Bowing to illegal-alien advocates, Greyhound says it will no longer allow Border Patrol agents to conduct immigration checks on its buses without a warrant. Coincidental or not, Greyhound’s policy reversal came three weeks after a leaked memo in which …
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An article in Vox.com notes the looming October 1 deadline for implementation of the federally mandated Real ID program for secure driver’s licenses (DLs). This deadline is the culmination of the law enacted in 2005 that was a response to the discover…
Lengthy lines and hours-long waits at America’s ports of entry could grow even longer if Democrats in Congress pass their Access to Counsel Act. And that’s just the beginning of the bad news. Inventing a new right for those seeking entry into the U.S.,…
Citing heightened security risks, the U.S. is halting immigrant visas for six countries: Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Eritrea, Sudan and Tanzania. The new restrictions take effect February 22. “It’s a serious step, which should be construed as r…
In 2008, Guatemalan national Olga Marina Franco del Cid was sentenced to eight years in state prison after being convicted of four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, 17 counts of criminal vehicular operation, giving a false name to police, failing …
Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein traveled to Boston’s Logan International Airport seeking admission to the United States, allegedly to study at Northeastern University. Upon arrival, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) promptly took him into custo…
A new coronavirus originating in the city of Wuhan, China, is raising global health concerns. The virus, which is described as a severe flu transmitted from infected animals to humans, has sickened several hundred people and had led to at least 17 deat…
With its brutal winters during which temperatures often plummet below zero, Maine likely does not sit atop the destination list for most Americans this time of year. But recent arrest reports show that cold weather is not at all a deterrent to illegal …
Americans feeling relieved by reported declines in illegal crossings at the southern border shouldn’t get too comfortable. Mexico’s interior chief confirms that a new U.S.-bound caravan is getting under way in Honduras. Scheduled to depart&#…
In recent weeks, U.S.-Iran tensions escalated to new heights. The U.S. killing of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in Iraq led Iran to launch more than a dozen missiles at Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops. These events combined with Iran’s…