Category: illegal immigration

Illegal Immigration a ‘Serious Problem’: Analysis of Its Economic Impact

The United States on Friday ended Title 42, a COVID-19 border restriction that had blocked many migrants at the border with Mexico, immediately replacing it with a sweeping new asylum regulation meant to deter illegal crossings. What would be the economic impact of an influx of illegal immigrants into the United States? NTD spoke to…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (May 12): Texas Guard Prevents Crossings as Title 42 Ends; NYC Marine Veteran Charged With Manslaughter

The first day after the end of Title 42, Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow with the Center for Immigration Studies, told NTD the Texas Guard has successfully prevented migrants from trying to cross. On Thursday night, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration from releasing illegal immigrants without court notices. In New York…


NTD Evening News (May 12): Texas Guard Prevents Crossings as Title 42 Ends; NYC Marine Veteran Charged With Manslaughter

The first day after the end of Title 42, Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow with the Center for Immigration Studies, told NTD the Texas Guard has successfully prevented migrants from trying to cross. On Thursday night, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration from releasing illegal immigrants without court notices. In New York…


IN-DEPTH: Midnight at the Border—an Arizona Police Officer’s Encounter With Illegal Immigrants After Title 42 Ends

SAN LUIS, Ariz.—A tiny flickering glow from a small flashlight gave away the handful of illegal immigrants creeping along the border fence in Mexico in the darkness around midnight on May 11. Driving a pickup truck Lt. Marco Santana of the San Luis Police Department in Arizona hit the brakes, shone his spotlight on the…


US Border Communities Declare Disasters as Title 42 Ends

Several South Texas counties issued disaster declarations as the Title 42 immigration order expired Thursday and amid predictions that waves of illegal immigrants will cross the border in the coming days. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez on Thursday issued (pdf) a disaster declaration, allowing his county to obtain relief funds. The county sits across the…


Trump Decries End of Title 42, Vows Illegal Immigrant ‘Invasion Will Not Stand’

Former President Donald Trump said that, by allowing his public-health immigration policy to expire, President Joe Biden is opening the floodgates to illegal immigration. “At this very moment, illegal aliens are lined up by the tens of thousands, ready to break into our country,” Trump said in a statement released May 11, hours before Title…


Mayorkas Says DHS ‘Ready to Meet’ Influx of Border-Crossers as Title 42 Expires

Hours before Title 42 was set to expire on May 11, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that stemming the flow of illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border would be a difficult but manageable challenge for the Biden administration. “This is a challenge, and we are going to meet this challenge,” Mayorkas…


Mayorkas Says DHS ‘Ready to Meet’ Influx of Illegal Immigrants as Title 42 Expires

Hours before Title 42 was set to expire on May 11, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that stemming the flow of illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border would be a difficult but manageable challenge for the Biden administration. “This is a challenge, and we are going to meet this challenge,” Mayorkas…


IN-DEPTH: Cartels Stand to Win Big When Title 42 Ends, Immigration Experts Say

Immigration experts say that the impending end of Title 42 immigration enforcement will serve to benefit cartel drug and child trafficking operations at the expense of Americans. Lora Ries, a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Epoch Times that the coming influx of illegal immigrants will strip critical tools from Border…


IN-DEPTH: What Happens to Unaccompanied Minors Who Illegally Enter the US

With thousands of people entering the United States illegally, every town is a potential border town faced with absorbing large influxes of illegal immigrants who will need food, shelter, clothing, and money. Some are bused to large cities far from the border, some have been flown—often in the middle of the night—to a myriad of…