Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) recently made a splash by busing illegal aliens from his state to the nation’s capital. The move has been criticized by some voices across the political spectrum as a publicity stunt – which, to a large degree, it is. How…
Southern Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the border apprehension numbers for February showing a 110 percent increase between 2021 and 2022. This data confirms what we already knew: The Biden administration has made mass illegal migration the n…
Arrests of Haitian migrants at America’s southern border plummeted from 17,600 in September to 1,000 in November. Whether that’s an enduring trend or a temporary lull will depend largely on the Biden administration and Mexico. In the wake of the summer…
On December 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data on the number of unlawful migrants encountered along the Southwest border in November. The data show border authorities encountered 173,620 illegal aliens last month – a 5 percent i…
Recent data showed 1.7 million apprehensions (“encounters”) at our southwestern border during Fiscal Year 2021, a historically record-breaking number. And our border crisis is showing no signs of abating, nor does the Biden administration seem particul…
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) says that among the 10,763 criminal aliens it arrested in fiscal year 2021, just 10 had been convicted of homicide. A Texas congressman suspects that’s a serious undercount, and is demanding answers from the agency. The inquir…
As President Joe Biden begins to deport Haitian migrants out of Texas, will he take the next logical step and defend a federal law that makes it a felony for removed aliens to return to the U.S.? Before the mass incursion hit Del Rio, a federal distric…
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…
While warning Americans about rising COVID infections, the Biden administration continues to move sick migrants into the United States. The incoherence is breathtaking, even for some members of the president’s own party. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, i…
A record influx of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) is burning through federal budgets, and will strain state and local services to the breaking point. Last spring, the Biden administration spent $60 million a week to shelter migrant youths. Costs w…