Nick Miroff

• Health

Supply of lifesaving organs to dozens of transplant centers would have been disrupted.

• National Security

Record amounts of fentanyl have been seized along the U.S. southern border this year, and Republicans say the Biden administration isn't doing enough to stop the drugs.

• Immigration

An internal Department of Homeland Security memo says medical care in U.S. border facilities is unsafe for migrants and needs a major overhaul.

• National

New York City’s shelter system has been stretched to the brink by the arrival of thousands of migrants in recent weeks.

• National

Homeland Security has removed the top medical official at Customs and Border Protection amid an investigation into the death of a girl held in U.S. custody

• National

The Biden administration named Jason Owens as new chief of the Border Patrol. Owens's agents were heavily involved in the response to the massacre in Uvalde.

• National

Texas Gov. Abbott announced plans to install floating barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from reaching the U.S. side of the river.

• Immigration

The 8-year-old held at a U.S. Border Patrol station who died Wednesday had been in custody for nine days, part of the recent, massive surge of border-crossers.

• Immigration

About 11,000 recent border crossers were deported in the past week. But 21,000 were released to await a U.S. court date, which may spur others to try to cross.