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Javier Salazar on Monday filed criminal charges over the Florida governor's operation to fly dozens of migrants from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard under false pretenses.

Altogether, more than three dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento on flights last Friday and on Monday.

One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.

The vote on House Bill 7 came after midnight and just a day before the Senate’s deadline to advance legislation.

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church will receive migrants five days a week instead of weekly after the pandemic-era border policy known as Title 42 ends.

The declarations came as migrants are camped out just across the Rio Grande in anticipation of the end of Title 42. After three years of allowing for rapid expulsions, the policy will be lifted May 11.

Still others tepidly applaud the administration's efforts to allow for more legal migration.

Border Democrats opposed the measure after arguing it could swell the Texas jail population and violate a migrant’s right to seek asylum.

On FOX News, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said he plans to stop a proposed rule that would allow tens of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to stay in the U.S. as their asylum cases are under consideration.

More than 100 organizations banded together to launch a public comment tool to ensure the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice hear from people who are against the new policy.

Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, spoke with NPR about a Biden administration proposal to limit asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. He says the number of arriving migrants is overwhelming local officials.

The new rule is being slammed by immigrant rights groups as a throwback to the inhumane policies of former President Trump.