Category: illegal immigrants

Illegal Immigrants Try To Enter Spanish City in 2nd Clash in 3 Days

MADRID—More than 100 African men used grapples and threw stones at police as they tried to scale a high border fence and enter a tiny Spanish territory in North Africa in the middle of the night, authorities said Wednesday. Two Spanish police officers were injured in the incident, which was the second attempt in three…


Lithuania Says Belarus Is Using Illegal Immigrants as a Weapon

BRUSSELS—The European Union should consider imposing more sanctions on Belarus because Minsk is flying in immigrants from abroad to send them illegally into the bloc, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday. His government accuses Belarusian authorities of sending hundreds of mainly Iraqi illegal immigrants across the border into Lithuania, an EU member state….


At Least 12 Killed as Bus Carrying Illegal Immigrants Crashes in Turkey

ISTANBUL—A minibus carrying illegal immigrants overturned and caught fire in eastern Turkey, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday. The vehicle tumbled into a ditch while traveling overnight near Yumakli in Van province, which borders Iran. Television broadcasts showed groaning survivors being treated by the roadside as emergency…


More Than 200 Illegal Immigrants Attempt Channel Crossing as Tougher Penalties Announced

UK authorities dealt with more than 200 illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Channel on Sunday, the Home Office said. It comes as the government announced heavier prison sentences for immigrants seeking to make their way to the UK on small boats, as well as their people-smuggling enablers. According to the Home Office, Border Force…


UK Announces Harsher Sentences for Illegal Immigrants in Bid to Deter Channel Crossings

Illegal immigrants seeking to make their way to the UK on small boats, and their people-smuggling enablers, will face heavier prison sentences in a bid to prevent “asylum shopping,” the Home Office has announced. The stricter enforcements form part of the Nationality and Borders Bill, which is due for its first reading in the House…


Biden Administration Announces Campaign to Make it Easier for Millions of Immigrants to Become Citizens

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday that the Biden administration is launching an inter-agency effort to make millions of immigrants living in the United States citizens. President Joe Biden asked federal agencies to work on “welcoming strategies that promote integration, inclusion, and citizenship,” through an executive order. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…


CBP Arrests Group of Armed Illegal Immigrants Accused of Stealing Guns From Ranch

Authorities arrested a group of armed illegal aliens on Tuesday after they allegedly broke into a ranch house near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and stole multiple items, including handguns, officials announced Wednesday. Border patrol agents in Sierra Blanca responded to the burglary that was reported at a ranch in Hudspeth County, where “weapons were…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (June 23)

Republicans block Democrats’ election reform bill via the filibuster. Why are Republicans against the bill? And what does an election reform expert have to say about it? In Texas, more illegal immigrants are choosing to take a dangerous ride, stowed away on freight trains heading north. Border patrol agents are finding more of them locked…


33 Illegal Immigrants Found Inside Box Truck Amid Suffocating Heat

Border Patrol agents in Van Horn, Texas, found 33 illegal immigrants locked inside a U-Haul box truck amid a strong heatwave that has hit a large part of the nation. Authorities were alerted to a possible human smuggling operation at around 10 p.m. on June 10, 2021. They were informed about suspicious activity happening near…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (June 18)

Catholic leaders in the U.S. are set to announce if they will create a guiding document for Communion. The big debate: should Catholic politicians who support abortion be allowed to receive Communion? U.S. citizens are being recruited to help smuggle illegal immigrants from the border to major U.S. cities. NTD looks into how they do…