WASHINGTON—Three buses of recent illegal immigrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived late Saturday…
Illegal Immigrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home in Washington on Christmas Eve
New York City Council Caucus Urges Biden to Declare ‘Emergency’ Over Migrant Crisis
A group of bipartisan New York City Council members is asking President Joe Biden to declare a federal emergency, saying that doing so would free up funding for the city’s borough to handle the migrant crisis, according to the New York Post. Six Republicans and two Democrats in the Council’s “Common Sense Caucus” made their…
Department of Homeland Security Issues Christmas Warning to Illegal Immigrants
The Department of Homeland Security called on would-be illegal immigrants to not cross into the United States this weekend due to the Arctic-cold temperatures across the country. “As temperatures remain dangerously low all along the border, no one should put their lives in the hands of smugglers, or risk life and limb attempting to cross…
Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions Continue to Surge as Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Title 42
While Americans celebrate Christmas, multiple cities across the country brace for what will happen if the Supreme Court decides to end Title 42 as federal border officials report a record number of illegal immigrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. On Dec. 23, data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection showed that, in November, the agency…
US Border Officials Report Record Number of Illegal Immigrant Arrests in November
U.S. border agents apprehended a record number of illegal immigrants at the border with Mexico in November, officials announced on Dec. 23, continuing a trend that started almost immediately after President Joe Biden took office. Agents logged 233,740 apprehensions, arresting 204,155—easily smashing previous records for both categories. Some illegal immigrants were apprehended multiple times after…
Border Crossings to Explode if Title 42 Ends, Texas Democrat Warns
Title 42 is the only thing keeping a tsunami of illegal border crossings at bay in the United States, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). It’s estimated that a record-breaking 8,000 illegal immigrants are coming across the southern border per day, the highest in history. That number could more than quadruple in a week if…
Border Patrol Seeking Contractors for Construction of Border Wall
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is accepting bids of up to $400 million per task for the construction of barriers and other infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to the solicitation notice posted on Dec. 20, the five-year “Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity” (IDIQ) contracts involve the design and construction of “border barriers, anti-climb features,…
Border Patrol Seeking Contractors for Construction of Border Barriers, Infrastructure
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is accepting bids of up to $400 million per task for the construction of barriers and other infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border. According to the solicitation notice posted on Dec. 20, the five-year “Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity” (IDIQ) contracts involve the design and construction of “border barriers, anti-climb features,…
Border Agents in Arizona Seized Millions of Fentanyl Pills Over Past Week
Authorities seized more than 1 million fentanyl pills and nearly 200 pounds of meth that were trafficked from Mexico into the United States, a border official announced Wednesday just days after 1 million fentanyl pills were found hidden in vehicles and objects. In one of the busts, the illicit drugs were found by Customs and…
Government Funding Bill Stalled by Sen. Mike Lee’s Fight to Keep Title 42 in Place
The efforts of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to continue keeping Title 42 in place are delaying the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill before a government shutdown. Lee’s amendment to the bipartisan bill would cut funding for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s office unless the Biden administration reinstates the Trump-era policy, which allows Border Patrol agents to expel illegal aliens immediately without asylum processing…
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