Category: Immigration & Border Security

GOP Report Accuses DHS Secretary of ‘Actively’ Encouraging ‘Mass Illegal Immigration’

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee released a scathing report on Wednesday evening accusing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of intentional “dereliction of duty” in securing the nation’s borders. The GOP interim report claims Mr. Mayorkas has “actively encouraged and facilitated mass illegal immigration,” neglecting his sworn oath to “control and guard” the borders. The…


House Passes Bill Banning Public Schools From Sheltering Illegal Immigrants

House Lawmakers voted on July 19 to pass a bill banning public K-12 school facilities from being used to provide shelter for immigrants who entered into the United States illegally. H.R. 3941, also known as the “Schools Not Shelters Act,” was introduced earlier this month by Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) in an attempt to prevent…


‘We Have No More Room’: NYC Announces New Shelter Limits for Illegal Immigrants

New York City will provide adult illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the United States with 60 days’ notice to find alternative housing and move out of the shelters they’d been provided with. If the illegal immigrants can’t find any alternative housing by the end of the 60 days, they must reapply for shelter, according to a…


41 Percent of Illegal Immigrant Group Biden Admin Released Into US Never Showed Up for Court Dates

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has yet to issue court summons for about 82 percent of the illegal immigrants it allowed into the United States after a federal court ordered a halt on a Biden administration immigration parole program. In May, Judge T. Kent Wetherell II of Florida’s Northern federal court district…


CBP Reports Significant Decrease in Illegal Migrant Encounters Amid Stricter Asylum Rules

June data on illegal immigration across the southern border indicates that total encounters along the Southwest border were the lowest in over two years, dropping nearly a third from the level it was at in the month of May. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its operational statistics for June 2023, showing the…


CBP Reports Significant Decrease in Illegal Immigrant Encounters Amid Stricter Asylum Rules

Total encounters with illegal immigrants along the Southwest border in June fell to the lowest level in over two years, dropping nearly a third from the previous month, according to newly released data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB). Total encounters, including those who presented at ports of entry with or without a CBP…


Designating Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups Might Be Counterproductive: Max Abrahms

Designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations in a bid to solve the narcotics trafficking crisis at the southern border might be counterproductive, according to Max Abrahms, a foreign policy expert specialized in counterterrorism. “The truth is, counterterrorism is often ineffective and can even be counterproductive,” Mr. Abrahms, who teaches political science at Northeastern University…


Democrats Launch Child Labor Prevention Task Force in House

House Democrats on July 18 announced that they were launching a task force to investigate the startling rise in children found working in violation of labor laws across the United States. “Our country is facing a child labor crisis,” Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) said in his opening remarks at a press conference announcing the launch….


Biden Admin to Grant Funds for Environmental Protection in Trump Border Wall Case

The Biden administration has agreed to settle lawsuits related to former President Donald Trump’s construction of the border wall and will fund environmental protection measures to compensate for the alleged harm to nature caused by such construction activities. A coalition of 18 states, led by California, had sued the Trump administration in 2019 and 2020,…


Hundreds of Migrants in Southern Mexico Form Group to Head Toward US

SUCHIATE, Mexico—Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala into Mexico formed a group Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States. The group, made up of largely Venezuelan migrants, walked along a highway in southern Mexico, led by a Venezuela flag with the phrase “Peace, Freedom….