Tag: illegal aliens

DHS Looking to Hire Private Contractor ‘Fluent in Haitian Creole’ for Guantánamo Bay Migrant Operations Center

The Biden administration is looking to hire a private contractor to provide security officers to oversee a Migrant Operations Center at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, according to a recent government advertisement. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a continuing need to contract for services to provide unarmed custody and security officers to provide…


Mexican Officials Cut Off New Caravan of Illegal Aliens, Breaking up Main Group

HUIXTLA, Mexico—Mexican security and migration officials early on Sunday blocked the passage of a new caravan of illegal aliens, detaining several people, as the government moved to break up the group just a day after it set off from southern Mexico for the United States. At around 5 a.m. local time, members of Mexico’s National…


Crossing Over: How Central America’s Desperate Poor Get to New York

The 3-month-old baby in the airplane had a scabby forehead and dirty fingernails, yet she was a dark-eyed darling in her father’s arms. She was named after her dead mother, Maria Isabella, and she had spent her life to that point traveling north from El Salvador. All she knew was her family’s passage to the…


Supreme Court to Consider Whether Detained Illegal Aliens Have Right to Bail Hearing

The Supreme Court agreed this morning to consider whether two illegal aliens in immigration detention for more than 6 months are entitled to a bond hearing. The noncitizens entered the United States unlawfully and claimed to have a well-founded fear of persecution in their native lands. The decision to hear the two cases came after…


Appeals Court Rules Federal Ban on Illegal Aliens Having Guns Is Okay

The categorical ban that prevents illegal aliens from possessing firearms does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court held. The ruling by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit came July 29 in United States v. Perez, court file 19-620-cr. Cam Edwards writes at Bearing Arms that the…


Appeals Court Upholds Federal Ban on Illegal Aliens Having Guns

The categorical ban that prevents illegal aliens from possessing firearms doesn’t violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court held. The ruling by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit came July 29 in United States v. Perez, court file 19-620-cr. Cam Edwards writes at Bearing Arms that the ruling is…


Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Order Limiting Transportation of Illegal Aliens

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted an executive order issued by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to prohibit private individuals and groups from transporting immigrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in a two-page order blocked the order from being implemented by state officials until at least Aug. 13, when she…


DOJ Sues Texas Over Abbott’s Order to Restrict Illegal Aliens Amid Pandemic

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the state of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott over an executive order he issued to limit the ground transportation of illegal aliens. Abbott, a Republican, said that the executive order issued Wednesday is intended to “reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure” in Texas communities, amid an…


Arizona Town Facing ‘Nightmare’ Migrant Influx

In the normally peaceful desert town of Gila Bend, nestled 100 miles north of Arizona’s border with Mexico, illegal aliens have been arriving daily since the town declared a state of emergency in March. The migrants were all on foot, and all appeared to be bound for parts unknown, carrying with them only their backpacks…


Arizona Town Facing ‘Nightmare’ Illegal Immigrant Influx

In the normally peaceful desert town of Gila Bend, nestled 100 miles north of Arizona’s border with Mexico, illegal aliens have been arriving daily since the town declared a state of emergency in March. The illegal immigrants have all been on foot, and all appeared to be bound for parts unknown, carrying with them only…