An average of 441 children will cross the U.S.–Mexico border alone every day this year, surpassing last year’s record, data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show. “DHS projections call for approximately 148,000 and 161,000 [unaccompanied children] referrals to [Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement] this year. With monthly projections exceeding those…
Leaked Data Suggest a Daily Average of 441 Unaccompanied Children at Border This Year
AG Paxton Doesn’t See ‘Invasion’ Declaration as ‘Winner’ for Texas to Secure Border
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was asked on March 28 to provide an official opinion on the legal and constitutional ramifications of an unchecked border crisis. In the request, State Rep. Matt Krause specifically asked Paxton “whether the federal government has failed to uphold its obligations to protect Texas from invasion under Article IV, Section…
Biden Administration Extends Protection for Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans in US
The U.S. government on July 11 extended protection for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals who are in the United States. Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, a Biden appointee, granted an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the approximately 343,000 Venezuelans who were in America as of March 8, 2021. “This action is one…
Agents Falsely Accused of Whipping Had Careers ‘Ruined’ by Biden: Border Patrol Council
DEL RIO, Texas—The U.S. Border Patrol agents who were falsely accused of striking illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have had their careers “ruined” by President Joe Biden, the head of the agency’s union told The Epoch Times. “Their careers were ruined by this president,” said Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council….
Border Agents Falsely Accused of Whipping Had Careers ‘Ruined’ by Biden: Union Chief
DEL RIO, Texas—The U.S. Border Patrol agents who were falsely accused of striking illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border have had their careers “ruined” by President Joe Biden, the head of the agency’s union told The Epoch Times. “Their careers were ruined by this president,” said Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council….
Republicans Demand Biden Administration Apologize to Border Patrol Agents
Republican lawmakers and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are calling on the Biden administration to apologize to Border Patrol agents, after a federal investigation said they were falsely accused of “whipping” illegal immigrants in Texas. In September last year, the Biden administration was quick to criticize Border Patrol agents on horseback, after some media outlets…
US Border Patrol Agents Didn’t Whip Anyone at Border, Despite Reports: Internal Review
Nine months after horse patrol agents were accused of “whipping” illegal immigrants at the border in Del Rio, Texas, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus said an internal review found “no evidence Border Patrol agents struck any person, intentionally or otherwise.” “The investigation concluded that there were failures at multiple levels of the…
Men Arrested in July 4 Mass Shooting Plot Are Illegal Immigrants
The two men arrested for allegedly planning to attack a July 4 celebration in Virginia are both in the United States illegally, with one having been deported twice, according to U.S. officials and court documents. Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, was arrested on July 1 for allegedly plotting the mass shooting with Rolman Balacarcel, 38, who was arrested…
Biden Administration Cannot Ignore Federal Law, Must Remove Illegal Alien Criminals: Court
President Joe Biden’s administration cannot ignore federal law that says authorities must arrest, detain, and remove illegal aliens convicted of certain crimes and/or aliens who are ordered deported, an appeals court has ruled. Federal law says the attorney general “shall take into custody,” “shall detain,” and “shall remove” illegal aliens convicted of certain crimes and…
Abbott Invokes ‘Invasion’ Powers to Return Illegal Immigrants to Mexico
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took an unprecedented step toward mitigating the border crisis on July 7, issuing an executive order that directs state law enforcement officers to apprehend illegal immigrants and return them to Mexico at an international bridge. “I … do hereby authorize and empower the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of…
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