Daily Immigration News Clips – April 5, 2021

Aggregated local and national media coverage of major immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S. on April 5, 2021.

National

New York Times Apprehensions at Border Reach Highest Level in at Least 15 Years
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Washington Post Border officials say more people are sneaking past them as crossings soar and agents are overwhelmed
By Nick Miroff

Wall Street Journal Migrant Arrests at U.S. Southern Border Reach 15-Year High
By Michelle Hackman

Wall Street Journal Deportations and Arrests of Immigrants in the U.S. Illegally Fall Sharply Under Biden
By Michelle Hackman

The Hill Lawmakers say fixing border crisis is Biden's job
By Alexander Bolton

CNN Inside the border crisis
By Paul LeBlanc

CNN 'Don't put your kids' lives at risk': US ramps up ad campaign in Latin America fighting against disinformation
By Priscilla Alvarez

Politico Biden bets that he can change how America thinks about migration
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ, SARAH FERRIS and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO

LA Times ‘How can I get him from there?’ Young migrants stuck in Border Patrol backlog
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

NPR What's Driving The Migrant Surge At The U.S. Southern Border?

Newsweek Republicans Bet 'Border Crisis' Headlines Will Undermine Biden Immigration Plan
By Bobbi Murray

Washington Post With new immigration role, Harris gets a politically perilous assignment
By Sean Sullivan and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

The Hill Harris in difficult starring role on border
By AMIE PARNES AND MORGAN CHALFANT

New York Times Amid Awakening, Asian-Americans Are Still Taking Shape as a Political Force
By Sabrina Tavernise

New York Times Trump’s Latino Support Was More Widespread Than Thought, Report Finds
By Giovanni Russonello and Patricia Mazzei

Washington Post In 2016, Trump activated low-turnout Whites. In 2020, he may have done the same with Latinos.
By Philip Bump

MSNBC (Opinion) Trump immigration architect Stephen Miller wants the media to rehab his image
By Charles Sykes

Local

Associated Press (Virginia) Inside the vaccine clinic where immigrants aren’t deserted
By Sabrina Moreno

Associated Press (Arizona) In ghostly border video, dangers for migrant kids revealed
By Peter Prengaman

Associated Press (California) California targets critical farmworkers for vaccinations
By Olga R. Rodriguez and Daisy Nguyen 

New York Times (California) A Car Crash in the California Desert: How 13 Died Riding in One S.U.V.
By Miriam Jordan

LA Times (California) Federal government considers two more California sites to house unaccompanied migrant children
By CINDY CARCAMO AND ANDREA CASTILLO

Washington Post (Texas) Texas GOP candidate bashes Chinese immigrants over coronavirus: ‘I don’t want them here at all’
By Andrea Salcedo

Arizona Republic (Editorial) Here's a conservative case to pass bills legalizing farmworkers and 'Dreamers'

Boston Globe (Opinion) Is Biden Afraid of Appearing Too Soft on Immigration?
By Marcela García

LA Times (Op-ed) The border can’t be our only concern. The U.S. needs an immigrant integration policy
By FRANCISCO LARA-GARCÍA

Orlando Sentinel (Op-ed) Rep. Darren Soto: Floridians need immigration reform now | Commentary
By Rep. Darren Soto