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Piet De Staercke, from back right to left, with his wife Jill Bornauw, their eldest son Stan De Staercke, watch their youngest Tuur de Staercke, get screened by a Custom Border Protection officer, right, in the port of entry at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. Monday, April 1, 2024. The Belgian family of four, used the Mobile Passport Control app, the newest technology in international travel, to ease their way to their port of entry. Within minutes they had bypassed a long line of people waiting at the airport's passport control and were waiting for their luggage. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it's used at airports
By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press
Tue,04/02/24-11:08PM , 135 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States. They had been dreading the long line at passport control when they entered the country but had heard about a new app they could use to ease their way and decided to give it a shot.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security's Mayorkas over the border
By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press
Sun,01/28/24-8:09AM , 52 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they vowed to swiftly push forward with election-year efforts to o
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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads the Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, speaks at an event at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 21, 2023. The top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says Yemen’s Houthi rebels are showing no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. But Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said in an Associated Press interview on Saturday that more nations are joining the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic is beginning to pick up. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

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Houthis show no sign of ending 'reckless' Red Sea attacks as trade traffic picks up, commander says
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Sat,12/30/23-11:35AM , 95 Reads
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Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing. Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

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Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?
By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press
Sun,12/10/23-6:49AM , 192 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration
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