Tag: illegal immigrants

Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Cross English Channel in Single Day

A record 1,295 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel and arrived in Kent on Monday, the highest figure for a single day since the current system of record-keeping began in 2018. The Ministry of Defence, which is operating Operation Isotrope—in which the Royal Navy intercepts small boats from France and Belgium and escorts them ashore—said…


54 Percent of Americans Say Illegal Immigration Crisis an ‘Invasion’: Poll

The flood of illegal immigrants and drugs coming over the U.S.–Mexico border constitutes an “invasion,” a majority of respondents to a new poll say. Respondents were asked to label the statement, “The U.S. is experiencing an invasion at the southern border” as completely or somewhat true, completely false, or don’t know. More than half, or…


Ep. 51: Podcaster Sam Harris Says He Wouldn’t Care If Hunter Biden Had ‘Corpses of Children in His Basement’ | The Larry Elder Show

Sam Harris, a prominent atheist and liberal podcaster, defended Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop report just weeks before the 2020 presidential election. He admitted the censorship “absolutely” was a “conspiracy” to prevent Donald Trump from winning re-election, but argued it was justified during an interview on the Triggernometry podcast Wednesday….


Of Migrants and Mayors, Busloads and Budgets

Commentary Monday morning saw another busload of illegal border crossers arrive at New York City’s Port Authority terminal. The city’s commissioner of immigrant affairs, Manuel Castro, was there to personally welcome 52 people off the bus, of whom 80 percent were single men, witnesses said. “Many other people who are here have told us that the families…


Former Immigration Minister Says Modern Slavery Law Is ‘Loophole’ for Illegal Immigrants

A former immigration minister has said a law on modern slavery introduced by David Cameron’s government in 2015 has been used thousands of times by illegal immigrants to escape deportation. Chris Philp, who was immigration minister between September 2019 and September 2021, said the Modern Slavery Act had “inadvertently turned into one of the biggest…


Royal Navy to Continue Tackling Illegal Immigration in Channel If Truss Becomes PM

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has vowed to continue deploying the Royal Navy to tackle illegal immigration in the English Channel if she becomes the next prime minister. The Royal Navy was brought in to patrol the Channel in April, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the move would help ensure that “no boat makes…


Capitol Report (Aug. 16): Judge Schedules Hearing on Affidavit Release; 200K Border Apprehensions in July

With a stroke of the president’s pen, the government expands its tax power and its role in health care and environmental regulations. To assess the bill dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act and what effect it will have on the economy, we had a chance recently to speak with Congressman Brian Babin. A federal judge has…


Capitol Report (Aug. 15): Trump Says FBI Seizes His Passports; Sen. Graham Called to Testify in Election Case

Former President Donald Trump says the FBI seized his three passports during the Mar-a-Lago raid. Meanwhile, the White House says the raid wasn’t political. Congressman Greg Steube weighs in on the latest coming from the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. He also reflects on the Afghanistan withdrawal, one year after 13 Marines were killed in Kabul….


3 Illegal Immigrants Die After Smuggler’s Van Crashes in Austria

BERLIN—Authorities in Austria say three people died Saturday when a van carrying 20 people believed to be illegal immigrants overturned after evading a police check. Police in the eastern district of Burgenland, near Vienna, said officers tried to stop the white van at the border with Slovakia early Saturday, but the driver drove off at…


Boat Captain Sentenced to 18 Years for Deadly Smuggling Incident

SAN DIEGO—A federal judge sentenced a San Diego man to 18 years in prison Friday for piloting a small vessel overloaded with 32 illegal immigrants that smashed apart in powerful surf off San Diego’s coast last year, killing three people. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino called it “the most egregious case I’ve ever had…