Category: Immigration & Border Security

Conservatives Must Use the Courts to Fight Back Against Liberal Overreach: Arizona AG Brnovich

After the Supreme Court extended the Title 42 public health order allowing rapid removal of illegal aliens at the border on Dec. 27, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, one of the architects of the legal strategy to keep the policy alive, celebrated the legal victory in an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times. Brnovich and…


Bipartisan Lawmakers Seeking Solution to Southern Border Crisis: House Democrat

A group of lawmakers from both aisles is working together to find a solution to the “humanitarian crisis” at the southern border, a House Democrat said. “What’s happening at our southern border is a humanitarian crisis. My colleagues, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), and I are committed to…


Texas National Guard Spent Christmas Weekend Erecting Razor Wire Border Fence Near El Paso

Members of the Texas National Guard spent their Christmas holiday weekend building razor-wire border fencing near El Paso amid a surge in illegal aliens at the border. A video posted to Twitter by the Texas Military Department on Christmas Day showed Maj. Gen. Ronald “Win” Burkett describing how over 400 soldiers had been airlifted and more than 40 vehicles…


Greg Abbott Says Texas Has Bused Nearly 16,000 Migrants to Sanctuary Cities This Year

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said the state has bused nearly 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities this year. “Texas has bused over 15,900 migrants to sanctuary cities,” Abbott wrote on Twitter. “ … We’re providing relief to local communities overwhelmed by President Biden’s open border policies.” Since April, the Republican governor has transported at least…


Greg Abbott Pushes Back on White House Criticism After Busing Illegal Aliens to VP’s Home on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) has defended busing more illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve after the White House issued a rebuke. Texas sent three busloads of illegal aliens to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence on Christmas Eve when temperatures were in the teens, prompting the White House on Sunday to declare it a “cruel,…


Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Rule to Remain in Effect

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Title 42, the Trump-era immigration and public health order, to remain in place for the time being. The high court voted (pdf) 5–4 to grant an emergency request from 19 Republican state attorneys general who sought to intervene in defense of the rule, putting on hold a ruling by District…


ICE Can’t ‘Locate’ Records of 378,000 Detainees

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are unable to locate any records for illegal immigrants taken into custody and placed in a federal program to “ensure non-detained non-citizen compliance with release conditions, court hearings, and final orders of removal, according to a non-profit government transparency advocacy group. “ICE has conducted a search of the ICE…


Busloads of Illegal Aliens Sent to Kamala Harris’s Home on Christmas Eve Were Headed for NY: Officials

Multiple busloads of illegal aliens that were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve were initially set to arrive in New York, according to relief agencies. Tatiana Laborde, the managing director of SAMU First Response, a relief agency working with the city of Washington to assist the aliens, told The…


Virginia Sheriff Drops Voluntary Cooperation With Federal Immigration Agency

A Virginia sheriff announced on Tuesday that her office has dropped its voluntary cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In a letter to various pro-immigration organizations, Beth Authur said her office will stop taking nonmandatory actions against illegal immigrants starting from Dec. 20. “The ACSO (Arlington County Sheriff’s Office) will no longer recognize…


Illegal Immigrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home in Washington on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON—Three buses of recent illegal immigrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived late Saturday…