Tag: border

Prairie Premiers, Governors Urge Canada, US to Keep Border Crossings Open Longer

Canada’s Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of provincial and state leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden to argue that curtailed hours at border crossings are hurting the economy. The…


Republicans Seek to Divert IRS Enforcement Funding Boost for Border Security

House Republicans have released a draft bill that would halt the nearly $50 billion funding boost for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement in the “Inflation Reduction Act” and instead use the money to bolster border security. Called the “Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Through (DIRECT) Funds for Border Security Act” (pdf), the legislation…


Biden: US Working With Mexico to ‘Stop the Flow’ of Illegal Immigrants

The United States is working with Mexican officials to stop illegal immigration, President Joe Biden said on Sept. 20. “We’re working with Mexico and other countries to stop the flow,” Biden said after an unrelated speech in Washington. He was responding to a question about the jump in illegal border crossings during his first term…


US-Mexico Border Arrests Top 2 Million in a Year for the First Time in History

Arrests at the United States-Mexico border rose above 2 million in one year for the first time, according to new statistics released by President Joe Biden’s administration. Agents made about 203,500 apprehensions at the southern border in August, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported late Sept. 19. That brought the total apprehensions in Fiscal Year…


Hunter Biden Investigation; Border Protection Agents Facing Rising Number of Illegal Border Crossers | NTD Good Morning

The investigation into Hunter Biden continues. Now a group of Republican senators write Attorney General Merrick Garland with a special request. Border protection agents are facing rising numbers of migrants attempting to illegally cross the United States’ southern border. A pro-life rally and march took place in Pennsylvania’s capitol on Monday. Around 5,000 participants took…


LIVE at 10:30 AM ET: Establishment Moves to Block Trump ‘Coup’; Migrant Buses Break Immigration Narrative

A political push is underway to block an alleged Trump “coup.” House Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are pushing a new bill known as the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, which would alter the 1887 Electoral Count Act, and change the way Electoral College votes would be counted in…


LIVE: Establishment Moves to Block Trump ‘Coup’; Migrant Buses Break Immigration Narrative

A political push is underway to block an alleged Trump “coup.” House Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are pushing a new bill known as the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, which would alter the 1887 Electoral Count Act, and change the way Electoral College votes would be counted in…


Establishment Moves to Block Trump ‘Coup’; Migrant Buses Break Immigration Narrative

A political push is underway to block an alleged Trump “coup.” House Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are pushing a new bill known as the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, which would alter the 1887 Electoral Count Act, and change the way Electoral College votes would be counted in…


More Than 200 Killed in Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes: Officials

More than 200 service personnel were killed in border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan this week, according to new figures from both countries on Friday. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for the fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region—the deadliest clashes between them since a six-week war in 2020 left thousands dead. Armenia’s Prime…


LIVE NOW: Sheriffs’ Press Conference on the Border Crisis

A group of sheriffs from around the country–including several who just visited the border–will hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10:00 a.m. E.T. They will be accompanied by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas), as well as fentanyl activist Virginia Krieger. Access the livestream on this page,…