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In his latest attempt to find housing for illegal aliens pouring into New York City, Mayor Eric Adams’ has now filed a lawsuit against 30 out of 57 of New York’s counties seeking to compel them to accept illegal migrants in their hotels.  The counties that are now defendants in this lawsuit include Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Onondaga, Broome, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Madison, Becker, Niagara, Oneida, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schohazue, Schuyler, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Warren, and Wyoming.

The lawsuit stems from Mayor Adams’ attempt to shift the cost of New York City’s sanctuary policies to other counties in New York.  As Title 42 expulsion authority was set to expire on May 11, Mayor Adams announced he would soon ship willing migrants to . . . Read more about NYC Mayor Adams Sues Over Half of New York Counties to Force Them to Accept Illegal Migrants

The city of Los Angeles, California, has officially declared itself a “sanctuary city” to shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency — a decision that will enshrine the policy into its municipal code.

This week, the Los Angeles City Council made the official move to codify the region’s sanctuary policy, whereas prior directives were merely symbolic and thus subject to changes.

The sanctuary city designation, which mirrors California’s sanctuary state law, dictates that no city resources are used for federal immigration enforcement — barring local agencies from cooperating with ICE agents to turn criminal illegal aliens over for deportation. . . . Read more about Los Angeles Officially Declares ‘Sanctuary City’ Status for Criminal Illegal Aliens

With foreign nationals illegally entering the country by the thousands every day, American workers are rightfully concerned that the influx will drive down wages and limit their own job prospects.  As one of the most prominent states fighting against the Biden Administration’s reckless border policies, Florida embraces the E-Verify program to protect American workers. . . . Read more about Florida Embraces E-Verify as Border Surge Floods Job Market

Homeland Security to task for announcing the time and place of a raid to apprehend people who entered the country illegally.

CNN White House correspondent Priscilla Alvarez tweeted Monday night, “NEWS: Federal authorities will conduct an enforcement op in El Paso, Texas, targeting migrants who crossed the US-Mexico border and were not processed by immigration authorities, starting Tuesday.”

Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin, who has been reporting extensively from the southern border, replied, “From a strategic standpoint, it is puzzling that DHS would announce this publicly via a press release . . . Read more about Border Patrol Union Lambasts DHS for Announcing When and Where Immigration Enforcement Raid Would Take Place

A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection not authorized to speak to the media on these matters told Breitbart Texas that agents apprehended more than 37,000 migrants in April. The monthly total represents an increase of more than 100 percent from the nearly 18,000 migrants apprehended in March. It also exceeds the total apprehensions for February and March combined — just under 33,000.

The tremendous spike in migrant apprehensions in April come just ahead of the expected demise of the CDC’s Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol that allows Border Patrol agents to expel migrants for health concerns. That program will reportedly end on May 11. . . . Read more about EXCLUSIVE: April Migrant Apprehensions in South Texas Border Sector Double Prior Month

At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing held in McAllen, Texas, BorderPatrol Chief Raul Ortiz contradicted claims by the White House and his direct boss, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, that we have operational control of our southern border. In response to a question posed by Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), “Does DHS have operational control of our entire border?” Ortiz replied, “No sir.” 

Operational control is a statutorily defined term meaning “the prevention of all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics and other contraband.” Not only did Ortiz concede that that is not the case, he made it clear that under the Biden administration, meeting the legal requirement of operational control is not even a goal of this administration. . . . Read more about Border Patrol Chief Torches Mayorkas and Biden on the Border

The Florida House on Monday began moving quickly on a plan that would stiffen requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers, crack down on bringing undocumented immigrants into the state and require hospitals to collect data about whether patients are in the country legally.

The Republican-controlled House Commerce Committee voted 13-5 to approve the plan (HB 1617), which emerged as lawmakers entered the next-to-last week of the annual legislative session. The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee is scheduled Tuesday to take up the Senate version of the bill (SB 1718). . . . Read more about Florida House moves on plan to check the immigration status of workers

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — The Border Patrol conducted a multi-agency water safety exercise along the southern edge of South Padre Island to address the dangers posed to migrants. Agents trained to rescue migrants attempting to enter the U.S. via the Texas Gulf Coast. Monday’s exercise involved CBP Air and Marine units; Rio Grande Valley Sector’s Border, Search, Trauma, and Rescue Team (BORSTAR); and the United States Coast Guard.

A post-event panel discussion conducted by the multi-agency participants highlighted the danger of drowning faced by migrants in coastal waterways. . . . Read more about Border Agents Train for Migrant Drownings in Texas Gulf as Title 42 End Approaches

TEMPE, Ariz. (NewsNation) — Law enforcement along the southern border is dealing with a surge of migrants and bracing for more as the pandemic-era migrant expulsion program nears its end.

Title 42 is set to expire in just over two weeks, and the number of illegal crossings is already exploding.

In the Rio Grande Valley Sector, U.S. Border Patrol has reported agents in Brownsville seeing large groups, some upward of a thousand, crossing each day. 

Just days ago, more than a thousand migrants stormed a vehicle checkpoint, prompting border officials to close the Gateway International Bridge for several hours. Barricades were even put up to prevent people from crossing overnight. . . . Read more about Border sees surge in migrants ahead of Title 42 expiration