Tag: Immigration & Border Security

Biden Administration Announces Effort to Secure Border, Expand Parole Program

President Joe Biden’s administration on Jan. 5 announced steps officials said would improve border security and help slow illegal immigration while helping migrants obtain legal status in the United States. The administration is expanding a parole program that was restricted to Venezuelans to would-be immigrants from three other countries. People from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti…


NC State Radio Voice Will Be Reinstated After Suspension Over ‘Illegal Aliens’ Comment

Gary Hahn, a long-time play-by-play radio voice for North Carolina State Athletics, will be reinstated next week after he was “suspended indefinitely” on Dec. 30 over an on-air comment about “illegal aliens down in El Paso” during a broadcast of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Tammy Purves, vice president of Learfield Communications, said in a statement…


US Taxpayers Foot $324 Million Annual Health Care Bill for Illegal Aliens

American taxpayers are paying out over $300 million a year to fund health care services to illegal aliens in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency’s year-end report. The report (pdf), published on Dec. 30, states ICE’s operational budget for fiscal year 2022 “approached” $324 million. Funding for ICE is allocated by…


Biden Says He Intends to Visit US–Mexico Border

President Joe Biden indicated Wednesday that he will visit the U.S.–Mexico border for the first time since he took office nearly two years ago. While in Kentucky, the president was asked if he will be going to the border in connection to a meeting next week in Mexico City with other world leaders. “That’s my intention,…


Border Wall Dismantled in Arizona as Katie Hobbs Becomes Governor

Arizona has started to dismantle its makeshift border wall made of shipping containers that was championed by former Gov. Doug Ducey but faced opposition from newly minted Gov. Katie Hobbs and was the target of a Biden administration lawsuit. Footage taken on Jan. 3 showed construction machinery removing a line of shipping containers placed along the…


Colorado Governor to Send Illegal Immigrants to New York, Other Cities

The state of Colorado is organizing transportation to send the illegal immigrants flooding into the state to other major cities around the United States. Announcing the move on Jan. 3, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said in a statement that Colorado had been “working tirelessly” to address the dramatic influx of immigrants, of which the state…


Jan. 6 Panel Shut Down as New Republican-Led House Sworn In

The Jan. 6 House Select Committee officially dissolve a day prior to Republicans taking the majority in the House on Jan. 3, wrapping up a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol breach. The committee said it has sent its work to the Department of Justice (DOJ) along with a recommendation for prosecuting former President…


US Deported Less Than 30,000 Illegal Aliens in Fiscal Year 2022: ICE

Deportation rates have continued to remain low under President Joe Biden compared to his predecessor, with the administration removing less than 30,000 illegal aliens in the U.S. states in fiscal year 2022, according to the latest annual report (pdf) from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE made 142,750 arrests and deported 72,177 illegal aliens…


Republican Lawmaker Questions Biden Over Low Deportation Numbers in 2022

Deportation rates have continued to remain low under President Joe Biden compared to his predecessor, with the administration removing less than 30,000 illegal aliens in the U.S. states in fiscal year 2022, according to the latest annual report (pdf) from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the incoming chairman of the…


Illegal Aliens Overwhelm Officials in the Florida Keys, Prompt Closure of National Park

Some 500 illegal immigrants have landed on islands in the Florida Keys in the last several days, prompting officials to close the Dry Tortugas National Park on Sunday. “During the past 72 hours, [Border Patrol] agents have responded to a high volume of migrant landings in the [Florida Keys],” U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent Walter Slosar said on Twitter…