The current administration’s actions to diminish border security measures and promise amnesty to illegal immigrants, coupled with Congress’s new election reform legislation, is directly related to future votes for the Democratic Party, according to Ken Cuccinelli, former acting deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. “The radical left looks at that border and they…

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said state troopers were forced to release 17 illegal aliens after Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) both declined to take them into custody. A state trooper initiated a traffic stop early on April 16 and discovered the 17 illegal aliens in the vehicle, the Department of…

More than 20,000 children, mostly from Central America, are currently being held in facilities operated by Health and Human Services (HHS) at a taxpayer cost of at least $60 million per week. Most of the children crossed the border illegally within the last two months. In March, almost 19,000 unaccompanied minors—a record number—were apprehended by…

McALLEN, Texas—Two heavily armed suspected smugglers drive down a dirt road to hand their cargo of illegal aliens over to the next vehicle. One, the front passenger, is filming the bumpy drive with one hand, while pointing an AR-15 with a drum magazine out the windshield. They’re speaking Spanish, talking about how much farther to…

McALLEN, Texas—The number of unaccompanied children crossing the border is causing concern over the knock-on effects the wave will have on U.S. schools and communities. The first surge of unaccompanied minors in 2014 was followed by an uptick in MS-13 gang violence in the areas where most of the minors were placed. MS-13 used the…

McALLEN, Texas—The sheer number of illegal border crossers that Border Patrol is apprehending on a daily basis is overwhelming in itself, but the type of population makes it something never seen before, according to Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council. “I would argue that it’s the biggest surge that we’ve ever seen…

Abid Ali Khan allegedly ran a Pakistani-based smuggling network to facilitate the illegal immigration of Pakistanis and Afghanis into the United States, the Department of Justice stated on April 7. Khan, a Pakistani national, allegedly ran the network between January 2015 and December 2020, the DOJ said. “Khan allegedly accepted payment in exchange for planning…

McALLEN, Texas—Adults using unrelated children to gain quick access to the United States after crossing the border illegally became a problem during the 2019 border surge. This year has all the hallmarks of a repeat, border experts warn. In one 2019 case, a Honduran man bought a 6-month-old baby in Guatemala to pose as a…