Category: Immigration & Border Security

Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants Amid Haitian Surge

ACUNA, Mexico—Authorities in Mexico have started blocking buses of migrants from reaching communities on the U.S.-Mexico border and plan to start deporting Haitians back to their home country. The Mexican government plans to start deporting migrants, primarily Haitians, on Tuesday, Piedras Negras Mayor Claudio Bres told Mexican news outlet Zocalo on Monday. Bres and other officials…


Homeland Security Asks for Military Help to Move Illegal Immigrants from Del Rio

The Department of Homeland security requested the assistance of the U.S. military to transport illegal immigrants, many of Haitian origin, from a crowded holding area under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The Department of Defense (DOD) confirmed the request during a press briefing on Monday. Under this request, the department would provide contracted air…


Biden Admin to Double Annual Refugee Cap to 125,000

The Biden administration said on Monday it will double the refugee admissions cap to 125,000 in fiscal year 2022 from the current cap of 62,500. Fiscal Year 2022 begins on Oct. 1. The State Department announced that it has sent a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that recommends the refugee cap increase…


Illegal Immigrants Rush From Texas Camp to Mexico to Avoid Deportations

ACUNA, Mexico—Some of the thousands of illegal immigrants who have amassed near the Texas border are leaving the United States, going back to Mexico to pick up supplies or avoid being deported back to their home countries. Haitians and others were witnessed Monday crossing the Rio Grande River to enter Acuna, Mexico, as they consider…


Illegal Immigrants Rush to Mexico From Texas Camp to Avoid Deportations

ACUNA, Mexico—Some of the thousands of illegal immigrants who have amassed near the Texas border are leaving the United States, returning to Mexico to pick up supplies or to avoid being deported back to their home countries. Haitians and others were witnessed on Sept. 20 crossing the Rio Grande to enter Acuna, Mexico, as they…


Illegal Immigrants Rush to Mexico From Texas Camp to Avoid Deportation

ACUNA, Mexico—Some of the thousands of illegal immigrants who have amassed near the Texas border are leaving the United States, returning to Mexico to pick up supplies or to avoid being deported back to their home countries. Haitians and others were witnessed on Sept. 20 crossing the Rio Grande to enter Acuña, Mexico, as they…


Homeland Security Secretary to Travel to Mexico Border

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas plans to travel to the U.S.–Mexico border amid the illegal immigration crisis there. “I will be traveling to the border myself,” Mayorkas said on CNN on Sunday. Mayorkas did not say when or where he would be going and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not respond to emailed…


Homeland Security Secretary Travels to Mexico Border Amid Immigration Crisis

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to the U.S.–Mexico border on Monday amid the illegal immigration crisis there. Mayorkas went to Del Rio, a Texas border town that’s been overwhelmed by thousands of illegal immigrants in recent days. Mayorkas was taking the trip “to receive an operational briefing on steps being taken to address the…


Congressman Releases New Photos of Del Rio Crisis: ‘Has Reached a Boiling Point’

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) is sounding alarm after after spending a day in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where the illegal immigrants crisis, he said, “has reached a boiling point.” Pfluger posted on Twitter new photos showing the makeshift campsite full of individuals who illegally entered the United States and took shelter underneath…


Biden Admin Starts Deportation Flights Back to Haiti as Illegal Immigrant Crisis Brews in Texas

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will start to expel single adult male illegal immigrants who entered the United States in Del Rio, Texas, where an immigration crisis has been building. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told Fox News on Sunday that single adult men will be expelled via the federal government’s Title 42 rule,…