Tag: Immigration & Border Security

Biden Admin, With VP Harris in Lead, Looks to Slow Illegal Immigration From Northern Central America

Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the Feb. 6 launch of a public-private economic development initiative designed to improve financial and job opportunities in the northern Central America nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which are nations in turmoil and beset with high levels of crime and government corruption. The kickoff of the initiative, Central…


Texas Sheriffs Join Forces to Tackle Cartel, Border Crime

KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Cowboy hats filled a local BBQ restaurant in Brackettville last week as Texas sheriffs convened in a border county that’s being clobbered by human smuggling. The sheriffs, all from non-border counties, were responding to a call for help from Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe. “I am requesting any aide that your county may…


Immigration Reform Group Calls on McCarthy to Get Border Security Bill Onto House Floor

One of the nation’s largest nonprofits lobbying for immigration reform is calling on House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Callf.) to bring Republican-sponsored border security bills onto the chamber floor so they can be adopted and implemented as soon as possible. NumbersUSA Vice President Chris Chmielenski said the first measure that should be put before lawmakers…


Arizona Hospital on ‘Very Thin Margin’ After Spending $20 Million Caring for Illegal Aliens

An Arizona hospital is being overwhelmed with illegal alien patients that are placing a strain on medical resources and could leave the facility on the verge of collapsing, according to a top hospital official. Dr. Robert Transchel, the president and CEO of Arizona’s Yuma Regional Medical Center, told Fox News on Feb. 5 that the…


Texas Border Sheriff Wants Smugglers to Get 5 Years Per Illegal Immigrant

KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—The number of human smugglers arrested by deputies in Kinney County, Texas, has more than quadrupled in the past two years and the sheriff wants the penalties to increase. Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe said his deputies arrested 741 smugglers transporting illegal immigrants from the border in 2022, up from 169 in 2020….


998 Children Who Entered US as Illegal Aliens ‘Remain to Be Reunited’ With Their Families: DHS

A task force established under the Biden administration two years ago has reunited over 600 children with their families who had tried to enter the United States illegally when a short-lived but strict border policy was in effect under the Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that 998 children “remain to be…


Texas Gets First-Ever Border Czar Amid Illegal Immigration Crisis

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced the appointment of former border agent Mike Banks to the position of special advisor on border matters, saying he will serve as the state’s first-ever border czar. The governor made his announcement at a press conference held on Jan. 30 in San Benito Texas near the ongoing construction of…


House Republicans, Democrats Weigh In on Mayorkas Impeachment, Biden Border Policies

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing Wednesday on the Biden administration’s handling of border security. Following that hearing, several committee members discussed impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to take necessary actions to secure the border. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) told NTD that he would favor impeaching Mayorkas, though…


Gosar Resolution to End COVID-19 National Emergency Passes House

The House of Representatives has passed Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) House Joint Resolution 7, which would end the coronavirus national emergency proclaimed almost three years ago at the start of the pandemic. “Time’s up,” Gosar said in a Feb. 1 interview with The Epoch Times. “Most of America has moved on. “It’s that the government…


Democrats and Republicans Battle in ‘Biden’s Border Crisis’ Hearing

Democratic and Republican congressmen at the five-hour Congressional hearing on the border could agree America’s southern border had problems but disagreed about nearly everything else. The hearing opened with an hour-and-a-half-long argument about whether to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then, committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) rattled off a staggering list of statistics on…