Category: border security

2 Mexican Suspects Connected to Texas Smuggling Deaths in Truck Charged by Prosecutors

Two illegal aliens from Mexican allegedly linked to the deadly smuggling operation that left 51 men and women dead in the back of a sweltering semi-trailer in Texas were charged by federal prosecutors with firearm-related offenses on Tuesday. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, Juan…


‘Lack of Controls’ in US Border Contributes to Horrible Migrant Deaths: Mexican President

The devastating situation in the migrants’ home countries and the status of the U.S.-Mexico border were to be blamed for the tragic incident that happened in San Antonio, Texas, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday. At least 50 migrants died after being stuck inside a sweltering semi-trailer in San Antonio in one of…


Former ICE Chief on Mass Smuggling Deaths: ‘No One Deserves to Die That Way’

The death of 50 illegal immigrants being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 brought up tragic memories for Tom Homan, the former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Homan had seen it before—in Victoria, Texas, in 2003. A tractor-trailer with as many as 80 illegal immigrants crammed…


Texas Gov. Abbott: Biden Responsible for Deaths of 50 Illegal Immigrants Found in Truck

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that the Biden administration’s illegal immigration policies are to blame, in part, after dozens of people were found dead inside a truck near San Antonio. Hours after the bodies were found inside the back of an 18-wheeler truck on Monday, the Republican governor issued a Twitter post, saying, “These deaths…


Florida to Go After Parents Who Pay Cartels to Smuggle Their Children Into the US

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is looking to investigate and prosecute parents who pay transnational criminal organizations to smuggle their children illegally across the U.S. southern border. DeSantis filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court on June 17 requesting a statewide grand jury be impaneled for the initial duration of a year. “The purpose of…


Illegal Border Crossings Increase to 7,500 Per Day in May

DEL RIO, Texas—Border Patrol agents along the southern border apprehended more than 7,500 illegal aliens per day in May, according to provisional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by The Epoch Times. The average daily apprehension rate in January was 4,700. Agents from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, California, apprehended 232,628 illegal border crossers…


60,000 Migrants Waiting in Mexico Across Border From El Paso, Texas

In the past two weeks, more than 60,000 migrants have amassed in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, directly across the border from El Paso, Texas, in anticipation of Title 42 being lifted from the border. “And we can only imagine it growing even further,” Mario D’Agostino, El Paso deputy city manager, told his city council members on…


Border Patrol Dealing With Huge Groups, Heat-Related Deaths, Drownings in Del Rio Sector

EAGLE PASS, Texas—Homeland Security officials saying “the border is closed” seems to be having little impact. Thousands of illegal immigrants are pouring across the southern border every day and the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector in south Texas is a magnet for large groups, which Customs and Border Protection defines as more than 100 individuals….


Border Agents Encounter Record 260,450 Illegal Immigrants in April

DEL RIO, Texas—Border officials processed a record 260,450 illegal and inadmissible aliens during April, according to newly released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. More than 202,300 illegal border crossers were apprehended by Border Patrol agents, while an additional 58,140 individuals presented themselves at ports of entry—21,137 of whom were Ukrainians. The numbers are an…


EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol Using Rare ‘Parole’ Exemption to Quickly Release Tens of Thousands of Illegal Aliens Into US

DEL RIO, Texas—U.S. Border Patrol has started to use, on a mass scale, a special “parole” exception that was previously used sparingly to allow tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the United States for at least a year, The Epoch Times has learned. Under parole status, illegal immigrants don’t have to provide…