Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday warned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to “immediately rescind” a new executive order aimed at restricting the ground transportation of illegal aliens detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who may pose a risk of transmitting COVID-19. “The order violates federal law in numerous respects, and Texas cannot lawfully…
AG Threatens Legal Action Over Texas Order Limiting Transportation of Illegal Aliens
Biden Official Orders Immigration Judges to Stop Describing Illegal Aliens as ‘Illegal Aliens’
A top Biden-appointed immigration official issued a memo last week directing immigration judges to stop using the term “illegal aliens” to describe illegal aliens. In a July 23 memo titled “Terminology,” Acting Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Jean King directed immigration judges to instead use terms like “undocumented noncitizen” and “undocumented…
241 Illegal Aliens Charged in Arizona in June
The United States Attorney’s Office in Arizona reported that 241 individuals were charged with illegal entry in June, 40 with violent crime convictions. Of the 241 charged, 178 had previously been convicted of non-immigration criminal offenses in the United States, according to the agency’s Arizona June 2021 Immigration and Border Crimes report. The report said…
California’s Budget Will Give Illegal Aliens Free Healthcare
California taxpayers will soon be footing the healthcare bill for older illegal immigrants as part of a recently-approved state budget. The budget deal will guarantee coverage for low-income, undocumented, immigrants older than 50. The plan was initiated by Democrats, who’ve said they want to ensure everyone has healthcare insurance. The coverage, set to take effect in 2022, will cost taxpayers $1.3 billion…
Border Patrol Arrests Over 160 Illegal Immigrants in 2 Tractor-Trailers
Border Patrol agents in the Laredo sector in Texas arrested more than 160 illegal aliens in two tractor-trailer smuggling attempts, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A canine alerted agents to the first group inside a tanker trailer after midnight on May 28. The agents scanned the tanker to find more than 50 people…
Border Patrol Agents Arrest 32 Mexican Nationals Who Crossed Illegally Into Arizona Dressed in Camo
Border patrol officers arrested 32 Mexican nationals who disguised themselves in camouflage and illegally crossed the Arizona-New Mexico state line, authorities announced on May 21. Interim Chief Patrol Agent for the Tucson Sector John Modlin said the illegal immigrants were trying to blend in with the surrounding vegetation in an effort to disguise themselves. “The Douglas Station’s #Horse…
Suspected Illegal Migrants Captured in Newport Beach
Nine people were taken into U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody May 2 after they were dropped off at a Newport Dunes boat ramp by a pleasure boat. The group of Mexican nationals consisted of seven men, one woman, and an unaccompanied 13-year-old boy, border control said. The group was turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents for…
Texas Sues Biden for Ignoring COVID-19 Rules at the Southern Border
Texas has filed a fresh federal lawsuit against President Joe Biden arguing his policies violate federal law and are causing an influx of illegal aliens infected with the CCP virus that causes COVID-19, which jeopardizes public health and the burgeoning economic recovery. The new legal proceeding, the seventh filed by Texas against the Biden administration…
Trump Says Biden’s Claim He Left Children ‘Starving’ At Mexican Border Is False, Current Immigration Situation ‘Outrageous’
Former President Donald Trump on March 25 responded to President Joe Biden’s claims that he had left children to “starve to death” on the Mexican side of the border. Trump joined “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News on Thursday to respond to President Biden’s first press conference of his term, which was held earlier that…
Texas Governor Announces State Actions Over Federal Facilities Holding Unaccompanied Minors
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday criticized the Biden administration over the “unacceptable and inhumane” conditions of two federal facilities holding unaccompanied minors and ordered investigations into the issues, amid a recent surge of illegal aliens across the U.S.–Mexico border. In a statement, the Republican governor said that water at a federally-run facility in Midland was not…
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