Category: Immigration & Border Security

The End of Title 42 Brings a New Wave of Migrants Crossing the US-Mexican Boarder

The U.S.-Mexican border is wide open after the end of Title 42, with a new wave of immigrants crossing into the southwestern states. About 1,000 immigrants have been crossing the border daily, with over 30,000 a month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.  The Biden administration lifted Title 42 on May 11,…


The End of Title 42 Brings a New Wave of Migrants Crossing the US-Mexican Border

The U.S.-Mexican border is wide open after the end of Title 42, with a new wave of immigrants crossing into the southwestern states. About 1,000 immigrants have been crossing the border daily, with over 30,000 a month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.  The Biden administration lifted Title 42 on May 11,…


Supreme Court Overturns Four Deportation Orders From US Appeals Courts

The Supreme Court resurrected four appeals from illegal immigrants trying to avoid deportation, sending their cases back to federal appeals courts after ruling weeks ago that lower courts don’t have to wait until a litigant’s administrative options are exhausted before issuing rulings. The Court released unsigned orders (pdf) on May 30 summarily reversing rulings of…


Virginia, West Virginia Governors Sending National Guard Troops to Texas Border

The governors of Virginia and West Virginia are the latest Republican state leaders to announce deployments of National Guard troops to assist Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security efforts. On Wednesday morning, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he would deploy 100 of his state’s National Guard troops to Texas. “The ongoing border crisis facing our…


Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz to Retire Next Month

Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire next month after more than three decades with the agency, he has announced. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple Sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on June 30th,” Ortiz wrote in an email to employees, which was obtained…


Tribe Demanding Answers, Justice for Member Shot 38 Times by US Border Patrol Agents

WHY, Ariz.—Yvonne Nevarez remembers her late uncle Raymond Mattia as a proud Tohono O’odham Nation member who always took a stand against injustice. He was a kind, respectful, peace-loving man, she said, making his shooting death by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents even harder to accept. “I’m angry. I can’t believe it. I…


Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder of Florida Officer

An illegal alien teen has been charged with murdering a police officer from Florida. The officer died after a six-minute struggle with the suspect. The illegal immigrant, 18-year-old Vergilio Aguilar Mendez from Guatemala, was seen by Sergeant Michael Kunovich in St. Augustine, Florida, on the evening of May 19. Mendez was sitting in the dark…


Florida Man at Center of Fatal Human Smuggling Case Pleads Not Guilty in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A Florida man charged with human smuggling after four illegal immigrants were found dead last year near the Canadian border has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. Court records show that Steve Shand, of Deltona, Florida, entered the plea Friday in a hearing for his arraignment held via video conference. Federal authorities…


‘Backdoor Deal’ Allows ‘Illegal’ Immigrants to Enter US Legally, Border Patrol Union Leader Says

Illegal immigrants are coached to voluntarily withdraw their asylum claims, return to Mexico, and then return to the United States on humanitarian grounds, according to a U.S. Border Patrol union leader. Manny Bayon, a National Border Patrol Council union spokesman in San Diego, told The Epoch Times on May 26 that migrants who enter the…


Mexican Officials Find 175 Migrants in Truck Near Southern Border

MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country. Immigration agents heard yells and banging coming from inside the vehicle when it was…