Category: illegal immigration

IN-DEPTH: Government Policies Can Stimulate or Stop Illegal Immigration, Experts Say

Potential illegal immigrants watch U.S. policy changes and will not risk embarking on a dangerous and expensive trip if they will not be able to stay in the United States or be detained and deported, experts say. Policies that allow migrants to cross the border and stay long term inside the United States will encourage…


Brandon Tatum Highlights Empowering Faith for Black Communities, Breaking Free From Victimhood

Commentator Brandon Tatum joins us to discuss the black exit or “Blexit” movement—which offers information to counter the victim mentality. He calls it one of the biggest challenges minority communities face. Emotions ran high at a congressional hearing. A mother showed the real-life impact illegal immigration can have on the life of everyday Americans. We bring you…


IN-DEPTH: Behind the Wall—A Closer Look at the ‘Yuma Gap’

YUMA, Ariz.—Every night at the “Yuma gap,” where the California, Arizona, and United States-Mexico borders meet along the Colorado River, dozens or hundreds of migrants huddle in the thick brush waiting for their chance to come to America for a better life—a promise Mexican drug cartels have sold them for $500 to $5,000 a head….


Former Border Patrol Chief Tells Congress Drug Cartels Control US Border With Mexico

Drug cartels based in Mexico, not the government of the United States of America, “control everything that crosses that Southwest border,” including “illegal migrant crossings” that “create gaps in border security,” according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. “When I say gaps in border security, I mean they overwhelm all of our law…


New York Democrats Call on Biden to Fast Track Illegal Alien Work Permits

Top New York Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to grant work permits to unemployed illegal aliens residing in NYC. Mayor of New York City Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler of New York held a May 22 press conference in Brooklyn with progressive labor and business leaders, reported Politico. The leading…


Court Backlog Clog: It’s the Story of Immigration Now and It’s Growing Inexorably Worse

News analysis New migrants pouring into the United States after the Biden administration let a COVID-19 restriction called Title 42 expire last week will not break the nation’s stretched court system. The system is already shattered, according to several former judges, immigration experts, and Department of Homeland Security data. The average wait time for a…


Migrants First, Everyone Last

Commentary Democrats’ new rule: If you’re not a migrant, go to the back of the line. Gary Moretti and his fiancée booked 30 rooms at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York, for their bridesmaids and guests for a June 24 wedding. But New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ migrant-first policy demolished their plans. Over…


Andrew Cuomo Criticizes Biden’s Border Decisions: ‘Terribly Managed’

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has critiqued President Joe Biden’s management of the U.S.–Mexico border, holding that the U.S. government lifted pandemic-related restrictions without a clear plan. In an interview on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable” on May 14, Cuomo argued that the situation on the southern border will likely “get worse before it…


Biden: Border Looks ‘Much Better Than You All Expected’

President Joe Biden on Sunday was asked about the situation at the southern border after Title 42 expired. He said that it is “much better than you all expected,” while riding his bike near his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware. He also said he had no immediate plans to visit the border, for doing so…


Weaponized Migrants: The Transnational Border Crisis

In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we go down to southern Texas and the U.S.–Mexico border, where tens of thousands of migrants from all over the world have been amassing and crossing illegally into the United States, roughly 10,000 per day now, as Title 42 finally expired. The law was enacted to protect the…