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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Five-star resorts in Mexico now experience cartel violence
Tourists staying at luxury hotels in Cancun and Tulum are noticing a massive uptick in cartel violence as the vacation hotspots have quickly become a key revenue source for drug sales, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Cartels see the area of Quintana Roo, where the two resort towns are located, as a cash cow […]
Mexican Border is Easier Path to Enter U.S. for Ukrainian Refugees
Vladymyr Ostapchuk and his family walked up to the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday afternoon to ask for asylum, the final border they would cross after a multicountry trip over 20 days that started as Russian military forces invaded their native Ukraine last month. Mr. Ostapchuk, a 33-year-old construction worker from Vinnytsia, fled Ukraine […]
Countless human remains found at cartel “extermination site” near U.S. border as Mexico can’t account for nearly 100,000 missing
Countless human were remains found at cartel “extermination site” near U.S. border, as Mexico can’t account for nearly 100,000 missing. For the investigators, the human foot — burned, but with some fabric still attached — was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where […]
Border Crisis Is Biden’s Fault Says Ted Cruz
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz slams Joe Biden after 10,000 illegal immigrants gather at the border. Cruz visited border city, Del Rio, Texas slamming Biden for his failed border policies. Late on Thursday, Cruz traveled to the Del Rio International Bridge reporting there were over 10,000 illegal immigrants huddled underneath. In a scathing video posted to […]
Migrant Caravan Picking Up Steam As It Heads Toward US Border
Migrant caravans are re-emerging, despite Mexico’s efforts to thwart throngs of people moving together to seek entry into the United States. A group of 400 is making the trek through Mexico, leaving Tapachula in the southern region of the country Saturday, the New York Post reported. That group has emerged as the Mexican National Guard […]
Kamala And Mexican President To Discuss Covid Vaccines On Monday
The president of Mexico says he will speak with Vice President Kamala Harris over the phone on Monday to discuss COVID-19 vaccines, Reuters reported. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appeared to suggest in his comments that Mexico might receive more vaccines from the U.S. “There are commitments for us to have more vaccines, provided by […]
DACA Declared Illegal By Federal Judge
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas on Friday declared illegal the federal program that has allowed nearly 800,000 young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children avoid deportation and remain in the country. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, said the Obama administration failed to follow federal administrative rules in […]
President Of Mexico Heaps Praise Onto Kamala After Meeting
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said this week that in-person meetings on the migration crisis with Vice President Kamala Harris went so well that he called her “president.” “It’s a completely new phase,” López Obrador said during a news conference about the meetings on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “It was such a good meeting […]
Kamala Avoids Border, Plans To Meet Virtually With Mexico’s President
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet “virtually” with Mexican President President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and other top officials next month — as part of her efforts in dealing with what the administration describes as the “root causes” of the border crisis. “On May 7, Vice President Kamala Harris will meet virtually with Mexican President […]