Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced an additional $38.4 million funding for Operation Lone Star (OLS), which was launched in March in response to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. The extra funding will go toward law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of OLS, the Republican governor’s office…

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico—U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has been overwhelmed by an influx of Haitian and other illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Saturday. Such transfers will continue “in order to ensure that irregular migrants are swiftly taken into…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has imposed a no-fly zone for unmanned aircraft systems flying over a south Texas bridge after photos emerged showing thousands of migrants accumulating under it in recent days. Images captured by The Epoch Times this week showed thousands of illegal immigrants congregating under the Del Rio Bridge in south Texas as they waited to…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has imposed a no-fly zone for unmanned aircraft systems flying over a south Texas bridge after photos emerged showing thousands of illegal immigrants accumulating under it in recent days. Images captured by The Epoch Times this week showed thousands of illegal immigrants congregating under the Del Rio Bridge in south Texas as they waited…

As the Biden administration struggles to process the surging influx of illegal immigrants, the White House on Tuesday revealed a plan to overhaul immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border. This new plan comes a day after the Biden administration received criticism from immigration advocates for a statement in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that starting next Monday there will be over 50 additional state law enforcement officers sent to Texas to help with the worsening crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Last week, DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow GOP governors Greg Abbott (R-Texas) and Doug Ducey…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says that 50 state law enforcement officers are being sent to Texas to help with the worsening crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border. Earlier this month, DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow GOP governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona by authorizing…

Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to visit the U.S. southern border in El Paso, some 800 miles from the epicenter of the surge in illegal immigration in the Rio Grande Valley, has been described by a Texas Democrat as “politically safer.” Both Republicans and Democrats from border states have been urging Harris for months to visit the U.S.-Mexico…

The amount of fentanyl seized in the United States in May from attempts to smuggle the drug across the U.S.-Mexico border has more than tripled since last year, according to the latest statistics from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP data show that that last month, 951 pounds of fentanyl were seized by officers—up from…

The amount of fentanyl seized at the U.S.–Mexico border in May from attempts to smuggle the drug into the United States has more than tripled since last year, according to the latest statistics from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP data show that that last month, 951 pounds of fentanyl were seized by officers—up from 240 pounds…