Married to a Border patrol agent, former patrol agent herself, entrepreneur and aspiring Congresswoman Irene Armendariz, a lifelong El Paso resident born to naturalized Mexican immigrant parents, is a Texas woman who knows the reality of what goes on at the border. . . .
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Conservative Action Report
July 1, 2021
'Many extremely dangerous illegal aliens who would have been detained prior to the February 18 Memorandum are now not being detained - against the wishes of the ICE officers seeking to detain them, and in violation of federal statutes requiring their detention and/or removal,' the lawsuit says. . . .
Breitbart
June 29, 2021
Tuesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Vice President Kamala Harris visited part of the United States-Mexico border last week to deter the media from reporting on the severity of the crisis. . . .
the Epoch Times
June 29, 2021
DEL RIO, Texas—Border Patrol agents have arrested 353 illegal aliens with sex-related criminal convictions so far this fiscal year. . . .
Patriot Journal
June 26, 2021
Southern state leaders and lawmakers have been frustrated with the Biden administration’s apparent refusal to deal with the border crisis. And the situation seems to be getting worse. . . .
IRLI
June 25, 2021
WASHINGTON—The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the State of Florida, . . .
the Western Journal
June 24, 2021
Not even some Democrats are impressed.
Wednesday’s headlines that Vice President Kamala Harris was finally making a long-neglected trip to the southern border have already been torched by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn as destined to miss the worst of the disaster area created by the Biden administration’s immigration policies. . . .
Breitbarthttps://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/06/24/exclusive-west-texas-border-sector-set-to-break-all-time-apprehension-record/
June 24, 2021
The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector has rarely been on the national radar for illegal immigrant apprehensions. Recently, an influx of Haitian, Venezuelan, and Central American migrants have pushed the sector to the third-highest rank for migrant apprehensions. . . .
Breitbart
June 24, 2021
At least two suspects are linked to the murder of a crime reporter in the Mexican border city of Acuna, opposite Del Rio, Texas. The murder is the third of its kind in June. . . .
IRLI
June 24, 2021
WASHINGTON—This week, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) filed its reply brief on summary judgment in one of its challenges to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations unlawfully authorizing alien employment in the United States. . . .
