The US saw a record 2.4 million migrants stopped at its border with Mexico in the fiscal year that ended last month — a surge fueled by asylum seekers from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua amid deteriorating economic and political conditions in those countries. US Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that migrants were stopped 2.38 […]
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Pentagon denies plea to help with migrant buses to Washington
The Pentagon has rejected a request from Washington DC’s mayor for help in dealing with thousands of undocumented migrants who have been transported to the city from border states. Arizona and Texas say the buses are being routed to the US capital and New York City to spread out the burden of unprecedented migration. New […]
Biden goes silent after SCOTUS gives him power to nix “Remain in Mexico’ policy
Last month, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Biden administration to unwind a Trump-era policy that has forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, often in dangerous settings, for their U.S. court proceedings. But having previously moved quickly to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy, the administration has suddenly decided to […]
DC Mayor complains illegals are filling up homeless shelters
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to discuss the persistent homelessness problem plaguing her city. Host Margaret Brennen brought up a Washington Post report that suggested homeless shelters are now being filled with illegal immigrants being bused in from Texas and Arizona. Bowser admitted that it’s a “significant […]
National Guard told to return immigrants to border
overnor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas National Guard and the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) to start returning migrants who crossed into the U.S. and were apprehended back to the border. In a news release Thursday, Abbott said that he issued an executive order “authorizing and empowering” the two entities to begin returning […]
46 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer Cruz & Abbott blame Biden
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has lashed out and blamed President Joe Biden for the deaths of 46 migrants whose bodies were found abandoned in a tractor-trailer in sizzling temperatures in a suspected smuggling attempt. Hours after the bodies were discovered in the back of an 18-wheeler in San Antonio Monday evening, the Republican governor fired […]
15 people on terror watch list nabbed by border patrol in May
Border Patrol agents nabbed 15 people listed on the FBI’s terror watch list trying to sneak across the US-Mexico border in May — bringing the alarming total since October to 50 amid a record of migrants, according to official figures. The possible terrorists were among the staggering 239,416 migrants encountered at the southern border last […]
Border Patrol agents accused in Haitian migrant ‘whipping’ incident to be punished
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to discipline “multiple” horseback Border Patrol agents involved in the infamous “whipping” incident of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border back in September. A federal source says an announcement on the matter is expected within the coming days. The source said that DHS will be putting forth proposals […]
Federal judge in Texas blocks major Biden-DHS immigration policy
A federal judge in Texas has blocked yet another of President Biden’s major immigration policies. Federal Judge Drew Tipton threw out a Department of Homeland Security policy that limits who immigration authorities can arrest and deport. In a ruling published Friday, Tipton sided with the states of Texas and Louisiana, which argued that the DHS […]
Texas Soldier Who Tried to Rescue Migrants still missing, presumed drowned
Officials have released the identity of the Texas National Guard member who is feared to have drowned after jumping into the river along the U.S.-Mexico border to help two migrants. Specialist Bishop E. Evans, 22, went missing in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Friday “following his selfless efforts to rescue two migrants who appeared to be […]
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 […]
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 […]