Tag: Border
PM agrees to lift pandemic border measures, source says
The federal government has decided to drop the vaccination requirement for people entering Canada, end random COVID-19 testing at airports and make the use of the ArriveCan app optional by the end of this month, a senior government source told CBC News.
The end of random border testing can’t come soon enough for many travellers
The federal government’s pandemic border measures — including random testing for vaccinated travellers — could be coming to an end soon. It still might not be soon enough for many travellers and tourism operators.
Former DHS secretary says Biden administration is being ‘unfairly’ viewed as ‘lax’ on border issues: ‘We are sending back over 100,000 people a month’
Migrants wait to be processed by Border Patrol agents near the end of a border wall Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Arizona. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) GOP governors have been sending migrants to eastern cities in protest of Biden's immigration policies. The lawmakers say Biden's administration isn't doing enough at the border. Former DHS Secretary […]
US Border Agents May Have a Copy of Your Text Messages
Plus: An AI artist exposes surveillance of Instagram users, the US charges Iranians over a ransomware campaign, and more. https://media.wired.com/photos/6324fc19c9bb1af7ef2497da/master/pass/US-Border-Patrol-Data-Security-GettyImages-1083178844.jpg
Did This Is Us Border Crossing Confuse? Did WandaVision Miss Olsens Nod? Is Riverdale Timeline Weird? And More Qs
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including WandaVision, 9-1-1: Lone Star, This Is Us, Riverdale and Chicago Fire! 1 | In Firefly Lane Episode 6, how did Travis manage to call back Kate after her hang-up when his phone […]
‘Why don’t you know?’ Piers Morgan erupts at Zahawi on ‘ridiculous’ lack of border checks
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan was keen to find out why the government had not put testing in place for those arriving in the UK. Nadhim Zahawi explained they felt it was “pointless” testing arrivals when they got to the UK which left Morgan furious as he demanded to know why the UK was […]
As the government shutdown over Trump’s border wall rages, a journey along the entire 1,933-mile US-Mexico border shows the monumental task of securing it
Skye Gould/Andy Kiersz/Business Insider The US government is currently shut down because President Donald Trump is demanding billions of dollars to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, and Congress won’t fund it. Of the 1,933 miles along the border, 1,279 miles is unfenced. Most of the barrier that currently exists, and that the Trump […]
US border agents gas 'rock-throwing' migrants on Mexican border, witnesses allege overreaction
US border patrol have deployed tear gas against migrants in Tijuana, just across San Diego. The authorities argue they repelled an attack by “violent” rock-throwers. Media reports suggest the action was uncalled for, however. Videos and photos circulated by various media outlets show plumes of yellowish smoke billowing up from the fence separating the US […]
‘Let’s make a deal?’ Trump appears to offer olive branch to Democrats with border wall talks
With no compromise in sight on his border wall, US President Donald Trump is reaching out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling a meeting with Congressional leaders in a bid to end the government shutdown now in its 11th day. Trump invited a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders to the White House to negotiate a […]
