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Tragic toll followed hazardous crossing by desperate dozens, said officials.
The Defense Department said the city should continue to work with non-government groups to handle the thousands of migrants being bused from Texas and Arizona.
Authorities say 46 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas, as the temperature topped 100.
At least a dozen others were taken to hospitals after the rig was found abandoned on the outskirts of the Texas city.
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A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the Biden administration to stop phasing out a public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without a chance to seek asylum.
About 5,500 children were forcibly removed from their parents under former President Donald Trump.
“Let us stop ignoring reality, stop constantly shifting responsibility, stop passing off the issue of migration to others," Pope Francis said during a visit to the Greek island.
France’s interior minister said it's the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the crossing to date. Four suspected traffickers have been arrested.
One agent who posted a video in a Facebook group of a migrant falling off a cliff to their death was not fired, as recommended, but given a 30-day suspension.
The temporary pause is in response to images of Border Patrol agents on horseback charging migrants and whipping at them with ropes.