Category: Immigration & Border Security

Border Agent Morale Tanks: ‘We’re not making any difference’

Morale among Border Patrol agents has plummeted to an all-time low as they struggle to process unprecedented volumes of illegal immigrants, while knowing they’re unable to secure the border against cartel activity. Many blame their own leadership for enabling it. “Day after day, they just look like they want to eat their gun,” an agent…


Border Agents Feel Hopeless: ‘We’re not making any difference’

Morale among Border Patrol agents has plummeted to an all-time low as they struggle to process unprecedented volumes of illegal immigrants, while knowing they’re unable to secure the border against cartel activity. Many blame their own leadership for enabling it. “Day after day, they just look like they want to eat their gun,” an agent…


Debate Over Water in Southwest Ignores Immigration

News Analysis The Biden administration’s move to revisit a 2019 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation biological opinion that had relaxed restrictions on water access in California has drawn the ire of state and national Republicans, who issued a statement claiming that “California Democrats and the Biden administration now want to deprive [Californians] of water supplies.” Yet as…


New Study Shows Immigrant Crime Victims Aren’t Afraid to Tell Police

New data compiled by the Census Bureau for the Department of Justice (DOJ) shows non-citizen immigrants are significantly more likely to report serious violent crimes than residents who are citizens. Fifty-nine percent of non-citizens responding to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) between 2017 and 2019 reported serious violent crimes they experienced to local law…


Immigrant Crime Victims Aren’t Afraid to Tell Police, New Study Shows

Noncitizen immigrants are significantly more likely to report serious violent crimes than residents who are citizens, according to new data compiled by the Census Bureau for the Department of Justice (DOJ). Fifty-nine percent of noncitizens responding to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) between 2017 and 2019 reported serious violent crimes they experienced to local…


Emotions Run High as Texas Border Residents Feel Abandoned, Fear for Their Lives

BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—Locals fed up with groups of illegal immigrants trespassing on their land and breaking into their homes and vehicles attended a town hall meeting to share their frustration with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his staff on Oct. 11. The first questions from the audience reflected the boiling point many have reached and…


DHS Chief Orders ICE to End Mass Raids of Workplaces of Suspected Illegal Aliens

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memo Tuesday ordering immigration and border agents to stop raids and arrests at workplaces of suspected illegal aliens. “The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country’s unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers,”…


DHS Secretary Defends Use of Title 42 to Expel Illegal Immigrants

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday defended how the Biden administration is continuing to use a Trump-era policy to expel illegal immigrants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last year it was using Title 42, a public health authority, to order the expulsion of illegal aliens due to concerns of…


Floridians Frustrated With Surge in COVID-19 and Violent Crime Related to Illegal Immigration

While the Biden administration has imposed a vaccine mandate on American citizens, thousands of illegal immigrants are being released into the population with no vaccination requirements. Meanwhile, the number of violent crimes are escalating in areas where illegal immigrants are settling. Some call it “extremely frustrating.” Others call it “sheer stupidity.” Mindy Hodge of Clermont…


Police Discover Over 30 Illegal Immigrants Hiding in a Boat During Routine Traffic Stop

A Monroe County Sheriff’s officer found 32 illegal immigrants suspected of traveling to the United States from Cuba hiding in a boat after pulling a truck over for driving too slow in Marathon, Florida, law enforcement officials announced on Monday. Sgt. Joel Slough conducted a routine traffic stop of a rental truck hauling a large boat and…