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WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), along with 22 additional Senate Republican colleagues, in urging President Biden not to revoke Title 42, a critical tool implemented last year to protect public health.Issued by the Centers for Disease Control and enforced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Title 42 allows immigration officials to rapidly expel illegal immigrants and slow the spread of COVID-19 at the border.Media reports indicate the Administration plans to end this authority by the end of this month.

Ending this order will have a dire impact on the crisis already engulfing our southwestern border,wrote the Senators.We urge you in the strongest possible terms not to take this action. The administrations first priority must be to protect the American homeland.Allowing political considerations to overrule the clear public health threat created by the spread of COVID-19 at the border is reckless and irresponsible.

A copy of the letter can be foundhereand below:

Dear Mr. President,

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most significant public health crisis the United States has faced in our lifetime. Recent reports indicate the administration is considering immediately terminating the public health authority granted to immigration officials under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 265, 268. Ending this order will have a dire impact on the crisis already engulfing our southwestern border. We urge you in the strongest possible terms not to take this action.

On March 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order pursuant to its public health authority under Title 42. This order allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately expel aliens who would otherwise be held in congregate settings, including Border Patrol Stations and land Ports of Entry, rather than process them under its traditional Title 8 authorities.

COVID-19 is a highly transmissible virus, and limiting the number of individuals held in close proximity is a completely justified measure while the threat of COVID-19 persists. This is why federal immigration officials continue making robust use of the Title 42 authority.

According to the most recent data, DHS expelled 112,302 migrants encountered along the southwest land border pursuant to the CDC Order in May 2021. This constitutes a dramatic increase over the 20,895 migrants expelled along the southwest land border the previous May. In contrast, 67,732 aliens encountered along the southwest land border were processed under DHSs traditional Title 8 authorities in May 2021, compared with 2,342 in May 2020.

Immigration facilities are overwhelmed. Revoking the authority of officials to rapidly expel illegal migrants under Title 42 without a clear plan in place to handle the stress this population will place on the system and on border communities will further exacerbate the crisis at the southwestern border.

Furthermore, your administration continues warning the American public about the dangers posed by the variants of COVID-19. Recently, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, made clear, This rapid rise is troubling. She went on to state that, The delta variant is surging in pockets of the country.

The Department of State also recently issued an advisory regarding travel to Mexicothe country through which the vast majority of migrants affected by the CDC Order passstating, Do not travel to Mexico due to COVID-19.[4]If the CDC and the State Department believe that the threat of COVID-19 is actually increasing (and specifically in Mexico), it is contradictory for the Biden Administration to simultaneously revoke the public health authority used by immigration officials to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The administrations first priority must be to protect the American homeland. Allowing political considerations to overrule the clear public health threat created by the spread of COVID-19 at the border is reckless and irresponsible.

We request the administration retain the order under 42 U.S.C. 265 and 268 until (1) the threat of COVID-19 variants is significantly reduced, (2) the administration has consulted with State, local, and tribal governments regarding any modification to this authority, and (3) policies have been implemented to bring the situation along the southwest land border under control and ensure that DHS and Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities will not be overwhelmed by sudden, large increases in the migrant population.

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

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Many Britons have questioned why the country is facing another migrant crisis after 430 asylum seekers landed on British shores on Monday, just months after the UK finally took back control of its borders from the EU.

The Home Office has said that at least 430 migrants crossed the English Channel from France on Monday with Britains heatwave providing ideal crossing conditions.

The figure marks a new daily record for migrant crossings in a single day and sees the total number of crossings this year nearly surpass the number registered in the entirety of 2020. The near 8,000 crossings so far in 2021 are around four times more than what was seen in all of 2019.

Continuing its tough rhetoric on Channel crossings, the Home Office told the BBC it was taking substantial steps to tackle the unacceptable problem of illegal migration.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has vowed to make illegal migration a thing of the past. The Nationality and Borders Bill, which has completed its second reading in the House of Commons, seeks to make illegal entry to the UK a crime punishable with four years in prison.

Government plans could also see asylum seekers sent to third countries to be processed. Denmark has already announced similar plans, with Rwanda being a potential processing location.

In late 2020 and earlier this year, the UK Home Office came under intense scrutiny after reports in the media about plans to send asylum seekers to far-flung British territories, including Ascension Island and even disused oil rigs.

However, Britains plans to take back its borders, a slogan and policy enabled by Brexit, is yet to come to fruition, angering many in the UK. Some took to Twitter to register their dismay at the number of dinghies landing on British shores on Monday.

For all those looking to immigrate to the UK. It is a lot cheaper and faster to simply cross the channel, one person wrote ironically on Twitter, adding that they could bypass NHS fees and other requirements for migration.

Another person asked why the government was taking away her freedom with the introduction of vaccine passports, but these migrants could illegally enter Britain with impunity.

However, not everyone was angry, some pointed out that the UK had the capacity to care for these people while another said she felt sorry for them, coming all the way to the UK to find theyre treated like animals.

Speaking on Monday evening during his first-ever show on GB News, Brexiteer Nigel Farage said that migrant crossings would once again become the biggest non-coronavirus story in the news this summer.

Farage struck a foreboding tone, warning once again about the costs and risks of illegal migration to the UK and the need for reform in the asylum system.

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Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., says "every town in America is a border town" after she recently visited the southern border with sheriffs from across her district in northern Florida.

Cammack joined "Fox & Friends First" Tuesday and echoed Gov. Ron DeSantis after he was informed that undocumented immigrants were flooding into Florida after crossing the border in Texas.

DESANTIS SAYS MIGRANTS HEADING STRAIGHT FROM TEXAS TO FLORIDA

The Florida congresswoman called out the Biden administration over their handling of the crisis and raised concern over the influx of illegal fentanyl-laced drugs through the southern border.

"If you look at narcotics confiscated at the border its enough to kill every man, woman, and child nine times over. That is just fentanyl. This is a crisis of epic proportion. If you look at what is happening the governor hit on it," she said.

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"I witnessed it firsthand standing on the banks of the river, and it is heartbreaking. You cannot begin to protect your hometown if you cannot defend the homeland, and that starts with border security." Cammack added.

The Republican lawmaker torched the Biden administration over not accepting Cuban refugees and suggested officials were playing politics. (Cuban refugees have reputedly aligned with conservative politics.)

"Do not come here if youre from Cuba, but if you are from anywhere else, through the southwest border, it is a welcoming party. The most expensive welcoming party I have ever seen" Cammack said.

DeSantis argued the border crisis would "turn around very quickly" if Biden reinstituted Trump-era policies he reversed by executive order shortly after taking office. He called for the reinstatement of the Migrant Protection Protocols, which required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico during their immigration proceedings.

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JAKARTA: 19 July 2021 - As COVID-19 cases surge in Thailand and Malaysia, as well as elsewhere in the region, Southeast Asian lawmakers urge these governments to take more inclusive measures to protect everyone without discrimination, regardless of their migration status, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today.

While we are all affected by the pandemic, governments are excluding migrant workers from their social and public health policies in their response, leaving them behind and struggling to survive. We will never recover from this health crisis if we do not provide care for everyone, including all migrants. Government policies must ensure that they have equal access to immediate aid, testing, treatment, and vaccinations, without fear, said Mercy Barends, an Indonesian Member of Parliament (MP) and APHR Member.

Amid record highs of daily COVID-19 cases and deaths in Thailand and Malaysia, migrants have been disproportionately affected. Widespread infections have been found among migrant worker communities due to over-crowded and unhygienic living conditions that increase the risk of COVID-19 spreading. Meanwhile, many migrant workers have lost their jobs and incomes, are facing severe financial challenges, and a shortage of food and clean drinking water. They continue to face discriminatory obstacles in receiving medical treatment and assistance from the government.

The governments of Thailand and Malaysia must include migrant workers in social protection measures on an equal basis as those of its citizens, and ensure that criteria for accessing essential services are not based on nationality, citizenship or immigration status, APHR said. Migrants who have contracted COVID-19 should be treated immediately and all should be granted access to vaccinations in the same manner as citizens.

As a long-term solution, ASEAN Member States must improve social protection and implement labor reforms, in line with their commitments made in the ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection.

Last month, Thailands Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced the closure of camp sites for construction workers until the end of July, confining migrants in congested conditions with limited access to medicine and food. Shortly after, the Minister of Labor announced it would stop proactive COVID-19 testing and healthcare assistance for migrant workers in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. Meanwhile, approximately two million undocumented migrants are excluded from Thailands national COVID-19 vaccination programme, and migrant workers are not eligible for cash hand-out remedies.

In Malaysia, migrants are facing similar obstacles to receiving assistance, while ongoing raids, arrests and detentions by authorities are deterring migrants from coming forward for testing, medical treatment, or to be vaccinated. The fear of accessing essential services will likely result in an increase in undetected infections that can affect all communities, including through spikes in COVID-19 cases in overcrowded and unsanitary detention centres, as they did last year.

*These policies and actions contribute to the increasing stigma and hate speech against migrants online and offline. It is disgraceful that the governments of Thailand and Malaysia are contributing to divisive anti-migrant rhetoric, for what appears to be political gain at a time when they are coming under heavy criticism for their failure to contain the spread of the virus, *said Teddy Baguilat, former MP of the Philippines and APHRs Interim Executive Director.

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Top story: Result may hinge on Labour votes

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Conservative MPs believe Boris Johnson faces a major rebellion over Covid vaccine passports but could be supported by Labour, who were on Tuesday night wavering over whether to back them. Tory MPs opposed to the plan for nightclubs, other crowded indoor venues and possibly more places, said more than 40 Conservatives were prepared to defy the PM over civil liberties concerns. The scale of the rebellion could put any vote on a knife-edge if opposition parties also oppose it.

In the US, an emboldened Dr Anthony Fauci has clashed with Rand Paul, a Republican senator for Kentucky and longtime opponent of mask-wearing. Paul suggested that Fauci had lied before Congress in May when he denied that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded so-called gain of function research on viruses at the Wuhan virology lab in China.

Fauci told a Senate committee that a study cited by Paul referenced a different sort of virus entirely. This paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function Senator Paul, you do not know what youre talking about, quite frankly. And I want to say that officially. You do not know what you are talking about If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you. More coronavirus news at our live blog.

France paid to hold back boats The UK taxpayer is to hand over a further 62.7m (55m) to France to fund another clampdown on small-boat crossings of the Channel, the Home Office has revealed. The home secretary, Priti Patel, agreed to pay the sum as part of a deal reached with the French interior minister, Grald Darmanin, on Tuesday. At least 430 people crossed the Dover Strait on Monday, a record for a single day. On Tuesday more than 287 migrants succeeded in reaching the UK, bringing the total for the year to at least 8,452 according to available official data compiled by PA Media.

Carries clowns Boris Johnsons closest aides decided he was unfit to be prime minister within weeks of his 2019 election victory and began plotting to oust him, Dominic Cummings has claimed. On the BBC, in his first TV interview since quitting as one of the most senior advisers in No 10, Cummings told how disagreements grew between him and the PM over how to tackle Covid. He also accused the prime ministers wife, Carrie, of trying to appoint complete clowns to certain key jobs. He urged Brexiters to consider creating a new party to take on the Conservatives or do what he did and take over an existing party and try and bend it to something thats different but did not say he should necessarily be at the forefront of such a movement.

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> Boris Johnson has called on the EU to address the serious issues that have arisen as he publishes a blueprint aimed at re-engineering the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, including eliminating checks on goods ranging from car parts to fresh food including sausages.

> Mens spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than womens, despite the amount of money being very similar, a Swedish study has found. The biggest difference was mens spending on petrol and diesel for cars.

> Rishi Sunak is poised to usher in cuts to public services of up to 17bn compared with pre-pandemic plans unless he takes action this summer to increase funding, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.

> Labours ruling body has gone ahead and banned four far-left factions that were vocal supporters of Jeremy Corbyns leadership. The NEC also altered its complaints process to address its handling of complaints about antisemitism.

> Unsolicited sending of obscene images should be made illegal through the creation of a new offence of cyberflashing, a UK government-commissioned review has recommended. Separately, street harassment is to be outlawed in England and Wales.

> After Jeff Bezos and friends went just over the edge of space in his Blue Origin rocket, experts have addressed why the spacecraft has a very particular shape.

Trump ally on foreign influence charge The chair of Donald Trumps 2017 inaugural committee, Tom Barrack, has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to influence Trumps foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates and commit crimes striking at what prosecutors described as the very heart of our democracy. Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, California, was among three men charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent as they tried to influence foreign policy while Trump was running in 2016 and later while he was president.

We crave a Disney ending Time could be running out for a stranded baby killer whale named Toa, who has charmed New Zealand but needs round-the-clock care to stay alive. The young calf, thought to be between two and six months old, became stuck in rocks 10 days ago. A cast of hundreds, from experts to volunteers, have been caring for Toa while the search for his pod continues.

Dr Karen Stockin, a marine biologist, said internationally recognised practice for separated cetaceans this young was either lifelong human care or euthanasia: New Zealand has no captive or rehabilitation facility that could support Toa. The conservation departments marine species manager, Ian Angus, said that while the rescue operation was entering into a delicate stage, Toas health remained good and the focus was on reuniting him with his pod.

Pegasus Project part 3: In the latest part of our mini-series, Michael Safi hears from Nina Lakhani on how 15,000 Mexicans including journalists and politicians appeared on a list of possible targets for surveillance.

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War may be winding down, but the Syrian economy lies in ruins. And with Bashar al-Assad in charge for seven more years, the country remains splintered. After the president was sworn in following a poll described by Britain and Europe as neither free nor fair, his first foreign guest was Chinas foreign minister, Wang Yi.

Chinas high-visibility stake in postwar Syria is straight from its playbook elsewhere in the Middle East, as well as in Asia and Africa: windfall investments in return for local access and global cover, writes Martin Chulov.

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England ended their white-ball summer with yet another series victory after clinching a final-over thriller in this T20 decider against Pakistan by three wickets. Alistair Brownlee has backed the International Olympic Committees decision to proceed with the rescheduled Games amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying a stripped-back Games will be better than none at all. Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA finals ever with 50 points and a championship after his Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 105-98. The British & Irish Lions have been given a major boost following confirmation that all three Test matches against South Africa will now be played at sea level. Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against former undisputed world cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk as the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium hosts a boxing event for the first time on 25 September. And revelations made in Mondays Panorama documentary have raised urgent questions for horseracing, writes Greg Wood, and urgent action is needed from the sports authorities in Britain and Ireland.

The price of bitcoin has dipped below $30,000 for the first time in a month after regulators in the US and Europe signalled stricter oversight for cryptocurrencies. The European Commission wants to make companies handling cryptos for clients register their name, address and bank account details, matching rules designed to stamp out money-laundering. US regulators said they were planning tighter rules for stablecoins, digital currencies that are pegged to conventional money. The dollar itself has been stronger, sending the pound to $1.362, while sterling has slipped to 1.156. The FTSE100 is set to rise 0.2% this morning.

The Guardians front page story is that Emmanuel Macron and 13 other heads of state and government are on the leaked Pegasus database. It also reveals that border officials in England are turning a blind eye to Covid border checks. The Daily Telegraph leads on the NHS app, with PM urged to expand Covid app exemptions. It also gives a prominent spot to the UKs decision to pay 55m to French border officials to fund a further clampdown on migration. You can read our story here.

The Times headline on the French border patrols is Migrant crossings into Britain hit new record. The Daily Express has Migrant crisis: Patel pays French 54m to do their job. The FT leads on Brexit as the UK prepares to unveil new demands on trading arrangements. The Independents headline is Industry leaders hit out at ping exemption chaos.

The i reveals that England has three weeks to avoid new Covid restrictions, reporting that Sage scientists have urged ministers to bring back rules early. Pandemic Pandemonium is top of the Mirror, as One million kids off school. Metro leads on the France migration deal with Gunboat diplomacy as does the Daily Mail, with Now Priti channels 54m to France.

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