Tag: Border Patrol

PREMIERING NOW: Ep. 94: Is There a Link Between Illegal Immigration and Rise in Crime? | The Larry Elder Show

This is not something that affects only the United States, it is a worldwide phenomenon: Since 2018, Swedish authorities have recorded an estimated 500 bombings, while what they describe as gang shootings have become increasingly common. The country reported a record 124 homicides in 2020 and many residents were shocked in April when violent riots…


ICE Accidentally Published Personal Information of Over 6,000 Immigrants Seeking Asylum

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unwittingly published the names and other personally identifiable information of 6,252 immigrants seeking asylum in the United States on its website on Monday. Acknowledging the error in a Nov. 30 statement, the agency advised: “On November 28, 2022, while performing routine updates, a document was erroneously posted to ICE.gov for…


‘We Lost Our Purpose’: Border Patrol Sees Surge in Suicides as Morale Plummets

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen four personnel die by suicide in the last two weeks, National Border Patrol Council Vice President-at-Large Sergio Moreno, who is part of the agency’s National Suicide Prevention Workforce, revealed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Three Border Patrol agents died by suicide in the two week period,…


Border Patrol Agents Find $43,000 Worth of Cocaine Washed Up on Florida Coastline

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Florida discovered 3 pounds of cocaine that had washed up near the coastline of Cape Canaveral on Thursday. Officials said they found the drugs, which have an estimated street value of $43,000, inside a water-logged package that had washed up on the shore, Fox News reported. The drugs will now be processed for seizure,…


Border Agents Encountered 98 Migrants on Terror Watchlist in Past Year, Smashing Record

Border Patrol agents encountered 98 illegal migrants, a record high, whose names were on the terror watchlist at the southern border in fiscal year 2022, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. The terror watchlist numbers coincide with record numbers of migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered an all-time high of nearly…


2 Illegal Aliens Dead, 12 Injured in Human Trafficking Accident in Texas

A pickup truck crash in Brooks County, Texas, has left two illegal immigrants dead and another 12 injured, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The accident took place at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 when a Brooks County Sheriff’s Deputy tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver…


Illegal Immigration Keeps Arizona Cattle Ranchers Armed, Awake at Night on the Border

This is the third article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. PALOMINAS, Ariz.—Cattle ranchers Joe and Patty Scelso didn’t always feel the need to carry sidearms walking on their property. Twenty-eight years ago, the Rockin JP Ranch was their dream of a country homestead come true—103 acres…


Capitol Report (Aug. 15): Trump Says FBI Seizes His Passports; Sen. Graham Called to Testify in Election Case

Former President Donald Trump says the FBI seized his three passports during the Mar-a-Lago raid. Meanwhile, the White House says the raid wasn’t political. Congressman Greg Steube weighs in on the latest coming from the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. He also reflects on the Afghanistan withdrawal, one year after 13 Marines were killed in Kabul….


House Dems Kill Budd Amendment, Say No to Switching Funds for 87,000 New IRS Agents to Hire More Border Patrol Agents

House Rules Committee Democrats killed an amendment offered by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) that would have transferred billions of tax dollars the Senate slated for hiring 87,000 new IRS agents and instead hire thousands of new border security agents. No changes were allowed by the Democratic majority to the Senate version of the Inflation Reduction…


4 Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Raise Border Patrol Agent Pay, Create Reserve

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill to establish a 2,500-member reserve border force and increase agents’ pay by 14 percent amid the crisis at the southern border. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the legislation co-sponsored by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.),…