Category: border

LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (July 24): RFK Jr. Candidate With Highest Favorability: Poll; Texas Publishes Numbers on Operation Lone Star

A new Harvard-Harris poll on the favorability of political figures shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on top, with the highest net favorability. Epoch Times reporter Jeff Louderback tells NTD’s Chris Beers this is due to his bi-partisan appeal and his recent testimony to Congress about censorship. Two years after its launch, Texas’ Operation Lone Star…


NTD News Today (July 24): RFK Jr. Candidate With Highest Favorability: Poll; Texas Publishes Numbers on Operation Lone Star

A new Harvard-Harris poll on the favorability of political figures shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on top, with the highest net favorability. Epoch Times reporter Jeff Louderback tells NTD’s Chris Beers this is due to his bi-partisan appeal and his recent testimony to Congress about censorship. Two years after its launch, Texas’ Operation Lone Star…


Mayorkas Claims Illegal Border Crossings Are Down 65 Percent Due to New Biden Policies

The number of illegal crossings at the U.S. Southern border is down more than 60 percent owing to the Biden administration’s sweeping new immigration regulations, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mr. Mayorkas made the comments in an interview at Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on July 20. The Homeland Security Secretary said officials have seen an…


LIVE 12 PM ET: NTD News Today (July 20): NYC Mayor Tells Illegal Immigrants to ‘Consider Another City’; Texas and Biden in Border ‘Cold War’: Analyst

New York City is telling illegal immigrants at the border to consider travelling to another city because New York has “no more room.” Meanwhile, a new bill would ban public schools from sheltering illegal immigrants. There’s a “cold war” between Texas border enforcement and federal Border Patrol agents, according to Todd Bensman, senior national security…


NTD News Today (July 20): NYC Mayor Tells Illegal Immigrants to ‘Consider Another City’; Texas and Biden in Border ‘Cold War’: Analyst

New York City is telling illegal immigrants at the border to consider travelling to another city because New York has “no more room.” Meanwhile, a new bill would ban public schools from sheltering illegal immigrants. There’s a “cold war” between Texas border enforcement and federal Border Patrol agents, according to Todd Bensman, senior national security…


Trump’s Tough ‘Vibes’ Kept More Order on the Border: Journalist

Former President Donald J. Trump was famous for talking tough about illegal immigration. In fact, his reputation as an enforcer appears to have resonated south of the Rio Grande. “Trump’s tough-on-the-border rhetoric makes its way down to Mexico and Central America, and it drives people’s decisions. They know it’s going to be a less welcoming…


Texas DPS Discovers 2 Abandoned Minors From Guatemala Along Rio Grande River

Two abandoned unaccompanied minors from Guatemala were discovered by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials near the Texas border on July 3. The two minors, aged 8 and 11, told troopers they were abandoned by a female adult along the edge of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez…


Federal Agency Forced to Build Part of Trump’s Border Wall

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday it will build 20 more miles of U.S.–Mexico border wall, carrying out some of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign vow. “Until and unless Congress cancels these funds, the law requires DHS to use the funds consistent with their appropriated purpose,” the U.S. Customs and Border Protection…


4 Arrested in ‘Horrific’ Human Trafficking Border Case That Resulted in 53 Deaths

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that four individuals have been arrested in relation to a tractor-trailer human smuggling incident in San Antonio, Texas, on June 27 last year. The event resulted in the deaths of 53 illegal immigrants, while another 11 were injured. “Human smugglers prey on migrants’ hope for a better life—but their only…


Texas DPS to Resume Partnership With Austin Police Next Month

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will resume its partnership with the City of Austin Police Department on July 2, after temporarily halting the collaboration. The joint operation—which officials said helped improve safety, decrease traffic fatalities, and enable faster responses to calls for help in the capital city—began in March but ended in mid-May. During that…