Tag: Immigration & Border Security

Arizona Woman Made $7.2 Million From Human Smuggling in 6 Months: Police

A 24-year-old Arizona woman was arrested and charged with crimes related to a human smuggling enterprise on Sept. 23, according to the El Mirage Police Department (EMPD). Over a six-month period at least, the woman, Tania Estudillo Hernandez, had allegedly held and/or processed 80 to 100 illegal aliens per month at a residence in El…


New York City to Put Up Tents to Shelter Illegal Immigrants Bused From Border

With New York City still receiving busloads of foreign nationals who have illegally entered the country, Mayor Eric Adams has announced the city will set up massive tent structures to provide shelter for those individuals. Adams, in a statement, said the tents will be the “first touchpoint for asylum seekers,” with officials providing a litany…


US Drops Charges Against Judge Who Allegedly Helped Illegal Immigrant Avoid Capture

A Massachusetts judge who allegedly helped illegal immigrants avoid capture by federal immigration officers will no longer be prosecuted, a U.S. attorney announced this week. “This case is about the conduct of a sitting state court judge, on the bench, in the course of her judicial duties. Its purpose has been to shed light on,…


Venezuela Empties Prisons and Sends Criminals to US Border: House Republicans

Venezuela is deliberately releasing prisoners, among them violent criminals, and has them travel to the U.S. southern border, a development that prompted 14 House Republicans to write to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), who is leading the Republican effort to have Mayorkas answer questions, said in the Sept. 22 letter that…


Texas Governor Designates Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations

Mexican cartels are officially terrorist organizations in Texas, according to a designation applied by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a Sept. 21 executive order. “Fentanyl is a clandestine killer. And Texans are victimized by Mexican cartels that produce and import it. So cartels are terrorists. And it’s time that we started treating them that way,”…


Top ICE Official Admits Biden Administration Detaining, Removing Fewer Illegal Immigrants

A top U.S. immigration enforcement official has acknowledged that President Joe Biden’s administration is detaining and removing fewer illegal immigrants than earlier administrations. “Since President Biden became president on January 20, 2021, ERO is removing less aliens, correct?” Florida Chief Deputy Attorney General John Guard asked Corey Price, executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO),…


Texas Shelter CEO Says Illegal Immigrants Bused to New York Actually ‘Want to Go’

The head of a shelter in the Texas border city of El Paso said that illegal immigrants who are being bused to Texas are voluntarily going there, disputing Democrats’ claims of human trafficking. Blake Barrow, the CEO of the El Paso Rescue Mission in Texas, published a letter on Wednesday and asked the Biden administration…


Organization Suing DeSantis Over Flights to Martha’s Vineyard Received Over $1 Million From George Soros

The nonprofit organization that filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sept. 20 on behalf of illegal immigrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard on his orders has received nearly $1.4 million from left-wing billionaire George Soros’ Open Society network in the past. The organization Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the suit in the District of…


Deported Immigrants Say They Want to Return to ‘Beautiful’ Martha’s Vineyard

Some of the roughly 50 illegal immigrants who flew to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts last week only to be deported, said they would like to return to the “beautiful” elite island home of wealthy families in the summer. Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Fall River told the National Catholic Reporter newspaper that three out of…


Chaos in ‘Sanctuary’ Cities Highlights Their Unpreparedness for Arrivals of Illegal Immigrants: Experts

News Analysis The suicide on Sept. 18 of an unidentified woman who had sought asylum at a shelter in New York City, one of 180 cities and counties with so-called sanctuary policies that have received an influx of illegal aliens from border states in recent weeks, highlights the unpreparedness of municipal officials for the consequences…