Tag: Southern Border

Whistleblower Claims CBP Retaliated Against Senior Patrol Agent Over Plan to Testify Before Congress

Data about decreased border encounters is being questioned. And a new whistleblower allegation was revealed Friday; did U.S. Customs and Border Protection retaliate against one of their own? The White House is announcing new actions to regulate AI. What are Microsoft, Google, and other AI giants pledging to do, and what could come next in legislation?…


CBP Reports Significant Decrease in Illegal Migrant Encounters Amid Stricter Asylum Rules

June data on illegal immigration across the southern border indicates that total encounters along the Southwest border were the lowest in over two years, dropping nearly a third from the level it was at in the month of May. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its operational statistics for June 2023, showing the…


CBP Reports Significant Decrease in Illegal Immigrant Encounters Amid Stricter Asylum Rules

Total encounters with illegal immigrants along the Southwest border in June fell to the lowest level in over two years, dropping nearly a third from the previous month, according to newly released data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB). Total encounters, including those who presented at ports of entry with or without a CBP…


Chinese Money Launderers Are Major Obstacles in Fight Against Fentanyl: US Officials

Law enforcement officials say that America’s drug war is now in cyberspace, and the main antagonists are transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) serviced by Chinese money laundering outfits. “Mexican cartels’ ability to traffic deadly fentanyl into the United States is greatly enhanced by Chinese money laundering,” said Steven Cagen, assistant director of the Countering Transnational Organized…


Chinese Money Launderers a Major Obstacle in Fight Against Fentanyl: US Officials

Law enforcement officials say that America’s drug war is now in cyberspace, and the main antagonists are transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) serviced by Chinese money laundering outfits. “Mexican cartels’ ability to traffic deadly fentanyl into the United States is greatly enhanced by Chinese money laundering,” said Steven Cagen, assistant director of the Countering Transnational Organized…


Judge Dismisses Case Against Mexican Woman Caught With 93 Pounds of Cocaine at Border

A federal judge dismissed a drug trafficking case against a city councilwoman from Reynosa, Mexico, who was arrested at the Texas border when U.S. Border Patrol agents said they found about 93 pounds of cocaine in her vehicle. Denisse Ahumada-Martínez was arrested on June 10 at the inland security checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, after the…


Abbott to Deploy Floating Border Barrier in Rio Grande

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a new strategy to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the southern border involving the deployment of a water-based barrier in the Rio Grande. During a press conference, Abbott shared his plans to deploy a floating barrier that stretches 1,000 feet in length. He described it as a man-made wall…


Lawmakers Demand Answers as Biden Admin to End Border DNA Testing Amid Child Trafficking Surge

We have the latest on debt ceiling negotiations, heading into the Memorial Day weekend. Will the country avoid an unprecedented default? DNA testing at the southern border is said to prevent human trafficking, but reports say it soon won’t be used anymore. Lawmakers are demanding answers from the Biden administration. Target and Bud Light lost…


What Are the Consequences of the White House’s Illegal-Immigrant Strategy?

Joe Biden has long promised to flood America with a river of illegal immigrants—and now it’s happened. In less than three years, 6 million have crossed the U.S. southern border illegally. “The Invasion,” as some call it, will lower wages for working Americans, raise taxes for all, change the electorate, and destabilize the country—and there’s…


PREMIERING at 11AM ET: What Are the Consequences of the White House’s Illegal-Immigrant Strategy?

Joe Biden has long promised to flood America with a river of illegal immigrants—and now it’s happened. In less than three years, 6 million have crossed the U.S. southern border illegally. “The Invasion,” as some call it, will lower wages for working Americans, raise taxes for all, change the electorate, and destabilize the country—and there’s…