Category: Immigration & Border Security

LIVE NOW: Border Security Town Hall in El Paso


LIVE: El Paso Town Hall on the Border Crisis

A panel of members of the Texas Public Policy Foundation-led Border Security Coalition hold a town hall on May 11 to discuss with members of the El Paso community the implications of the ongoing border crisis. …


LIVE NOW: El Paso Town Hall on the Border Crisis

A panel of members of the Texas Public Policy Foundation-led Border Security Coalition hold a town hall on May 11 to discuss with members of the El Paso community the implications of the ongoing border crisis. …


Houses Passes GOP Border Security Bill, Hours Ahead of End of Title 42

The House of Representatives passed a far-reaching bill immigration and employment bill on Thursday that seeks to bolster the border wall and impose stricter regulations on asylum seekers, countering President Joe Biden’s immigration policies at a time when migrants are congregating along the border ahead of the lifting of pandemic restrictions.  The legislation, H.R.2. would…


House Passes GOP Border Security Bill, Hours Ahead of End of Title 42

The House of Representatives approved a far-reaching bill immigration and employment bill on May 11 that seeks to bolster the wall along the U.S.–Mexico border and impose stricter regulations on asylum-seekers, at a time when migrants are congregating along the border ahead of the lifting of pandemic restrictions.  The legislation, called the Secure the Border…


Supreme Court Sides With Transgender Asylum Claimant in Deportation Dispute

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled May 11 in favor of a transgender illegal alien from Guatemala seeking asylum who claims he would face persecution if forced to return to his home country. The ruling, a defeat for the Biden administration, is expected to make it easier for those challenging deportation to make their case. The…


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…


Migrants Rush Across US Border in Final Hours Before Expiration of Title 42

MATAMOROS, Mexico—Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the United States in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted—a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay. With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico shed clothing before descending a steep bank into the…


Texas ‘Already Being Overrun With Illegal Aliens’ as Title 42 Expires: Sen. Ted Cruz

Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 10,000 illegal immigrants per day on May 8 and May 9—the highest daily totals on record—as law enforcement and border agents prepared for the expiration of Title 42 on May 11. Migrants have been flocking to the southern border in recent weeks as the policy neared expiration. Drone footage…