illegal immigration

Since President Reagan signed into law the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), five presidents have supported legislation containing an amnesty for a large portion of the illegal immigrant population. All of these pieces of legislation traded amnesty for enforcement, except the most recent, the Biden-Menendez immigration bill (U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021). . . . Read more about Why Does Immigration Reform Legislation Fail?

U.S. Border Patrol agents near Calexico, Calif., recently detained an Afghan migrant who crossed from Mexico, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection activity log document obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies. . . . Read more about A Reminder that Afghans Are Using the Border End Run Option

Del Rio and Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants in separate human smuggling incidents in South Texas. In one, agents rescued a woman being swept away in the Rio Grande. . . . Read more about Two Migrants Rescued in Separate Smuggling Incidents near Border

A group of illegal immigrants trying to leave a Texas border town by air ended up crash landing instead.

On Thursday, a small plane went down north of the Presidio International Airport, the Presidio County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

When deputies arrived, they found that they were dealing with a “smuggling attempt gone wrong.” . . . Read more about Plane Smuggling Illegal Immigrants Crashes Just Over US Border

It is critical to distinguish the reform that the public seeks from the deceptive package of measures that the immigration lobby is peddling. We feel it time the nation’s largest immigration reform organization speak out about “true comprehensive immigration reform.”

The evidence that illegal immigration and mass immigration are harming our country is overwhelming and irrefutable. Congestion, environment, crime, health care, education — the costs are too high for the American family to continue to bear. . . . Read more about 7 Principles of True Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Forget drugs or fraud. The most common type of case federal prosecutors bring is against illegal immigrants who try to reenter the country after having been ousted — and almost all of those charged are Hispanic.

Now federal courts are grappling with whether that imbalance means the law itself is racist. . . . Read more about Critical race theory takes aim at immigration law; courts wrestle with Hispanic disparity in cases

Forget drugs or fraud. The most common type of case federal prosecutors bring is against illegal immigrants who try to reenter the country after having been ousted — and almost all of those charged are Hispanic.

Now federal courts are grappling with whether that imbalance means the law itself is racist. . . . Read more about Critical race theory takes aim at immigration law; courts wrestle with Hispanic disparity in cases

The Washington Post reported this week that the Biden administration is weighing whether to establish “European-style reception centers along the Mexican border that would transform the way asylum seekers are processed”. . . . Read more about Biden Considering UN-Approved ‘Reception Centers’ for Illegal Migrants

An analysis of the Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) from November 2021 shows the total immigrant population (legal and illegal) in the U.S. hit 46.2 million, the highest number ever recorded in American history. Immigrants are also referred to by the government as the “foreign-born”. The overall immigrant population fell through the middle of 2020 and then rose dramatically after Biden’s victory. . . . Read more about Immigrant Population Hits Record 46.2 Million in November 2021

Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Chris Clem announced on Monday agents arrested an illegal immigrant from Saudi Arabia Thursday night who may be a "potential terrorist" due to being "linked to several Yemeni subjects of interest." . . . Read more about Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agents Apprehended a 'Potential Terrorist Who Illegally Entered' the US