The possibility of 14,000 migrant crossings a day is pushing the Biden administration toward a new rule that would severely limit migrants’ ability to qualify for asylum at the southern border, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Officials are concerned that Border Patrol stations will face acute overcrowding and Department of Homeland Security resources will […]
Tag: illegal immigration
Biden gives in; will fix Trump border wall
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will work to close gaps in the physical barriers along the southwest border and fix environmental and other issues with the Trump-era wall construction amid growing concerns about the federal government’s ability to handle high levels of unauthorized migration. Officials said the latest work, authorized by Homeland Security […]
2,500 migrants cross the Texas border in 1 day
Hundreds of migrants were spotted Sunday night crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, through the U.S.-Mexico border. A massive line of migrants was waiting to be taken into custody by Border Patrol, and more migrants are on the way. In a 24-hour time span from Friday to Saturday, the El Paso sector had more than […]
Poll : 67% of Americans support border wall
A sizeable majority of people who voted in the 2022 midterm elections back measures to quash illegal immigration, according to a recent Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA survey. The poll found that 67% of voters endorsed a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and 69% support the E-Verify national system that would punish employers who hire illegal […]
Mayorkas to Congress “Southern border Secure”
The heads of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Counterterrorism Center and FBI testified before Congress Tuesday about the biggest threats facing this country. Members of the House grilled DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the security at the southern border, where data shows a record 2.38 million migrant encounters in the last fiscal year. […]
Mayorkas alerted that no Haitian migrants were ‘whipped’ before WH presser
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told that the photographer who captured a clash between Border Patrol agents and Haitian migrants in Del Rio had said that the incident was being misconstrued — hours before Mayorkas joined a White House press conference where he didn’t challenge the false narrative. The Sept. 24, 2021 email, obtained […]
NYC declares emergency over migrant ‘crisis’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to address a “crisis situation” over an influx of migrants. More than 17,000 have arrived in the city from the southern border since April. Republican states like Texas, Arizona and Florida have been sending migrants to Democratic areas in recent months. It’s part […]
NYC to house migrants on luxury cruise ship
Norwegian Cruise Line confirmed on Saturday that New York City has approached the company inquiring about using a cruise ship to house an influx of illegal immigrants to the city but said no deal has yet been reached. “The chartering of cruise ships to companies, government entities and other organizations for various uses is a […]
Illegal immigrants who entered US since Biden took office to cost taxpayers $20+ billion a year
The number of illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. since President Biden took office will cost the U.S. taxpayer over $20 billion each year, according to a new analysis by a hawkish immigration group. The study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which advocates for lower levels of immigration overall, calculates that the […]
Migrants sent by Texas governor arrive in Chicago
Bused from Texas, a group of migrants shipped out to sanctuary cities arrived in Chicago Wednesday night as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants into Democrat-led cities. The Republican governor announced Wednesday that Chicago — along with Washington D.C. and New York City — will become destination cities to send […]
‘Radical shift’ at the border is testing Biden
There’s a major detail missing from many conversations about the rising number of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border. Decades ago, the vast majority of migrants attempting to cross the border between ports of entry were Mexican. A few years ago, most came from the Central American countries known as the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras […]
Life in New York is tough for Mexican migrants
white bus with Texas plates has just pulled up outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. The men and women on it have just finished a 30-hour nonstop bus ride from the Mexico border, and have arrived hungry, tired, and some in need of immediate medical care. It’s a hot Wednesday morning in early […]