Tag: Immigration & Border Security

Government Funding Bill Stalled by Sen. Mike Lee’s Attempt 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…


‘I’ve Never Seen It That Bad’: Texas Congressman Describes Conditions at Overcrowded Border Processing Center

Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas) on Dec. 21 said that the conditions at a processing facility on the U.S.-Mexico border were the worse he’s ever seen it. Gonzalez, in an interview with Fox News, made the remark while discussing a video he filmed at a processing center in El Paso, Texas, last week. “I’d been to…


ICE Lost Track of 150,000 Illegal Immigrants: Florida AG

Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody has revealed new video evidence that shows officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lost track of 150,000 illegal immigrants who had entered the United States. In March 2021, border officials began releasing immigrant illegals, asking them to report to the ICE office closest to their intended residence….


ICE Prepares to Release Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee

Tennessee’s two Republican senators and Gov. Bill Lee are demanding a response from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on its plans to transport illegal immigrants from New Orleans to the state in a letter sent on Tuesday. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) posted her frustration with the agency’s lack of transparency, stating “ICE can respond to media requests…


Sinema Announces Plan to Lead Bipartisan Trip to US Border

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) is planning to take a group of bipartisan senators on a trip to the southern U.S. border so that they can see for themselves the crisis that is happening. “Part of the problem is that many in Washington have never taken the time to really see our border up close,” Sinema…


Texas National Guard ‘Border Force’ Blocking Illegal Crossings

Texas National Guard troops deployed to El Paso have constructed a razor-wire barrier along the Rio Grande and have been blocking people from making unauthorized crossings into the United States amid a migrant surge and legal back-and-forth about ending Title 42, a Trump-era rule that helped stem the tide of illegal immigration. Acting under orders…


Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Delay End of Title 42 Border Policy Until After Christmas

The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the pandemic-era Title 42 border policy to briefly remain in place for operational reasons until after Christmas. This comes after the Supreme Court agreed on Monday to the emergency request of 19 Republican-led states to reverse the lower court’s decision to end Title 42,…


Tennessee Officials Demand Biden Administration Reverse Plan to Send ICE Detainees to State

Tennessee’s governor, U.S. senators, and attorney general are all calling on the Biden administration to reverse a reported plan to release Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees into the state. Republican Gov. Bill Lee received notice from the Biden administration on Monday afternoon of the intent to transport “multiple busloads of single adult detainees from…


How the End of Title 42 Will Affect the Border Crisis

KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—For almost three years, Title 42 has remained in place, long after the public health emergency ostensibly ended. Title 42 is an emergency public health order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and designed to seal the borders during a pandemic. President Donald Trump enacted the provision in March 2020…


Elon Musk Criticizes Media for Not Covering Border Crisis

America’s border crisis has caught Elon Musk’s attention, with the Twitter CEO issuing several critical comments lamenting the lack of coverage of the problem by some media outlets. Musk took to Twitter on Dec. 19 to remark on several posts related to the massive flow of people entering the United States without authorization, including on…