The federal judge who has enforced a longstanding requirement that migrant children be released from detention within 20 days seems to have turned philosophical. That ruling (which could be overridden by Congress, if Congress were capable of doing anyt…
Border Crisis 2021
Up to half of Border Patrol personnel in Texas has been pulled from the field, with a record low 12 officers attempting to cover a busy 245-mile stretch of the Rio Grande. As more agents are assigned to deskwork, “morale is in the toilet,” says the Bor…
When it comes to immigration, the Biden administration apparently doesn’t know whether it’s coming or going. Either way, the U.S. is dragging Mexico along for the ride. At Washington’s urging, Mexican authorities have flown 13,000 Central American migr…
On Monday, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press release stated that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would travel to South Texas “to receive operational updates and engage with the DHS frontline workforce,” as well as meeting with “local officials…
Defying deadly summer heat, illegal aliens are arriving at America’s southwestern border in historic numbers. While the 210,000 Border Patrol “encounters” reported in July include some duplication of migrants who attempted multiple crossings, it is a l…
How bad have things gotten at the border? So bad that even apologists for illegal immigration, like the Washington Post, are turning on the Biden administration. In a Sunday editorial, the paper asserted that “President Biden needs a coherent strategy …
Border encounters (previously known as apprehensions) continue to spike, according to preliminary data released in court documents by David Shahoulian, Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
Nearly 190,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in June, a record high which brings the total for the fiscal year to 1,119,204. With new variants of the COVID-19 virus becoming a large concern across the country, hundreds of thousands o…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order on July 28 that prohibits the ground transport of illegal migrants during the “COVID-19 disaster.” The order states that in the Rio Grande Valley, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has “seen a…
The U.S. has restarted “fast-track” deportation flights of Central American migrants denied asylum in this country. But as long as the Biden administration continues to admit massive waves of illegal aliens, and the vast majority never surface at immig…