the 100-member chamber.The measure is a dramatic reduction from the $3 trillion bill that the Democratic-led House of Representatives passed in May but was never taken up by the Senate...
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