Tag: border

Denied Cross-Border Shoppers, Some U.S. Companies Opt to Export to Canada Instead

WASHINGTON—In the before times, Katie McCarron could count on her best Canadian customers to make the trip to her store in Portland, Oregon, to stock up on their favourite high−quality, human−grade pet food. COVID−19 had other plans. Soon enough, though, so did Portland Pet Food Co. “Some of them would just be shopping in Portland,…


Make a Run for the Border!

Taco Bell had a classic 1980s ad that prodded us to “make a run for the border.” Images from Del Rio, Texas, depict tens of thousands of immigrants not even running but strolling across the Rio Grande rather easily—across unprotected border—which leaves us asking questions about why the Biden administration is doing nothing about this…


Texas Border Crossing Where Migrants Made Camp to Reopen

DEL RIO, Texas—The Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will be partially reopened late Saturday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Federal and local officials said no migrants remained at the makeshift encampment as of Friday, after some of the nearly 15,000 people were expelled from the country and many…


Psaki Challenges Need for Biden to Visit Southern Border

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday challenged the notion that a visit to the southern border by President Joe Biden would be productive or have a meaningful impact on policy. Psaki made the remarks at a Sept. 24 White House press briefing, where she was asked by a reporter why Biden hadn’t visited…


Psaki Responds to Calls for Biden to Visit Southern Border

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday challenged the notion that a visit to the southern border by President Joe Biden would be productive or have a meaningful impact on policy. Psaki made the remarks at a Sept. 24 White House press briefing, where she was asked by a reporter why Biden hadn’t visited…


Camp at US-Mexico Border Cleared of Illegal Immigrants: Officials

DEL RIO, Texas—The primitive camp that sprung up under the international bridge is completely cleared of people, officials said Friday. Illegal immigrants, primarily Haitian nationals, streamed across the Rio Grande earlier this month and into Del Rio, a small border city about 160 miles west of San Antonio. Almost 15,000 were living in the litter-strewn…


Report: Suspected Chinese Hack Targets Indian Media, Government

BANGKOK—A U.S.-based private cybersecurity company said Wednesday it has uncovered evidence that an Indian media conglomerate, a police department and the agency responsible for the country’s national identification database have been hacked, likely by a state-sponsored Chinese group. The Insikt Group, the threat research division of Massachusetts-based Recorded Future, said the hacking group, given the…


No Clear Plan for Bringing Haitian Migrants to Pennsylvania

Despite hints that some may be moved to Pennsylvania, no clear plan has been publicly defined for the fate of thousands of Haitian migrants gathered under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. City of Harrisburg spokeswoman Syeda Tayyeba told The Epoch Times she was aware of one national media report that some migrants would be…


Former Border Patrol Chief Says Border Security Rapidly Disintegrated Under Biden

Security at the United States’ southern border has fallen sharply since President Joe Biden took office, the former chief of the U.S. Border Patrol says. Rodney Scott was part of the border enforcement agency for nearly 30 years before being ousted in June. In a new letter penned to top senators, Scott said he witnessed…


LIVE: Texas Governor Gives Update on Border Security at the International Bridge in Del Rio