Category: immigration

Biden Admin to Double Annual Refugee Cap to 125,000

The Biden administration said on Monday it will double the refugee admissions cap to 125,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the current cap of 62,500. Fiscal Year 2022 begins on Oct. 1. The State Department announced that it has sent a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that recommends the refugee cap increase…


US Authorities Accelerate Removal of Haitians at Border With Mexico

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico—U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has been overwhelmed by an influx of Haitian and other illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Saturday. Such transfers will continue “in order to ensure that irregular migrants are swiftly taken into…


Democratic Amnesty for 8 Million Illegals in Budget is ‘Unprecedented and Dangerous’: FAIR

Senate Democrats are trying to convince the Senate parliamentarian—a nonpartisan figure who arbitrates disagreements over Senate rules—to allow them to include about eight million green cards into the $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The blessing of the current parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, will be necessary because of the peculiar track Democrats are using to pass the budget. Specifically,…


Biden Restarts Program That Lets Parents Bring Central American Children to US

President Joe Biden’s administration is accepting new applications from parents who want to bring children as old as 20 from Central America, years after former President Donald Trump ended the program. The Central American Minors Program was launched in 2014 during the Obama administration to let certain parents legally present in the United States bring…


Democrat Bills “Normalize Illegal Immigration”: FAIR

News Analysis Since the introduction of the so-called ‘For the People’ election bill (S.2093) in the Senate, Republicans have criticized the bill for facilitating voting by illegal immigrants; Democrats have responded by saying they want to make it easier for “eligible voters” to register and attend the polls. Despite these assurances, some still have concerns…


Poland Seeks State of Emergency Along Border Amid Record-High Migration Levels

Poland’s government is set to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday in several areas along the countries’ border with Belarus as immigration levels have recently surged. The legislation, believed to be signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda on Aug. 31, comes as thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, have tried to unlawfully…


China Suspends Issuing Private Passports

The Chinese communist regime announced on July 30 that it would stop issuing private passports to Chinese citizens indefinitely while repeatedly stressing it was an anti-pandemic measure. However, outside of China many have queried what the real motive might be in restricting people’s mobility. On Wednesday, Liu Haitao, director of Border Inspection Management of the…


China Suspends Issuing Passports

The Chinese communist regime announced on July 30 that it would stop issuing passports to Chinese citizens indefinitely while repeatedly stressing it was an anti-pandemic measure. However, outside of China, many have queried what the real motive might be in restricting people’s mobility. On Wednesday, Liu Haitao, director of Border Inspection Management of the Chinese…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 30)

The same Chinese military branch that suppressed the Hong Kong protests is training Cuba’s special forces to crush the protests there, a leaked document says the delta variant is as contagious as chicken pox, and a bipartisan plea asks the Biden administration to get illegal immigration under control as the U.S. battles rising virus cases.


Illinois Sheriffs, County Official Oppose New Immigration Legislation

The Illinois Sheriffs Association and an Illinois county official oppose new immigration legislation Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would sign that prohibits state cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jim Kaitschuk, director of the Illinois Sheriffs Association (ISA) which opposes the Illinois Way Forward Act, told The Epoch Times, “I have a…