Category: border security

Americans Disapprove Biden’s Handling of Border Crisis: Poll

More Americans disapprove of President Joe Biden’s handling of the border security and the influx of unaccompanied children as illegal immigrants at the southern border reach record highs. According to a new poll conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, while Biden has an overall approval rating of 61 percent,…


New Staff Deploy to Border Processing Facilities as Crisis Worsens

ARTESIA, N.M.—As illegal border crossings continue to escalate, a crop of newly trained processing coordinators are being sent to El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to help get Border Patrol agents back out on the line. The 39 Border Patrol processing coordinators spent eight weeks training in first aid, processing, transportation, basic…


4,100 Migrants, Mostly Kids, Crowded in a Border Facility Intended for 250

Over 4,100 illegal immigrants, more than 3,400 of them unaccompanied children with some as young as 3 years old, were being kept in an overly crowded border facility in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday. Two journalists from the Associated Press and a crew from CBS were allowed to visit the facility in Donna, Texas,…


4,100 Illegal Immigrants, Mostly Children, Crowded in a Border Facility Intended for 250

Over 4,100 illegal immigrants, more than 3,400 of them unaccompanied children with some as young as 3 years old, were being kept in an overly crowded border facility in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday. Two journalists from the Associated Press and a crew from CBS were allowed to visit the facility in Donna, Texas,…


UN ‘Migration Networks’ to Facilitate Migration Stir Concern

The United Nations’ role in immigration policy is growing worldwide with the establishment of a UN “Network for Migration” in dozens of countries to facilitate large migratory flows, sparking alarm among American border-security advocates already concerned about mass migration and the escalating crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The UN networks, which are led by a…


Illegal Border Crossings Jump to 150,000 in March

MISSION, Texas—Border Patrol has apprehended more than 150,000 illegal border crossers during the month of March—50,000 more than February—according to former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan. A further 30,000 evaded capture, according to Morgan, who has received the provisional CBP numbers from internal sources. The March total edges out the highest month…


Majority of Families Crossing Border Are Released Into United States

McALLEN, Texas—The Biden administration has transitioned from sending families back across the border using the COVID emergency measure called Title 42. Now the vast majority (upwards of 85 percent) of family units who cross the border illegally and are apprehended by Border Patrol are quickly released into the United States. On March 25, a total…


Sex Offender, Felon Gang Member Arrested by Border Patrol

Border Patrol agents in California arrested two illegal immigrants who turned out to be a convicted sex offender and a gang member convicted of a felony offense. Border agents assigned to the El Centro Sector in California arrested an unnamed 28-year-old illegal alien on Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. The man from Mexico was found to have…


Sex Offender, Criminal Gang Member Arrested by Border Patrol

Border Patrol agents in California arrested two illegal immigrants who turned out to be a convicted sex offender and a gang member convicted of a felony offense. Border agents assigned to the El Centro Sector in California arrested an unnamed 28-year-old illegal alien on Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. The man from Mexico was found to have…


Exclusive: Border Agent Gives Inside Account of Overcrowded Facilities

The family-unit holding cells smell like urine and vomit. Fights break out in the unaccompanied-minor cells. Scabies, lice, the flu, and COVID-19 run rampant. Up to 80 individuals are squeezed into each 24- by 30-foot cell, and there aren’t enough mattresses for everyone. Sheets of plastic divide the rooms. “Any diseases that are in there,…