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WASHINGTON—The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to the Biden administration’s appeal of a district court order restoring the Wait in Mexico asylum policy. The district court had ordered this Trump administration policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to wait for their asylum hearings in that country, rather than in the United States, resumed until such time as the border is under control. . . . Read more about Biden to End Wait in Mexico on Appeal?

The number of migrants apprehended in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors nearly matched the population of the state’s third-largest city, Dallas. Agents apprehended nearly 1.2 million migrants during the recently ended fiscal year. . . . Read more about Migrant Apprehensions at Texas-Based Border Sectors in 2021 Nearly Matches Dallas Population

A Sudanese teenager will resume his life now that he is free on bail only weeks after being charged with three counts of murder.

Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, 17, made bail over the weekend, according to KPRC-TV in Houston. . . . Read more about mmigrant teen facing 3 murder charges is released from jail, allowed to return to school

While President Joe Biden’s administration imposes new vaccine and Chinese coronavirus testing requirements for American citizens, illegal aliens remain exempt.

The White House rejected Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that the federal government reimburse the state for millions of dollars on the border crisis, according to a letter sent to his office. . . . Read more about FEMA Rejects Texas Governor’s Appeal for Emergency Aid Over Border Surge

In mid-August, three days after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown proclaimed our state “ready to welcome any and all Afghans.” Fifty-one of 55 Democratic legislators, who comprise supermajorities in the state House and Senate, issued letters declaring the same. . . . Read more about Commentary: Oregon should pause Afghan resettlement

Border Patrol agents apprehended a total of 1,666,167 illegal immigrants along the southwest border in fiscal 2021—breaking all records since 1925 after the agency was formed (when 22,199 illegal aliens were arrested). . . . Read more about Border Patrol Arrests Shatter All Records at Southern Border

The federal vaccine mandate will soon apply to Justice Department employees, contractors and visitors to its buildings, but one group it won’t apply to is illegal immigrants showing up for their deportation case hearings. . . . Read more about Illegal immigrants exempt from DOJ’s vaccine mandate at deportation hearings

On day one of his presidency, the most pressing issue for Joe Biden was the humanitarian crisis on the southern border of the United States, and we all knew that it was coming. . . . Read more about Border Crisis Breaks 35 Year Old Record as Biden and Harris Remain Unmoved

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Chris Magnus, faced a confirmation hearing Tuesday, in which he refused to call the record high surge of illegal migrants entering the United States at the southern border a crisis but did acknowledge it was an urgent matter. . . . Read more about Biden’s Nominee for CBP Commissioner Refuses to Say There’s a Crisis at the US–Mexico Border