Category: illegal immigrants

US Border Within Reach as Thousands of Cubans Flee to Nicaragua

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Outside the José Martí International Airport in Havana, a crowd of agitated Cuban residents is waiting to travel to Nicaragua, which has become a regular occurrence because of skyrocketing demand for flights and sporadic cancellations that began last November. The scene paints a vivid portrait of people willing to do anything to escape the nation’s…


Illegal Immigrant Encounters at US-Mexico Border in January Much Higher Than Previous Year

U.S. border agent encounters with illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border soared in January when compared to the same month in 2021, newly released data show. President Joe Biden’s administration also released over 63,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. interior during the month of January, according to the data, which was outlined in court documents….


Illegal Channel Migrants Should Be Sent to South Atlantic Island: UK Think Tank

Illegal immigrants who attempt to enter the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats should be deported to an offshore processing centre within 48 hours, a British Conservative think tank has proposed. In its latest report (pdf) published on Feb. 16, the London-based Policy Exchange think tank said the “most obviously suitable” location…


Biden Administration Backs Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Separated During Trump Era

President Joe Biden’s administration is now backing giving amnesty to illegal immigrants separated from family members at the U.S.–Mexico border during the Trump administration, shifting away from plans to pay money to the immigrants. Negotiations on the payments between the government and groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, spurred by a hope to settle lawsuits…


Turkey: 19 Migrants Now Found Dead at Border With Greece

ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities on Thursday found seven more dead bodies near Turkey’s border with Greece, raising to 19 the number of migrants who have frozen to death at the frontier. Turkey has blamed Greece for the deaths, accusing Greek border guards of illegally pushing the migrants back over the frontier. Greece has strongly rejected the accusation….


Republicans Demand Answers After TSA Admits Illegal Immigrants Can Use Arrest Warrants to Fly

Senate Republicans are demanding answers from one of the top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) acknowledged it lets illegal immigrants use arrest warrants as a form of identification to fly inside the United States. The revelation is “alarming” and presents a potential “serious threat to our nation’s homeland security,”…


Video Shows Federal Contractors Flying Illegal Immigrants Into New York at Night so It Won’t ‘Attract Attention’

Video footage has emerged showing federal contractors flying illegal immigrants into Westchester, New York, overnight after they were released from the southern border last year. The 51-minutes long bodycam footage was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and published by The New York Post. It shows migrants. including men, women,…


Facts Matter (Jan. 26): CDC Sued for Withholding Vaccine Safety Data; British Medical Journal Demands Release of Trial Data

Recently, the British Medical Journal, which is the oldest medical journal in the world, began to demand the immediate release of all COVID vaccine data, including the raw data from the clinical trials—something which has, until this very day, not been made public. Meanwhile, as we common folk have to use our driver’s licenses and our…


1 Body Found in Coast Guard Search for 38 Lost Off Florida

MIAMI—The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday that its crews recovered one body and continue to search for 38 other people in the ocean off Florida days after their boat left the Bahamas in a suspected human smuggling attempt. Capt. Jo-Ann F. Burdian told a news conference that finding the other migrants alive is their highest…


Coast Guard: 1 Body Recovered, 38 Still Missing Off Florida

MIAMI—The U.S. Coast Guard battled time and currents Wednesday as aircraft and ships searched for 38 people missing in the Atlantic off Florida, four days after the capsizing of a suspected smuggling boat killed at least one and left one known survivor. Capt. Jo-Ann F. Burdian told a news conference that finding the other migrants…