Tag: border security

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…


Former Border Patrol Chief Tells Congress Drug Cartels Control US Border With Mexico

Drug cartels based in Mexico, not the government of the United States of America, “control everything that crosses that Southwest border,” including “illegal migrant crossings” that “create gaps in border security,” according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. “When I say gaps in border security, I mean they overwhelm all of our law…


‘Every State Has Become a Border State’: Mississippi Sends National Guard to Texas

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Wednesday the deployment of Mississippi National Guard troops to the southern border, saying that every U.S. state has become a border state, with trafficked drugs impacting the entire country. Reeves, who mobilized the National Guard in response to an urgent call for help from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, expressed…


More Than 4,000 Illegal Immigrant ‘Gotaways’ Since Title 42 Ended: Border Patrol Chief

United States Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz has reported that approximately 4,316 illegal immigrants crossed the U.S. southern border and evaded Border Patrol authorities in the first three days after Title 42 expired on May 11. On Monday morning, Ortiz tweeted a summary of the Border Patrol’s enforcement activity in the first 72 hours after…


Afghan National on Terror Watchlist Arrested at Southern Border: San Diego Supervisor

U.S. Border Patrol officials recently apprehended an Afghan national who is on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed the U.S. southern border into California. Republican San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond revealed the Afghan national’s arrest in a press release on Sunday evening. According to Desmond, the Afghan national crossed the border…


LIVE NOW: Spike in Border Crossings Expected as Title 42 Restrictions End

Tens of thousands of migrants gush to the U.S.–Mexico border, as the U.S. government didn’t extend the COVID-19 border restriction known as Title 42 by midnight on May 11. We have live coverage expected at La Plaza bus station, where illegal immigrants released from federal custody are arriving to be processed and to receive food, clothing,…


Spike in Border Crossings Expected as Title 42 Restrictions End

Tens of thousands of migrants gush to the U.S.–Mexico border, as the U.S. government didn’t extend the COVID-19 border restriction known as Title 42 by midnight on May 11. We have live coverage expected at La Plaza bus station, where illegal immigrants released from federal custody are arriving to be processed and to receive food, clothing,…


LIVE NOW: Border Crossings Spike as Expected as Title 42 Ends

Tens of thousands of migrants gush to the U.S.–Mexico border, as the U.S. government didn’t extend the COVID-19 border restriction known as Title 42 by midnight on May 11. We have live coverage expected at La Plaza bus station, where illegal immigrants released from federal custody are arriving to be processed and to receive food, clothing,…


LIVE NOW: Border Security Town Hall in El Paso


LIVE: El Paso Town Hall on the Border Crisis

A panel of members of the Texas Public Policy Foundation-led Border Security Coalition hold a town hall on May 11 to discuss with members of the El Paso community the implications of the ongoing border crisis. …