The attorneys general of Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri announced Monday they are suing the Biden administration over its decision to end the Title 42 public health order relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and migrant entry into the U.S. . . .
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the Western Journal
April 5, 2022
Breitbart
April 1, 2022
Texas Governor Greg Abbott quickly called President Joe Biden’s decision to end the Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol “reckless.” Abbott added that the president’s “open-border policies are an unmitigated disaster for national security.” . . .
Breitbart
March 30, 2022
Border chief Alejandro Mayorkas and his progressive deputies are warning Americans to expect a huge inflow of economic migrants if the Title 42 border barrier is dropped. . . .
FAIR
March 30, 2022
Despite being on the forefront of many American’s minds in 2022, immigration was sparingly discussed during Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week. Three immigration-related questions were asked, however, that could shed light on how Judge Jackson would influence immigration policy as a Supreme Court justice. . . .
FAIR
March 29, 2022
This week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio blocked the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement policy guidance that restrains U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing immigration law in nearly all circumstances. . . .
FAIR
March 28, 2022
(March 28, 2022, Washington, D.C.) — The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to the Biden administration’s FY 2023 budget request containing a Department of Homeland Security component that is not only inadequate, but inappropriate:
“After more than a year of unprecedented chaos at our borders and another crisis on the horizon, the White House’s FY 2023 budget request reaffirms that open borders and unchecked illegal immigration is the policy of the Biden administration. . . .
FAIR
March 28, 2022
(March 28, 2022, Washington, D.C.) — The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to the Biden administration’s FY 2023 budget request containing a Department of Homeland Security component that is not only inadequate, but inappropriate:
“After more than a year of unprecedented chaos at our borders and another crisis on the horizon, the White House’s FY 2023 budget request reaffirms that open borders and unchecked illegal immigration is the policy of the Biden administration. . . .
Breitbart
March 25, 2022
A Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper and National Guard soldiers apprehended a pair of human smugglers near the border in Laredo, Texas. Video released by the State shows a pursuit ending as the smugglers bail out of the moving truck and leave migrants, including children, to fend for themselves. . . .
In Arizona, 2 Men Sentenced for Trafficking in Drugs Worth Over $1.3 Million
Epoch Times
March 25, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocainevalued at an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at the . . .
FAIR
March 24, 2022
The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to the issuance of a joint interim final rule explicitly designed to speed up the processing of frivolous asylum seekers at our southern border: . . .
