Border security

Gov. Kristi Noem visits troops during the 2019 Golden Coyote Exercise at Rapid City in 2019. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Jamaal Turner)

Noem plans to use emergency and disaster money to pay for border troop deployment

BY: - June 2, 2023

Gov. Kristi Noem’s funding source for a troop deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border is the state’s Emergency and Disaster Fund, a revelation that caused a top-ranking legislator to criticize the plan and question its legality. Noem announced the impending troop deployment Thursday in a news release, saying she plans to send at least 50 National […]

Members of the U.S. House Republican Conference announce their new immigration proposal on April 27, 2023. From left, Reps. Michael McCaul of Texas, Michael Guest of Mississippi, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, Mark Green of Tennessee and Jim Jordan of Ohio. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

Asylum limits, more border security funds proposed in U.S. House GOP immigration bill

BY: - April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. House Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled an immigration package of bills that appropriates millions in funds for border security and imposes sweeping restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. The plan is in sharp contrast with an announcement earlier Thursday  by the Biden administration on how it would begin to handle […]