U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted nearly $2 million in drugs at the southern border over the course of the past week. Most of the seizures were made at ports of entry into the U.S. from Mexico, where Customs agents inspect inbound vehicles. The drugs seized included cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. CBP has seized […]
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Biden’s DHS Prioritizes Gender Ideology for illegals at border
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced various measures to accommodate transgender and nonbinary individuals in its security processes as migrants continued to pour through the southern border. The DHS Equity Action Plan calls binary gender a “construct” and strives to remove gender from the screening processes used in airports, border security and […]
23 people on terrorist database were stopped at southern border in 2021
Border Patrol apprehended at least 23 people coming across the southern border whose names are on the terror watchlist in 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by Fox News. Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 27, 2021, there were 23 encounters with individuals whose names matched on the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). […]
Immigration politics stymie Dems ahead of planned border easing
The thorny politics of immigration is heating up ahead of the midterms, as moderate Democrats are urging President Biden to keep tough COVID-19 restrictions in place at the country’s borders while House Republicans are pressing those same Democrats to force a vote on legislation to do just that. The GOP’s procedural gambit, known as a […]
Abbott’s Second Texas charter bus drops off migrants near US Capitol in Washington, DC
A second bus from Texas arrived near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, transporting more than a dozen illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis. Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division […]
Massive Texas-Mexico border truck jams causing frustration
Patience is wearing thin for importers and exporters who say a bottle neck on commercial trucks at the border will cost consumers a lot more for produce and products coming in from Mexico this Easter weekend. The delays are all due to additional safety inspections mandated by Governor Greg Abbott of trucks bringing products into […]
Migrants dropped blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC by first Texas bus
A bus from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning, transporting dozens of illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis. Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to transport migrants released from federal […]
Obama DHS Secretary warns Democrats about Biden’s Border Crisis
Jeh Johnson, Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security, warned during an interview on Sunday that President Joe Biden was going to pay a steep political price for his continued crisis on the southern border as up to 18,000 migrants could be headed to the U.S. per day if the CDC lifts Title 42. “The CDC and […]
Buses reach the border as Texas dispatches illegals to DC
Texas has dispatched buses to the southern border to retrieve illegal immigrants after Gov. Greg Abbott said this week that he planned to send those released in his state to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Within the last 24 hours, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has dispatched an unspecified number of buses […]
Texas takes new border action; will charter bus illegals to DC
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday delivered new orders along the U.S.-Mexico border and promised more to come as former Trump administration officials press him to declare an “invasion” and give state troopers and National Guard members authority to turn back migrants. The two-term Republican governor did not say whether he supports such a concept, […]
Biden administration curtailing of Title 42 ‘most unpopular decision so far’ according to new poll
A poll released Wednesday finds Team Biden curtailing the use of federal law Title 42 to prevent foreigners from bringing COVID-19 into the U.S. is “this administration’s most unpopular decision so far.” To be sure, ending the Trump administration’s use of the 1940s law as a public health matter during the pandemic was unpopular among […]
US fentanyl deaths keep rising, states look for answers
As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and […]