Category: migrants

Mexican Authorities Find 206 Migrants Drugged in Abandoned Trailer

Mexican authorities have thwarted the illegal transportation of over 500 migrants attempting to reach the United States, with one shocking incident involving 206 individuals found forcibly drugged inside an abandoned trailer. On July 15, authorities discovered the 206 migrants abandoned inside the tractor-trailer in Puente Nacional, Veracruz, according to an official from the National Migration…


1,100 Migrants Arrive on Small Boats in Past Three Days

More than 10,000 migrants have been detected arriving in the UK on small boats this year—with 1,100 in the past three days. The jump in arrivals is still 1,000 fewer than those recorded at the same time in 2022. According to Home Office data charting the daily journeys, some 486 people made the dangerous journey…


1,100 Illegal Immigrants Arrive on Small Boats in Past 3 Days

More than 10,000 illegal immigrants have been detected arriving in the UK on small boats this year—with 1,100 in the past three days. The jump in arrivals is still 1,000 fewer than those recorded at the same time in 2022. According to Home Office data charting the daily journeys, some 486 people made the dangerous…


At Least 79 Migrants Dead and Dozens Feared Missing After Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Greece

KALAMATA, Greece—A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank off Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year. Coast guard, navy, and merchant vessels and aircraft fanned out for a vast search-and-rescue operation set…


Illegal Immigrants Flown to Sacramento by Florida Governor Nowhere to Be Seen, Agencies Secretive About Location

SACRAMENTO—Nearly three dozen South Americans picked up in El Paso, Texas, and flown by private jet on two charter flights over the last week to California—at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—are being shielded from reporters by local religious and charity groups, with no sign of their whereabouts since they were dropped off at…


Texas Sheriff Files Felony Charges Connected to Flights for Illegal Immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard Arranged by DeSantis

A Texas sheriff’s office announced felony charges had been filed surrounding illegal immigrant flights from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts organized by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last fall. The investigation was launched in September by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat endorsed by the hard-left Texas Organizing Project, which opposes the deportation…


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…


EXCLUSIVE: Migrants Discuss Plans to Race to US–Mexico Border as Title 42 Comes to an End

The COVID-19 pandemic-era immigration policy Title 42 came to an end just before midnight on May 11 and thousands of illegal immigrants are anticipated to surge to the U.S. border when that happens, according to migrants and Mexican charity workers who spoke with The Epoch Times. “We all want to reach the United States as…


EXCLUSIVE: Migrants Discuss Plans to Sneak Into US as Title 42 Expires

The COVID-19 pandemic-era immigration policy Title 42 came to an end just before midnight on May 11 and thousands of illegal immigrants are anticipated to surge to the U.S. border when that happens, according to migrants and Mexican charity workers who spoke with The Epoch Times. “We all want to reach the United States as…


Migrants Rush Across US Border in Final Hours Before Expiration of Title 42

MATAMOROS, Mexico—Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the United States in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted—a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay. With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico shed clothing before descending a steep bank into the…