Tag: Southern Border Crisis

LIVE 2 PM ET: Huge Rally in Austin Demands Action on Southern Border Crisis

People rally to demand elected leaders take action to end the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border at the Texas Capitol in Austin from 2:00 p.m. ET on April 29. Key speakers include: guitarist Ted Nugent, award-winning journalist Lara Logan, NHCLC President and CEO Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas); PragerU personality CJ…


LIVE NOW: Huge Rally in Austin Demands Action on Southern Border Crisis

People rally to demand elected leaders take action to end the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border at the Texas Capitol in Austin from 2:00 p.m. ET on April 29. Key speakers include: guitarist Ted Nugent, award-winning journalist Lara Logan, NHCLC President and CEO Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas); PragerU personality CJ…


Huge Rally in Austin Demands Action on Southern Border Crisis

People rally to demand elected leaders take action to end the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border at the Texas Capitol in Austin from 2:00 p.m. ET on April 29. Key speakers include: guitarist Ted Nugent, award-winning journalist Lara Logan, NHCLC President and CEO Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas); PragerU personality CJ…


FEMA Didn’t Properly Vet Border Nonprofits That Received Millions in Federal Funds: Inspector General

Border relief organizations were not made to provide all required documentation before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted them millions in humanitarian relief funds under a Biden-era program, according to a new report by the DHS Inspector General. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) handles the distribution of federal humanitarian relief funds. One of…


Oklahoma Governor Disavows Letter Supporting Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

A letter purportedly stating Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s support for a bill allowing illegal immigrants to obtain an Oklahoma driver’s license does not reflect his position, the governor’s communications director said. “To be very clear: The letter was not written by Governor Stitt,” Carly Atchison wrote in an email to The Epoch Times. The bill,…


Mexican Military, Police Seize Control of American Company’s Quarry Facility

Mexican police and military personnel reportedly seized control of a quarry facility owned by Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Company for the apparent benefit of CEMEX, a Mexican building materials company. According to a letter from Vulcan chairman and CEO J. Thomas Hill, at 5:30 a.m., on March 14, CEMEX employees, along with the Mexican Navy and…


Mexican Military, Police Seize Control of American Company’s Port Facility

Mexican police and military personnel reportedly seized control of a quarry facility owned by Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Company for the apparent benefit of CEMEX, a Mexican building materials company. According to a letter from Vulcan chairman and CEO J. Thomas Hill, at 5:30 a.m., on March 14, CEMEX employees, along with the Mexican Navy and…


Senator Risch Leads Way on New Legislation to Tackle Border Crisis

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and fellow GOP senators introduced a bill on March 9 that includes resuming construction of the border wall to secure the nation’s southern border and stop the rising flow of illegal immigrants crossing that boundary into the United States. “Since President [Joe] Biden took office, more than 4.7 million illegal immigrants—double…


Border Officials Say Technology Is Good, But People Make the Difference

At a hearing to discuss the technology needed to secure the nation’s borders, one Homeland Security official said that without one critical resource, all the technology in the world would be useless. “Technology will never replace the men and women pursuing what the technology uncovers,” said Anthony Salisbury, acting deputy executive associate director for Homeland…


House Committee Testimony Highlights How Border Policy Failures Are Driving America’s Fentanyl Crisis

Poignant testimony delivered during a Feb. 28 Congressional hearing on the U.S. border crisis brought legislators to a firm conclusion: failed or ineffective immigration policies are directly fueling America’s drug crisis. “Our country faces record fatalities from drug overdoses, eclipsing 100,000 deaths, 71,000 from synthetic opioids alone,” Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said during the hearing….