Category: u.s. southern border

Joe Oliver: Canada and the US Share a Litany of Harmful Policies

Commentary Victor Davis Hanson raised an alarm in a recent column about a litany of unchartered developments besetting the United States that risk becoming unimaginable. Hanson believes the traditional bedrocks of the American system are dissolving, including a stable economy, energy independence, hallowed universities, and a credible criminal justice system. Many of these damaging assaults…


White House Is Not Planning to Delay Lifting Title 42

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki seemed to suggest on Wednesday that the president is not making any plans to delay the lifting of Title 42—the public health policy that limits immigration and is set to end next month. Title 42 is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order that was invoked in…


Exclusive: Secret Deal Between US, Mexico Led to an ‘Ant Operation’ of 70,000 Illegal Aliens

For the past year, the U.S. southern border has been inundated with illegal border crossings. In fact, every month in 2021 saw a new record in terms of encounters between Border Patrol agents and illegal aliens trying to break into the country. However, the over 2 million illegal alien encounters in 2021 took place during…


Biden’s Nominee for CBP Commissioner Refuses to Say There’s a Crisis at the US–Mexico Border

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Chris Magnus, faced a confirmation hearing Tuesday, in which he refused to call the record high surge of illegal migrants entering the United States at the southern border a crisis but did acknowledge it was an urgent matter. “Senator, let me assure you that…


Senate Democrats Pressure Biden to Raise Refugee Admission Limit

A group of Senate Democrats is again pressuring President Joe Biden to raise the number of refugees being admitted into the United States in hopes that he would eventually increase the cap on refugees to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year, which begins in October. Thirty-four Senate Democrats, led by Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), made…


HHS Official Contradicts Biden on Illegal Immigrant Surge in Court Filing

A top official from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in charge of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children (UC) has described the surge of illegal border crossings as “unprecedented,” while adding that the temporary shelters that have been opened are providing “a crisis standard of care” to the minors. Cindy Huang, director of…


US Official Contradicts Biden on Illegal Immigrant Surge in Court Filing

A top official from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in charge of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children (UC) has described the surge of illegal border crossings as “unprecedented,” while adding that the temporary shelters that have been opened are providing “a crisis standard of care” to the minors. Cindy Huang, director of…