Border crossings

Helsinki moves to seal its crossings with Russia amid Western claims that Moscow is weaponizing migrant inflows to Europe.

Border crossings this year are on pace to top 2019’s border crisis. In March alone, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reportedly caught over 150,000 people; that’s up 50,000 from February. An anonymous CBP agent reveals a jump in the number convicted sex offenders caught coming across the border this year. He describes the changes at the border since President Joe Biden took office. An Asian-American woman was viciously attacked in New York. City leaders and activists are demanding an end to anti-Asian violence. But what is driving these types of attacks?

Border crossings surge as the White House answers tough questions about migrant minors in detention. That’s as officers conduct readiness drills at a border checkpoint. Will the National Guard stationed at the Capitol be deployed to the border? A Michigan judge rules that the Secretary of State wrongfully changed a 2020 election rule. That rule made signature verification requirements more lenient during the Presidential election. And severe storms and tornadoes hit the Deep South. What’s in store for the region today? And what does the weather service advise?