Tag: border

Guatemala: No Deal With US on Increased Border Security

Guatemala’s government on Tuesday challenged an assertion from U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration that it agreed to surge troops to its borders to make migration to the United States more difficult. “There is no document signed” regarding border security, the government said in a Spanish language statement. White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday…


US Spending Tens of Millions Per Week on Unaccompanied Minors

President Joe Biden’s administration is spending roughly $60 million a week to shelter illegal immigrant children who cross into the country from Mexico. Known as unaccompanied children, caring for the minors has driven the price tag for immigration-related expenses up sharply as U.S. officials grapple with the surge that some experts and Republicans say stems…


25 Illegal Immigrants Discovered Packed in Railcars Near US-Mexico Border

Over two dozen illegal immigrants were found in railcars in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border, American authorities said Friday. The immigrants were packed into three grain hoppers in Uvalde, which is west of San Antonio and roughly 30 miles from the border. “Illegally traveling by train is dangerous and life-threatening. Our agents routinely discover migrants…


25 Illegal Immigrants Discovered in Railcars Near US–Mexico Border

More than two dozen illegal immigrants were found in railcars in Texas near the U.S.–Mexico border, U.S. officials said April 9. The 25 stowaways were packed into three grain hoppers in Uvalde, which is west of San Antonio and roughly 30 miles from the border. “Illegally traveling by train is dangerous and life-threatening. Our agents…


Mexico’s Top Diplomat Expects ‘Constant and Growing’ Wave of Migrants

Mexico’s top diplomat on Thursday said he expects a “constant and growing” stream of migrants in the coming year to flow across his country toward the United States from the so-called northern triangle countries: Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard estimated that the United States would need to donate $2 billion a year…


Video: Facts Matter (April 9): Experts Warn That Illegal Immigrants Are ‘Renting’ Children to Cross the Border

At the southern border, experts are warning that illegal immigrants and cartels are renting children in order to cross the border. Meanwhile, New York has just announced that it will give up to $15,600 to undocumented migrants who were hit by the pandemic. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube. Follow Roman on…


No ‘Crystal Ball’ on When Canada-US Border Will Re-open Fully: Garneau

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says he doesn’t know when the Canada-U.S. border will re-open to its pre-pandemic state. “I don’t know if my crystal ball is any better than yours,” Garneau told Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, who asked the minister if the border would open before the end of summer during his testimony before…


Psaki: Obama-Era Central American Minors Program Needs Reforms

The newly reinstated Central American Minors (CAM) program for children is in need of reform to ensure that the asylum process of the United States accepting children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, is more efficient and effective, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. President Joe Biden on March 10 reinstated…


Ms-13 Gang Member Caught Illegally Crossing US-Mexico Border Into California: Border Patrol

An MS-13 gang member from El Salvador was arrested after crossing into the United States illegally, said the Border Patrol on Wednesday. The 28-year-old El Salvadoran national, who was not named, was found at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday by an agent patrolling the mountains in the San Diego, California, border sector “when he encountered six men…


Biden Admin Responds to Reports Saying DHS May Restart Border Wall Construction

The White House responded to a report this week claiming the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would work to re-start construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall to shore up gaps in the current barrier—coming after President Joe Biden issued an executive order months ago to pause construction. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly said that there…