Category: illegal immigrants

11 Illegal Immigrants Found in Locked Truck Near Arizona–Mexico Border

U.S. Border Patrol agents found 11 illegal immigrants locked in a U-Haul truck on Oct. 1 east of Douglas, near the Arizona–Mexico border. According to Breitbart, the immigrants were trapped in the locked cargo area. Sabri Y. Dikman, Tuscon’s acting chief patrol agent posted an image of the immigrants on Twitter, including a small child….


New DHS Guidelines: Being in US Illegally Not Reason Enough to Arrest Someone

New guidelines promulgated by a top Biden administration official on Thursday advise immigration enforcement agents that being in the country illegally is not by itself enough reason to arrest somebody. More than 11 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be in the United States, but Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not have the resources…


Deported Killer Captured by Border Patrol After Illegally Reentering Texas

Border Patrol agents in Texas have apprehended a convicted killer who illegally reentered the United States after his deportation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Tuesday. The arrest took place on Sept. 27 in CBP’s Rio Grande Valley Sector, which covers 320 miles of border in southeastern Texas. Among a group of six…


News Outlets Backtrack From Claims Border Agents ‘Whipped’ Illegal Immigrants

News outlets are backing away from claims that Border Patrol agents “whipped” or struck at illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, though some are still using wording that doesn’t appear to be backed by evidence. The false claims reverberated widely, making it to the White House press briefing room, where a reporter told White House…


Biden Administration Moves to Protect Obama-Era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday unveiled a new rule aimed at protecting an Obama-era program that has shielded over 600,000 illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children. The proposed rule (pdf) would “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, by trying to respond to a court ruling that…


CBP Temporarily Detains 14 Mexican Soldiers at El Paso Border Bridge

A group of 14 Mexican soldiers was reportedly detained early Saturday morning for several hours by border agents after crossing into El Paso, Texas. The incident occurred shortly after midnight Saturday when border agents saw two Mexican military vehicles cross the border line on the middle of an international bridge connecting El Paso and Mexico’s…


Texas Governor Sends ‘Steel Wall’ of Cars to Block Illegal Immigrants at Border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he directed hundreds of state Department of Public Safety vehicles to create a “steel wall” to block illegal immigrants—mostly Haitians—from crossing into the United States. During an interview with Fox News, the Republican governor said the vehicle wall prevented people from illegally “walking into the state of Texas.” In photos taken…


‘It’s Like I’m in Bizarro World’: Rep. Van Drew Says of Biden Administration’s Narrative of the Border

Republicans at the Homeland Security Committee meeting on Tuesday voiced their frustration with the Biden administration’s handling and denial of the severity of the ongoing surge of illegal immigrants coming through the U.S. southern border. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) told Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas that he and his…


Hospital Strained by Influx of Illegal Immigrants: Del Rio Mayor

DEL RIO, Texas—The flood of illegal immigrants that has crossed over the Rio Grande River since mid-September is straining the hospital and other resources in this small Texas border city. Del Rio has a population of about 35,000. Some 16,000 illegal aliens have entered the city in the past week or so, according to Texas…


Texas Border Patrol Agents Discover Hotel Room Packed With Illegal Immigrants Waiting to Be Smuggled Into US

Texas Border Patrol agents last week discovered 16 illegal immigrants in a hotel room who claimed they were waiting to be smuggled further into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents received a tip-off on Sept. 17 that a hotel in Edinburg was being…