Category: Immigration & Border Security

DHS to Scrap Trump-Era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Despite Orders for Reinstatement

September 30, 2021
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The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Sept. 29 that it intends to issue a new memo scrapping the “Remain in Mexico” immigration program implemented by former President Donald Trump despite a Supreme Court ruling that the program was to be reinstated. Also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the “Remain in Mexico”…

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Deported Killer Captured by Border Patrol After Illegally Reentering Texas

September 29, 2021
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Border Patrol agents in Texas have apprehended a convicted killer who illegally reentered the United States after his deportation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Tuesday. The arrest took place on Sept. 27 in CBP’s Rio Grande Valley Sector, which covers 320 miles of border in southeastern Texas. Among a group of six…

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Biden Agrees With Obama on Open Borders Being ‘Unsustainable,’ Psaki Says

September 29, 2021
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President Joe Biden agrees with former President Barack Obama on America needing to enforce its borders, the White House said Tuesday. Obama told ABC’s “Good Morning America” this week, in response to the flood of illegal immigrants into Del Rio, Texas, that immigration is a tough issue. “It always has been because, on the one…

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Florida Governor Signs Executive Order to Deal With ‘Reckless Immigration Policies’

September 29, 2021
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—To address what Governor Ron DeSantis called a “brazen disregard for federal immigration law” an executive order was signed and a new public safety czar announced on Tuesday. DeSantis addressed what he called the “Biden border crisis” with his executive order that prohibits state agencies from providing support for the “resettlement of illegal…

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Border Patrol Agents Told to Get Vaccinated by November or Face Being Fired

September 28, 2021
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Border Patrol agents have been notified by the Biden administration that they must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22 or face termination. The notice comes on the heels of President Joe Biden’s executive order on Sept. 9 that all federal employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. In some cases, medical and religious exemptions are accepted…

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Nearly 100 Illegal Aliens Nabbed in Two Stash Houses in Texas

September 28, 2021
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended nearly 100 illegal aliens inside two stash houses in Laredo, Texas, during a 24-hour span last week, the agency announced on Tuesday. Officers nabbed more than 50 illegal aliens from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras in a stash house discovered on Ligarde Street on Sept. 23. The next…

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How the Haitian Border Crisis Under a Del Rio Bridge Unfolded

September 28, 2021
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DEL RIO, Texas—The largest caravan of illegal immigrants to date was, for them, successful. At its height, around Sept. 18, nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian nationals who had primarily been living in Chile or Brazil, were camped under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, that had been closed to legitimate trade and travel. More than…

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‘Unmitigated Crisis:’ Florida Sues Biden Administration Over Release of Illegal Immigrants

September 28, 2021
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The Biden administration’s repeated release of illegal immigrants has drawn a legal challenge from the state of Florida. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, a Republican, sued the federal government over its “catch-and-release” policy, which has led to the freeing of over 225,000 illegal immigrants this year. The lawsuit primarily concerns the treatment of immigrants seeking…

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Illegal Immigrant Mexican Teen Arrested for Setting Wildfires in California: CBP

September 27, 2021
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An illegal immigrant teenager from Mexico was arrested for allegedly setting wildfires in California, said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials. Agents with the CBP’s El Centro Sector apprehended the illegal alien, who was not identified, and accused him of setting fires in the Jacumba Wilderness last week. When Border Patrol agents responded, “they located an…

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Biden Administration Moves to Protect Obama-Era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

September 27, 2021
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday unveiled a new rule aimed at protecting an Obama-era program that has shielded over 600,000 illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children. The proposed rule (pdf) would “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, by trying to respond to a court ruling that…

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