U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered 2,999 Chinese nationals at the southern border so far in fiscal year 2023—a 719 percent increase year-over-year, according to CBP data released on Feb. 10. The total also exceeds the amount recorded for the entirety of fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021–Sept. 30, 2022), during which 2,176…
Border Patrol Encounters With Chinese Nationals at Southern Border up 719 Percent
February 13, 2023
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Labor Opens Door for 19,000 Asylum Seekers to Apply for Permanent Residency
February 13, 2023
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Over 19,000 asylum seekers have been given the go-ahead to apply for permanent residency in Australia by the Labor government. In a statement, the immigration minister said Australia “owed” asylum seekers protection, but at the same time, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil issued a warning to people smugglers. “Let me be crystal clear—if you try…
Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at US-Mexico Drop From Late 2022 but Break Another Record
The number of illegal immigrant arrests at the U.S. southern border dropped sharply in the first month of 2023 but still broke the record for January. Apprehensions of immigrants who illegally crossed into the country from Mexico totaled 156,274 in January, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That was a 40 percent drop from…
Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at US-Mexico Border Drop From Late 2022 but Break Another Record
The number of illegal immigrant arrests at the U.S. southern border dropped sharply in the first month of 2023 but still broke the record for January. Apprehensions of immigrants who illegally crossed into the country from Mexico totaled 156,274 in January, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That was a 40 percent drop from…
DHS Hires Outside Legal Counsel Ahead of Possible Mayorkas Impeachment
February 11, 2023
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired outside legal counsel in anticipation of potential impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “The Department of Homeland Security has retained outside counsel to help ensure the Department’s vital mission is not interrupted by the unprecedented, unjustified, and partisan impeachment efforts by some Members of Congress, who…
‘It Was a Mistake’ for Biden to Open Border Without Plan: Andrew Cuomo
February 9, 2023
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo critiqued President Joe Biden’s management of the U.S.–Mexico border on Feb. 9, holding that the president’s policy decisions on that front had been made in error. “It was a mistake for President Biden to open the border without having a plan to handle the tremendous flow of people,” Cuomo…
Border Patrol Union President Weighs In on Morale, Border Security Policies
February 9, 2023
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Jon Anfinsen, the president of the Del Rio chapter of the National Border Patrol Union, said Border Patrol agents are struggling with low morale as they have come to terms with a new normal of attempting to stop tens of thousands of border crossings each month. “Morale is just, it’s just kind of nonexistent,” Anfinsen…
Border Patrol Chiefs Say Walls Would Improve Border Security
February 8, 2023
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A pair of Border Patrol sector chiefs called for more border wall construction during a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee on Tuesday. Gloria Chavez, the chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas, and John Modlin, the chief patrol agent for the Tucson sector in Arizona, both called…
Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Drop Title 42 Immigration Case
February 8, 2023
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The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Feb. 7 to dismiss 19 states’ challenge to the cancellation of the pandemic-era Title 42 policy that allows rapid expulsion of would-be migrants at the border. The administration argued that its plan to terminate the public health emergency on May 11 would make the case moot. The high…
Heated Rhetoric at House Committee Hearing on Illegal Immigration
February 8, 2023
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In a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability fact-finding hearing on illegal immigration along the U.S. southern border, strident, accusatory, and passionate rhetoric from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle was abundant. Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) agents gave testimony and answered questions at the hearing held on Tuesday. The hearing comes with the…
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