Jasmine Garsd
Stories
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National
People from New England to Virginia felt shakes from 4.8 earthquake this morning
Millions of people on the East Coast got shaken up Friday morning — a magnitude 4.8 earthquake made the region tremble. The epicenter was in Lebanon, N.J.
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National
House appropriations bill would increase border enforcement capacity
The budget approved by the Republican-led House includes over $9.5 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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National
The last few days have been a rollercoaster for Texas' new immigration law
The Supreme court allowed the state of Texas to begin enforcing a far reaching immigration law. Then an appeals court blocked it. Wednesday morning, that same court heard arguments about its legality.
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National
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than US born Americans, studies find
In last night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.
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National
For LGBT asylum-seekers, coming to the U.S. is hardly the end of a harrowing journey
Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.
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National
A California community sees a dip in immigration. Where have all the people gone?
The town of Jacumba, on the California-Mexico border, has experienced a massive influx of migrants. Unofficial detention camps have popped up throughout the community. Then one day, something changed.
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National
A dip in unauthorized border crossings has left a California migrant encampment empty
The community of Jacumba, in California, has been overwhelmed with migrant encampments — as many as a thousand people in dire humanitarian conditions. A few weeks ago, locals say, something changed.
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World
A migrant walked for 21 days to escape drug violence. But what awaits in the U.S.?
Immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd recently took a flight from San Diego to New York. She sat next to a young man from Ecuador, who told her the story of his journey to the U.S.
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National
U.S. and Mexican officials to discuss migrant surge at the border
Several top U.S. government officials are traveling to Mexico on Wednesday to discuss border policy and immigration — as another caravan of migrants moves through Mexico toward the U.S.
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An unprecedented year in immigration, and in anti-immigration rhetoric
2023 saw a record number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue is front and center in the Republican presidential campaigns.