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 […]
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Biden defends skipping border visit
President Biden defended his decision to skip visiting the U.S.-Mexico border while in Arizona on Tuesday, saying, “there are more important things.” Biden made the defense while boarding Marine One to depart the White House on Tuesday. Biden has never visited the border throughout his presidency, despite the ongoing crisis with record numbers of illegal […]
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 […]
Biden admin accuses Arizona of trespassing
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was accused this week by the Biden administration of trespassing as the Republican governor makes efforts to fill gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers. Ducey announced last week that he would have crews install shipping containers along a section of the border to fill gaps not covered by a […]
Border patrol has seized enough fentanyl to kill US population 8 times over
A memo circulating among Senate Republicans this week details how the fentanyl crisis continues to worsen across U.S. communities as southern border drug seizures and encounters reach record highs. Those who have witnessed activity at the border believe the crisis at the border and the fentanyl crisis are correlated. CBP agents seized an unprecedented 10,500 […]
Border crossings 3 times higher under Biden
The U.S. Border Patrol is reporting more than three times the number of encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border than it experienced under former President Donald Trump, punctuating what Republicans have defined as a “crisis” level situation at the southern border that has emerged under President Joe Biden’s leadership. Data from the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) […]
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 […]
Kamala says “Border is Secure”
Vice President Kamala Harris twice declared the U.S. southern border is “secure” during an interview Sunday, despite the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who routinely flood into the country every month. During an interview on “Meet the Press” aired during the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Harris was asked by […]
Many Americans see an ‘invasion’ at the southern border
More than half of Americans say there’s an “invasion” at the southern border, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, part of a broader decline in support for immigrants overall. The poll also found that large numbers of Americans hold a variety of misconceptions about immigrants — greatly exaggerating their role in smuggling illegal drugs into […]
California Residents go to Mexico for Groceries
Some California residents have crossed the border to Mexico to buy cheaper groceries as many continue to struggle with the current status of the U.S. economy, even though the inflation rate has slightly decreased to 8.5 percent in July after a record high 9.1 percent in the month prior. Despite the dip in the inflation […]
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 […]
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 […]