The Biden administration has vowed to crackdown on a surge in the illegal exploitation of children for labor in the United States, citing a nearly 70 percent increase in kids being employed illegally by companies over the past five years. The Department of Labor (DOL) said in a statement on Feb. 27 said that it is working with the…
Biden Administration Struggles With Child Labor Problem Amid Illegal Immigration Surge
Italy Shipwreck Death Toll at 62, Including Children
CROTONE, Italy—Rescuers recovered three more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 62, including at least 14 children. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among…
Quebec Premier Pens Op-Ed Calling on Trudeau to Close Roxham Road
Quebec Premier François Legault said today that it was time for Trudeau to take action to enforce Canada’s border laws and close the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road. “Roxham Road will have to be closed one day or another, whether we like it or not. The sooner the better,” Legault said in an opinion…
LIVE NOW: Overrun: The Greatest Border Crisis in US History–a Panel Discussion by CIS
How severe is the border crisis? How has it impacted the lives of migrants, law enforcement, and residents? Todd Bensman, a Senior National Security Fellow of the Center for Immigration Studies and a former counterterrorism intelligence practitioner and journalist; Chuck Holton, a freelance correspondent who resides in Panama and has reported extensively on immigration throughout…
Overrun: The Greatest Border Crisis in US History–a Panel Discussion by CIS
How severe is the border crisis? How has it impacted the lives of migrants, law enforcement, and residents? Todd Bensman, a Senior National Security Fellow of the Center for Immigration Studies and a former counterterrorism intelligence practitioner and journalist; Chuck Holton, a freelance correspondent who resides in Panama and has reported extensively on immigration throughout…
Bus Carrying Migrants in Mexico Crashes, Killing 17
MEXICO CITY—A bus carrying migrants from Venezuela, Colombia, and Central America crashed in central Mexico, killing 17 people, officials in Puebla state said on Monday. The accident occurred on a highway on Sunday afternoon as a bus with 45 passengers headed north, Puebla’s Interior Minister Julio Huerta told reporters. “Fifteen people at the moment of…
Bodies of 18 Migrants Found in Abandoned Truck in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria—Police in Bulgaria on Friday discovered an abandoned truck containing the bodies of 18 migrants, who appeared to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment under a load of lumber. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to nearby…
EU Wants to Send More Migrants Away as Irregular Arrivals Grow
STOCKHOLM—European Union ministers on Thursday sought ways to curb irregular immigration and send more people away as arrivals rose from pandemic lows, reviving ideas for border fences and asylum centers outside of Europe. EU border agency Frontex reported some 330,000 unauthorized arrivals last year, the highest since 2016, with a sharp increase on the Western…
EU Ministers Seek Trump-Style Border Walls Amid Spike in Illegal Border Crossings
Some members of the European Union are calling for the body to support renewed construction of border barriers as Europe has seen a rise in illegal border crossings in recent months. On Jan. 21, 26 European Union members and envoys for Switzerland and the United Kingdom visited Greece, where Greek Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos…
No ‘Right to Shelter’ for ‘Asylum Seekers,’ NYC Mayor Says
Migrants who arrived in New York City from southern border states are not entitled to benefits offered by the city’s “right to shelter” policy, Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday. Speaking on WABC’s “Sid & Friends” radio show, the Democratic mayor was asked if he would ever consider ending New York City’s status as a…
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