Tag: illegal immigration

Pentagon Approves Request to House Unaccompanied Minors at Texas Military Facilities

The Pentagon on Wednesday approved a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to temporarily house unaccompanied minors at two Texas military facilities. John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement that the department will temporarily house unaccompanied children who cross into the United States illegally at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base…


Twitter Says It ‘Incorrectly Applied’ Warning to Photos of Crowded Migrant Facilities

Twitter acknowledged that it had “incorrectly” applied a warning on a post that showed photos of unaccompanied children huddled under emergency blankets in crowded “cells” at a Texas detention center. “This warning was incorrectly applied by one of our automated tools and it has since been removed,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Epoch Times in…


UK Toughens Asylum Rules to Tackle Illegal Immigration

Britain will carry out “the most significant overhaul” of its asylum system in decades to address the challenge of illegal immigration, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday. The government’s New Plan for Immigration, described by Patel as “fair but firm,” will make it more difficult for migrants entering the UK illegally to stay…


Children Squeezed Body-to-Body in Illegal Immigrant Facility, Leaked Images Show

Thousands of children that came across the southern border illegally are crowded in the Donna overflow detention facility near the border in the southern tip of Texas, according to leaked images. The images show hundreds of children huddled under emergency blankets, in the jam-packed “cells” divided by transparent plastic curtains hanging from metal frames. Eight…


Biden Says He Will Visit Southern Border ‘At Some Point’

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he will visit the U.S. southern border “at some point” as his administration continues to struggle with addressing the influx of illegal immigration. Biden made the comments to reporters after stepping off the Marine One at the White House. The United States is currently facing a significant surge…


White House Officials, Republicans Blame Each Other for Surge in Illegal Immigration

Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that migrants should not come to the Southern Border, although he placed the blame for the current influx of illegal immigration on the prior administration. “Why is it especially challenging and difficult now, because the entire system under United States law that has been in place…


GOP Congressmen: American Dream and Promise Act Sends Message That Illegal Immigration Will Be Rewarded

Congressmen Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) told The Epoch Times in separate interviews Wednesday that they oppose HR. 6, dubbed the American Dream and Promise Act, because it sets a precedent that sending children to the United States illegally will eventually be rewarded. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the…


Biden’s Immigration Policies Spur ‘Massive Civil and Human Rights Crisis,’ Expert Says

The recent surge of illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors attempting to cross the U.S-Mexico border can be directly attributed to the immigration policies enacted by President Joe Biden, according to experts as well as the administration’s own officials. Biden, who pledged on the campaign trail to reverse his predecessor’s immigration policies, is refusing to describe…


The Shameful Tragedy of Open Borders

Commentary At present time, the United States’ southern border is wide open. Unaccompanied alien children, single alien men, and intact alien families are all pouring over en masse. Anecdotal horror stories abound: On Thursday, for instance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted: “Within 24 hours, Laredo North Station Border Patrol agents apprehended 111 individuals during…


White House Still Refusing to Call Border Surge a ‘Crisis’

Reporters on Thursday again pressed the White House over the surge of illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S-Mexico border as they questioned why the administration has repeatedly refused to call it a “crisis.” At one point in the daily briefing, Kaitlan Collins—the chief White House Correspondent for CNN—brought up the fact that there…