Category: border security

Illegal Immigrants to Receive $4.38 Billion in Stimulus Checks: Report

As Americans start to receive the latest round of stimulus checks, a new analysis reveals that about $4.38 billion will also go to illegal immigrants. The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that 2.65 million illegal immigrants have Social Security numbers that allow them to receive stimulus checks. This group of illegal immigrants can be described…


Former ICE Chief: ‘Whole Nation a Sanctuary’ for Illegal Immigrants

Actions taken by the Biden administration have created a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants, shielding them from immigration enforcement across the nation, according to Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). During his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued a slew of executive orders on immigration and border security. Aside…


Cartels Use Wristbands to Track Human Smuggling Over Border

McALLEN, Texas—Illegal border crossers are coming into the United States wearing wristbands that relate to the smuggling organization or cartel that they paid to cross the river, according to new reports and confirmation by Border Patrol agents. The wristbands have been spotted on illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, as well…


Fentanyl Flowing Into United States at Record Volume

The amount of fentanyl seized while coming through the southern border during the first 5 months of fiscal year 2021 is already higher than all of fiscal year 2020, according to the latest statistics from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP has seized more than 5,000 pounds of fentanyl since Oct. 1, 2020, said acting…


Illegal Border Crossings Hit More Than 101,500 in February

McALLEN, Texas—As President Joe Biden rolled back several existing border initiatives, the number of people crossing illegally into the United States skyrocketed.  In February—despite a week of freezing weather—Border Patrol apprehended 101,535 illegal border crossers along the southern border, according to Jaeson Jones, a former Texas Department of Public Safety captain. Another 26,000 people evaded…


As Cartels Get Stronger Due to Border Chaos, More Violence Expected in US

Mexican cartels are getting stronger as the Biden administration weakens security at the border, according to several current and former law enforcement officials. Most cartel violence occurs in Mexico as different factions fight for territory along the border into the United States. Smuggling drugs and humans is their primary business, and they control the border….


Video: Border Must Be Secured Before Any Talk of Amnesty—Rep. Byron Donalds

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who gives his perspective on how to fix America’s broken immigration system. Securing the border must come before any discussion of amnesty, he says, otherwise, it signals to traffickers, or “coyotes,” that they can continue to abuse and traffic people…


Canadian Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Sri Lankans Into US

A human smuggling conspiracy reaching from Sri Lanka through the Caribbean to the United States was uncovered in 2019 and a Canadian national pleaded guilty on Feb. 24. Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, a Sri Lankan-Canadian, worked with other smugglers to bring at least six Sri Lankans into the United States illegally, according to the Department of…


Former Trump Adviser Says Biden’s Immigration Bill Could ‘Erase the Very Essence of America’s Nationhood’

Stephen Miller, former senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, told Fox News on Sunday that a new immigration bill proposed by Democrats would “fundamentally erase the very essence of America’s nationhood.” On Feb. 18, Democrats formally introduced President Joe Biden’s new immigration bill that provides an eight-year pathway to citizenship for about 11 million…


Former ICE Chief Says Immigration Law Becoming Meaningless

The former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the new administration’s steps to narrow the criteria for immigration enforcement are “just ridiculous.” “It’s almost like it’s not illegal to be illegally in the United States anymore,” Tom Homan told The Epoch Times on Feb. 18. Homan retired during the Trump administration, after…