As many as 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employees have been arrested and charged in a federal investigation.
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U.S. halts online asylum appts at Texas border crossing after warnings of extortion
After campaigners notified U.S. officials that immigrants were being targeted for extortion at a Texas border crossing that connects to an infamously dangerous Mexican city, the Biden administration stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers.
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