SAN DIEGO—U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents working in the San Diego area have seen a nearly 30 percent increase in illegal border-crossing during the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared with the comparable period last year, the federal agency reported March 20. From last October through the beginning of this month, USBP…
US Border Patrol Reports Sharp Increase in Illegal Crossing
March 21, 2023
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Governor Sununu Asks Biden Administration For Help and Cooperation in Securing Northern Border
March 15, 2023
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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu appealed in a March 13 letter to the Biden administration for financial assistance and the authority to use state resources and personnel to help and work with U.S. Border Patrol (BP) to stop illegal immigration into the country from Canada. Some of the money that Sununu seeks would be used to train…
Declare Narcotraffickers a Terrorist Threat to National Security
February 21, 2023
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Commentary Officially recognizing narcotrafficking as a national security threat and narcotraffickers as international terrorist organizations would allow the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to coordinate securing the U.S. southern border and arresting those who enable narcotrafficking. In his State of the Union address delivered on Feb. 7, President Joe Biden identified…
Border Patrol Encounters With Chinese Nationals at Southern Border up 719 Percent
February 13, 2023
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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…
Public Safety Officials Interdict Human Smuggling Attempt at Texas Airport
September 25, 2022
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Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have busted a human smuggling operation that was underway at an airport located in McAllen, a border city. “WESLACO–A @TxDPS Special Agent & Pilot stopped a human smuggling attempt at McCreery Aviation Co. in McAllen, TX. 19 illegal immigrants (12m/7f) from Central America were being smuggled…
Supreme Court Holds Private Citizens Can’t Sue Border Patrol for Damages in Excessive Force Claims
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Washington state cannot be personally sued in the federal court system for damages resulting from a claim of illegal retaliation and excessive force made by a private citizen, the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision on June 8. The Biden administration argued that the threat of liability would…
Mercy Works of Texas Says ‘US Border Guards Need Affirmation’
April 14, 2022
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Who thinks of showing appreciation to southern U.S. Border Guards as they grapple with a flood of immigrants overwhelming their efforts? Beth Knox of Mercy Works in Garden Valley, Texas, and a team of like-minded souls did, distributing 600 “Border Patrol appreciation packs” worth more than $15,000 to two different units near McAllen, Texas, on…
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