How’s addressing those root causes going, Mr. President?
Apparently not well. For the third month in a row, Customs and Border Protection announced it had apprehended more illegal immigrants than at any time in the last 20 years. In May, it was 180,034. . . . Read more about Illegal Border Crossings in May Reach Highest Single-Month Total in Two Decades
House Democrats sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement calling for the agencies not to redetain immigrants who were released from government detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. . . Read more about 00:08 00:20 Dem Lawmakers Push to Allow Illegal Immigrants Released from Custody Due to COVID to Remain Free
The Biden administration has just ended President Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols, including the “Remain in Mexico”policy that kept questionable asylum seekers out of our country. Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said it was no longer needed and interferes with the administration’s objectives . . . Read more about President Joseph R. Biden's Immigration Disaster
The Biden border crisis rages on with no end in sight. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded 178,622 encounters with illegal aliens in April, up from 78,443 in January when President Biden took office. . . . Read more about People from Across the Globe are Catching Flights to Cross the Border
A deadly situation near the border spilled over into a Walmart parking lot in Nogales, Arizona on the afternoon of May 24, as a pursuit along I-19 near a Border Patrol checkpoint turned into a shootout. . . Read more about Deadly Border Situation Spills Over Into Major Shopping Lot
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) submitted a public comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommending policy changes to deter illegal immigration and fraud in the legal immigration system, which unsustainably strains and diverts agency resources away from lawful immigration programs and legitimate immigrant and nonimmigrant applicants. . . Read more about FAIR: The Biden Border Crisis is Restricting Resources for U.S. Citizens and Legal Immigrants
It’s no secret that the southern border is out of control. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have flooded the country since the beginning of the year.
Instead of sending them back home, the government is struggling to house them. Most of the time, they put up these people on your dime (when they’re not just released into the country). . . Read more about Border Patrol Council President Turns On Biden – Judd Claims Joe’s Policies Are Worse Than Past Presidents
Joe Biden’s new rules imposed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce arrests and deportations of illegal aliens have slashed the department’s targeting of criminal aliens by 75%. . . Read more about Under Biden's DHS, ICE Targets 75% Fewer Criminal Aliens
Congressional Republicans are pushing the Biden administration for answers on the border crisis as illegal crossings surge under President Joe Biden's leadership. . . Read more about House Republicans Demand Answers on Border Crisis
The border crisis continues to get worse by the day.
U.S.Border Patrol officials say one person died and 10 others were pulled from the ocean during a rescue operation involving a suspected smuggling boat in La Jolla, California. . . Read more about Border Patrol Makes Massive Arrest After Smuggling Boat Capsizes Trying to Get Into America
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