The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants suspected of entering the U.S. unlawfully. The Justice Department said it would file a lawsuit against SB4 […]
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Blinken & Mexican Pres discuss immigration
The US and Mexico have vowed to crack down on migrant smugglers as a growing migration crisis causes chaos on their shared border. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discussed how to stop the flow of people in talks held in Mexico City. The high-level meeting came as pressure […]
Biden Sold Off Border Wall Materials Before Flip
The Biden administration has been selling off materials that were supposed to be used to construct barriers at the border with Mexico just days before it approved the construction of a new, 20-mile stretch of border wall. Listings on GovPlanet, an auction site for state, local and federal agencies to auction off surplus inventory, show […]
Migrants say America is not what they imagined
For one 29-year-old Venezuelan woman, who left her two children and partner behind in her home country to embark on a six-month journey to New York City, America represented hope. There, she thought, she would find safety and the opportunity to make a living. But four months after arriving in the U.S., she says it’s […]
Cartels push 1000’s of immigrants into US daily
Cartels are attempting to funnel tens of thousands of immigrants hunkered down in Mexican cities along the border waiting to cross into the United States under false pretenses ahead of the end of Title 42 on May 11. Over the past week, Border Patrol agents apprehended 51,560 noncitizens who illegally crossed the border between the […]
U.S. to set up migrant centers in Latin America
The Biden administration is expected to announce on Thursday the establishment of immigration processing centers in Latin America as part of an effort to reduce the number of migrants traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border. The brick-and-mortar processing centers would serve as regional hubs to screen migrants and determine whether they qualify for programs to enter […]
2.4M migrants stopped at US border this year
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 […]
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 […]