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A devastating fire at a migrant facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico that killed at least 40 is the latest in a string of deadly incidents that point to a worsening crisis along the southern U.S.-Mexico border.

With the investigation still ongoing and families searching for answers, it's bringing attention to the growing number of migrants desperately seeking settlement in the U.S. and the dangerous conditions they find themselves in.

This week on Nothing is Foreign, we discuss the aftermath of the tragic fire at the Juarez detention facility, how it sheds light on the migrant crisis at the border, and what the governments on each side could be doing to address the problem.

Nothing is Foreign,a podcast from CBC News and CBC Podcasts, is aweekly trip to where the story is unfolding. It's hosted by Tamara Khandaker.

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The University of Southern Indiana College of Liberal Arts and the USI History department invite individuals to join the conversation about the Latin American refugee migrant crisis in the United States and the role of historians acting as expert witnesses in asylum cases.

The event, "Theory to Praxis at a Moment of Human Crisis," will take place at 4 p.m. April 10 via Zoom. The public can attend by visiting USI.edu/historyseries. Dr. Autumn Quezada-Grant will be the presenter, sharing her historical expertise in assisting with asylum cases and acting as a subject matter expert in removal proceedings.

Quezada-Grant is also a cultural competency expert and an external consultant with Protocol 67, supporting their Asylum and Convention Against Torture cases. She will provide insights into the challenges refugees and migrants face and the importance of historians' role in supporting asylum cases.

This event is part of the Applied History Series, sponsored by the USI History department. Founded in 2016, the Series provides an opportunity for traditional and non-traditional historians to discuss their work as it relates to historical events, people and places. The series includes one to two lectures per year, considering local, national and global issues and providing students and the community with nuanced and innovative interpretations of the past.

For more information or questions, contact Dr. Kristalyn Shefveland, Associate Professor of History, at kmshefvela@usi.edu or 812-461-5434.

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A new video appears to show a migrant child drifting down the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas alone on a flotation device. A Texas National Guard soldier rushed to assist the child. (Credit: Heavenly Farms, Eagle Pass)

A new video from the U.S. southern border appears to show a migrant child drifting down the Rio Grande alone on a flotation device.

In the footage, a Texas National Guard soldier is seen rushing to assist the floating child in Eagle Pass, Texas.

A source told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin that the child was rescued.

The footage comes as the migrant crisis at the southern border continues to intensify. Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Gloria Chavez announced in March that Border Patrol agents had officially reached a million migrant encounters since the fiscal year began in October.

New video appears to show a migrant child drifting down the Rio Grande alone on a flotation device. (Heavenly Farms, Eagle Pass)

MEXICAN IMMIGRATION GUARDS DIDN'T RELEASE MIGRANTS AS DEADLY FIRE RAGED, VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW

There were 400,000 recorded migrant encounters in FY 2020. In FY 2021, that number shot up to 1.6 million, and then 2.2 million in FY 2022.

Border Patrol agents encounter over 1,000 migrants on March 29, 2023 in El Paso, Texas (Customs and Border Protection)

FIRE AT MEXICAN MIGRANT FACILITY THAT KILLED 38 STARTED IN DEPORTATION PROTEST, PRESIDENT SAYS

Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told the House Homeland Security Committee last month that his agency does not have operational control of the border.

"In five of those nine southwest border sectors, we have seen an increase in flow and that has caused a considerable strain on our resources and really has forced the Border Patrol to move so agents and even migrants to some of the other areas," Ortizsaid.

FILE-Migrants wait for their turn to have a Border Patrol agent write down their information in Eagle Pass, Texas on December 20, 2022. (VERONICA G. CARDENAS/AFP via Getty Images)

On Wednesday, 58 migrants were found crammed in the back of a Pense truck in El Paso. Texas Department of Public Safety officials arrested the suspected smuggler, Marquez Oviel, on federal human smuggling charges.

Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

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Techne UK chief executive Michela Morizzo explains this week's polls

Voters still back plans to deportillegal migrantstoRwanda when the government has cleared legal hurdles, an exclusive poll commissioned by Express.co.uk has revealed. The findings by Techne UK show that 45 percent support the proposal while 41 percent oppose it. The survey of 1,624 people for Express.co.uk has come as Suella Braverman today insisted that the proposal, first put together by her predecessor Priti Patel, is safe and will go ahead.

Ms Braverman has just returned from a visit to Rwanda where she viewed facilities for illegal migrants.

The plan was always meant to be a deterrent for illegal migrants making the dangerous crossing in small boats across the English Channel to break the business model of people smugglers and human traffickers.

However, it was held up after a ruling by the strasbourg based European Court of Human Rights temporarily blocked the flights with a judge who was not named and where the UK government was unable initially to make its case.

The Techne UK survey revealed that a majority of those who expressed an opinion in every age and socio-economic category support the plan.

Additionally on balance both Leave (48 percent to 38 percent) voters and Remain supporters (46 percent to 44 percent) from 2016 back the proposal.

The main category against the Rwanda plan is 2019 Labour voters who backed Jeremy Corbyn's hard left push to become Prime Minister.

They oppose it by 48 percent to 40 percent.

The poll is problematic for the Labour Party who under Sir Keir Starmer's leadership have opposed the Rwanda plan.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has made opposing the deal with the east African country one of the main planks of her migration policy along with opening up "safe and legal routes" for migrants to legally claim asylum.

Ms Cooper branded the plan unworkable, unethical and extortionately expensive, adding that it was a damaging distraction from the urgent action the Government should be taking to go after the criminal gangs and sort out the asylum system.

But Ms Braverman has argued that Labour "does not have a plan" and just opposes the measures brought forward by the Government.

She has also warned that Labour's proposals to open up more safe and legal routes will open the doors to millions of illegal migrants.

Ms Braverman is currently pushing the Illegal Migration Bill through Parliament which will allow the government to deport migrants arriving here illegally within 28 days.

Last year 45,000 people arrived on small boats across the Channel and there are fears that with milder weatcher coming thousands more will start to come over this year.

Ms Braverman this morning was confronted by the BBC with claims that five years ago a group of refugees were shot in Rwanda.

But she dismissed the out of date view of an emerging African country which has just been allowed to join and host the Commonwealth.

She said: "That might be 2018, we're looking at 2023 and beyond.

"The High Court, senior expert judges, have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful."

She insisted that Rwanda has "a track record of successfully resettling and integrating people who are refugees or asylum seekers".

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FIRST ON FOX: Nearly two dozen Republicans are pushing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for answers on policies related to the ongoing crisis at the southern border -- coming after fiery hearings in both the House and Senate and a ruling by a federal judge that dealt a blow to the administrations policies that allow migrants to be paroled into the U.S.

"The responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) include maintaining the security of our nations borders and the administration and enforcement of our nations immigration laws," the 22 Republicans led by Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla. "This is not occurring."

The lawmakers pointed to a recent decision by a Florida judge to block an administration policy that allows for the release of migrants via humanitarian parole into U.S. using Alternatives to Detention known as "Parole + ATD" ruling it to be unlawful. The judge said that the administration "effectively turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than a speedbump for aliens flooding into the country."

Mayorkas has defended his agency, saying it is bringing order and humanity to border policy while simultaneously dealing with a hemisphere-wide challenge. Republicans, however, have tied the historic migrant crisis now into its third year to the administrations policies -- including those related to parole.

FEDERAL JUDGE RULES BIDEN BORDER POLICY UNLAWFUL, A SPEEDBUMP FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

Former Oklahoma state Sen. Josh Brecheen, Republican candidate for U.S. House, is pictured at a rally in support of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin State, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

"A major component of these failed policies is DHS disregard for enforcing existing immigration law, such as your departments abuse of parole," the lawmakers say.

The use of humanitarian parole is defined by statute as being limited to a "case-by-case basis" for "urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit." The administration has used not only the parole + ATD program to release migrants into the U.S., but has also introduced a policy announced in January that allows for up to 30,000 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua to be paroled in if they have not crossed illegally and meet other conditions -- including having a sponsor in the U.S.

Over 20 Republican states have sued over that policy, saying it is unlawful. The administration has said that the policy has contributed to a sharp drop in encounters at the border in January and February, including among those nationalities, and says it shows that expanding lawful pathways is an effective strategy to handle the surge. DHS also says it is confident that the parole processes it uses are permitted under the statute that limits the use of parole.

The lawmakers, however, say the policies are "negatively impacting our constituents lives" and ask a series of questions to discover the extent of the policies. They are seeking the number of migrants who have been granted parole since the beginning of the administration, as well as the demographics and nationalities of those paroled. They are also seeking statutory support for a mass parole program like the January program.

The lawmakers also want data on the number of migrants released into the U.S. without a court date, the number who have made a "credible fear" claim -- which marks the beginning of an asylum claim. The lawmakers on the letter include Reps Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Chip Roy, R-Texas, Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., and Eli Crane, R-Ariz.

MAYORKAS AGAIN REFUSES TO CALL BORDER SURGE A CRISIS, SAYS IT WOULD INDICATE WITHDRAWAL FROM OUR MISSION

Additionally, they ask why DHS claims a lack of resources for a drop in ATD implementation, while also reducing the number of ICE detention beds. ICEs latest budget request drops the number of beds by 9,000 from 34,000 to 25,000 -- although DHS officials have said that a border contingency fund allows for the number of beds to be increased back to 34,000 if required.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, DHS said it "responds to Congressional correspondence directly via official channels, and the Department will continue to respond appropriately to Congressional oversight."

The scrutiny comes after some fiery hearings in both the House and the Senate where Mayorkas was grilled over his handling of the crisis. Multiple Republicans called for him to step down. Mayorkas backed the policies, and pointed to the recent drop in apprehensions at the border as a sign they are working. DHS has also pushed Republicans to accede to border funding requests made by the administration.

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But the border is likely to be under scrutiny in the coming weeks ahead of the end of the Title 42 order in May -- which has been used to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That ability will end on May 11 along with the end of the public health emergency.

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