Tag: Immigration & Border Security

US to Send 1,500 Troops to Southern Border Ahead of Expected Surge of Illegal Immigrants

The United States will be sending troops to the southern border with Mexico, the White House announced on May 2. The move was unveiled ahead of an expected surge of illegal immigrants as pandemic restrictions, known as Title 42, are set to lift on May 11. The southern border has been hammered over the past…


Chicago Mayor Tells Texas Governor to Stop Busing Illegal Immigrants to Chicago

Outgoing Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a letter to Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday asking him to stop sending any more illegal immigrants from the southern border to her city. “We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level, with little coordination or…


El Paso Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Title 42 Order Expiring Next Week

On Monday, the border city of El Paso, Texas, entered a state of emergency in advance of an expected surge of illegal border crossings when Title 42 ends in less than two weeks. “We are getting prepared now for what we call the unknown,” El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, said at a press…


El Paso Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Title 42 Order Expiration Next Week

On May 1, the border city of El Paso, Texas, entered a state of emergency in advance of an expected surge of illegal border crossings when Title 42 ends in less than two weeks. “We are getting prepared now for what we call the unknown,” El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, said at a…


Suspect in Killing of 5 People in Texas Was Illegal Immigrant Deported Multiple Times: Sheriff

The suspect who shot and killed five people in Texas—including an 8-year-old child—had been deported from the United States multiple times, according to San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers. Capers told Breitbart that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers had deported the suspect—Mexican national Francisco Oropeza—three times, most recently in 2016. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas…


Suspect in Killing of 5 People in Texas Was Illegal Immigrant Deported Multiple Times

The suspect who shot and killed five people in Cleveland, Texas—including an 8-year-old child—is an illegal immigrant who had been deported from the United States multiple times, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). An ICE spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the suspect in the slaying—Mexican national Francisco Oropeza—was arrested and deported four…


Texas Border City Struggles With Large Arrival of Illegal Immigrants

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Shelters in a Texas city struggled to find space Saturday for illegal immigrants who authorities say have abruptly begun crossing the U.S. border by the thousands from Mexico. The pace of arrivals in Brownsville appeared to catch the city on the southernmost tip of Texas off guard, stretching social services and putting an overnight…


Biden Authorizes Southern Border Deployment of Reservist Troops

President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of reserve troops to the southern border to combat “international drug trafficking” under the National Emergencies Act in an executive order signed April 27. The executive order authorizes the secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to order to active duty reserve…


IN-DEPTH: Texas Ranchers Share Brutal Reality of Living Near Southern Border

With U.S. Code Title 42 set to expire on May 3, ranchers in South Texas are bracing for what they expect will be a massive surge of illegal immigrants. Title 42 evolved from a federal health order enacted in 1944 and prohibits people from entering the United States during a pandemic to mitigate the spread of…


Biden Admin Warns Illegal Immigrants Risk Removal From US

Border officials working under President Joe Biden’s administration have issued a warning that those who illegally enter the United States face the possibility of being expelled from the country altogether. The United States faces a potentially massive surge in illegal immigrant crossings as the Biden administration is seeking to wind down a pandemic-era order under…