A federal judge this week rejected attempts by Massachusetts District Court Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph to avoid going to trial helping an illegal immigrant defendant evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. In denying her motion to ha…
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Despite COVID-19 shutting down most of the country, illegal crossings, drug and human smuggling attempts are still daily occurrences for Customs and Border Patrol agents. In just over a week, Laredo Customs and Border Patrol Agents (Texas) seized: 164 …
Mike Hethmon was a long-time attorney with the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), an affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). News that he was killed this weekend in a car wreck, at the hands of an alleged criminally ne…
On July 20, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 1211 and Senate Bill 34 into law. The legislation allows the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to give “driver privilege cards” to illegal aliens in the Commonwealth. Un…
Despite some defections, a program to identify and detain criminal aliens is growing across the U.S. The number of local law-enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program has increased from 36 when President Donald Trump took office to 142 t…
In an effort to combat Chinese espionage in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recently launched a nationwide investigation aimed at Chinese student visa holders suspected of having undisclosed Chinese military ties. FBI o…
On July 21, President Trump issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce to exclude illegal aliens from the congressional reapportionment base following the 2020 national census. Not surprisingly, various left-wing “immigrant rights” advocacy group…
A little-publicized but fast-growing group of migrants attempting to enter the U.S. through Mexico has been coming from India. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) figures show that the number of Indians detained along America’s southern border swelled…
It has often been said, in particular by critics of border closures and travel restrictions during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, that “viruses don’t respect borders.” While there may be some validity to that assertion, in the most literal sense, it is d…
TThere are certain and fairly reasonable priorities teachers have as they make their way back, or partially-back, to the classroom, such as sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE), or adequate space to meet social distancing needs. Then, there a…