Category: border crisis

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Holds Hearing on Border Crisis

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 7,  “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis,” with testimony from Customs and Border Protection Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez and Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin. The Epoch Times will livestream the event….


Florida Legislature Considers More Illegal Immigrant Flights

The Florida state Legislature is set to decide whether to spend $10 million flying illegal immigrants to other places in the United States. In September 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes carrying 49 mostly Venezuelan illegal immigrants apprehended at the Texas-Mexico border to the Martha’s Vineyard, an affluent Massachusetts resort island where former…


Immigration Reform Group Calls on McCarthy to Get Border Security Bill Onto House Floor

One of the nation’s largest nonprofits lobbying for immigration reform is calling on House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Callf.) to bring Republican-sponsored border security bills onto the chamber floor so they can be adopted and implemented as soon as possible. NumbersUSA Vice President Chris Chmielenski said the first measure that should be put before lawmakers…


DHS Will Allow Border Agents to Testify on Border Crisis After Subpoena Threats

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will allow two chief border patrol agents to testify before a Congressional hearing on the U.S. border crisis, after initially trying to “muzzle” them, according to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.). In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Comer highlighted how DHS leadership sought to prevent the chief border…


Witnesses on ‘Biden’s Border Crisis’ Set for Judiciary Committee

Witnesses are slated to testify about the Mexican border crisis to the powerful Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 1. “The hearing, ‘Biden’s Border Crisis—Part One,’ will examine border security, national security, and how fentanyl has impacted American lives,” the committee’s Republicans said in a Jan. 30 news release. The first three…


Illegal Crossings Soar 743 Percent at US-Canada Border as Migrant Crisis Worsens

Illegal border crossings have soared more than sevenfold in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector, officials said, with agents apprehending more illegal aliens in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont in two months than in the previous two years combined. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) said in a statement that, between Oct. 1, 2002,…


NY Republican Lawmakers Demand Biden Answer for Bringing His Border ‘Catastrophe’ to Small Towns

Five Republican members of Congress from New York sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, demanding transparency about his administration’s “secrecy” involving migrant relocation operations and expressing outrage that these operations have now expanded into rural upstate New York communities. “We write following reports that your administration is actively settling migrants in Upstate…


77 Democratic Lawmakers Author Letter Criticizing Biden’s Handling of Border Crisis

Two days after President Joe Biden met with Democratic congressional lawmakers, 77 of those elected officials sent a letter on Jan. 26 urging him to reverse plans to limit asylum access and eligibility on the U.S.-Mexico border. The letter illustrates the divide among Democrats about how the Biden administration should handle the illegal immigration crisis….


Migrant Arrivals Soared to Record Levels in December, but According to DHS Secretary, the Border Is Secure | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 117

More than 5 million illegal immigrants have entered the country via our southern border since the beginning of the Biden administration, with 250,000 encounters last month at the southern border, an all-time monthly record. Who’s responsible for the migrant surge? In this episode, retired ICE/HSI Special Agent Victor Avila shares his inside knowledge about the…


PREMIERING NOW: Migrant Arrivals Soared to Record Levels in December, but According to DHS Secretary, the Border is Secure | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 117

More than 5 million illegal immigrants are in the country via our southern border since the beginning of the Biden administration, with 250,000 encounters last month at the southern border, an all-time monthly record. Who’s responsible for the migrant surge? In this episode, retired ICE/HSI Special Agent Victor Avila shares his inside knowledge about the…