Category: Immigration & Border Security

Michael Yon: The Incentives That Caused a Global Migrant Crisis, from Lithuania to the Darién Gap

“They’re dying in that jungle in huge numbers.” Longtime war correspondent Michael Yon has been tracking the migrant crisis from the Darién Gap in Panama to America’s southern border. Record numbers of people from dozens of countries are making the harrowing journey north through the Darién Gap, says Michael Yon, but “almost all of them…


Texas Border Town Reaches Deal With DHS Over Illegal Immigrant Transfers

A Texas border town and the federal government have reached a deal that stops the transfer of illegal immigrants to the border community, according to a report. Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz told The Monitor that, under the agreement, illegal immigrants transferred to the border town from the Rio Grande Valley will no longer remain in…


Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

A federal judge on Friday said the Biden administration must resume a policy that sees asylum seekers wait in Mexico for their claims to be heard. The Department of Homeland Security “failed to consider several critical factors” before axing the Trump era “Remain in Mexico” policy, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, found. That…


GOP Demands Action on Border Crisis After Alleged Leaked Audio of DHS Secretary Surfaces

GOP members urged the Biden administration to address the border crisis after leaked audio of Alejandro Mayorkas—Secretary of Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—surfaced, which shows him calling the border situation “unsustainable.” “Glad Secretary Mayorkas agrees—the situation at the border is ‘unsustainable.’ Now what is their plan to fix it?” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider Easing the Path for Illegal Immigrants to Get Driver’s Licenses

A Social Security number is required in Pennsylvania to get a driver’s license, preventing some 160,000 illegal immigrants of driving age from getting their driver’s license. Pennsylvania’s General Assembly is considering changing that in a measure under discussion during a Wednesday hearing of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee. It would allow a Tax Identification Number…


Biden Administration Orders ICE Agents Not to Arrest, Deport Crime Victims

The Biden administration on Wednesday issued guidance instructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to refrain from arresting and deporting illegal immigrants who were victims of crimes and those who are applying for victim-based immigration benefits. Described as a “victim-centered approach” to enforcement, the new policy will see ICE agents cease taking action against…


Biden Administration Orders ICE Agents Not to Arrest, Deport Victims of Crime

The Biden administration on Wednesday issued guidance instructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to refrain from arresting and deporting illegal immigrants who were victims of crimes and those who are applying for victim-based immigration benefits. Described as a “victim-centered approach” to enforcement, the new policy will see ICE agents cease taking action against…


Whopping 2.8 Tons of Meth, Fentanyl Seized in California

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday announced the seizure of some 2.8 tons’ worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl powder in California. Border Patrol officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility found the massive load on Aug. 5 in what the agency described as “the largest methamphetamine drug smuggling seizure along the southwest border, to…


Texas State Troopers Ramp Up Arrests of Illegal Alien Trespassers

BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—Texas State Troopers have started delivering van-loads of illegal aliens to the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office to be charged with criminal trespass. The parking lot, and an old steel picnic table under a tree outside the sheriff’s office, have become a proxy booking center as the building is more suited for the crimes of…


Facts Matter (Aug 7): Democrat Mayors Spent Over $43 Million on Private Security While Defunding Police: Report

Earlier today, new data revealed that gas prices in this country have hit a seven year high. Meaning that to fill up your car, you’ll be paying 2014 prices. Meanwhile, a report has indicated that Democrat mayors in 20 of America’s largest cities had slashed the budgets of their police departments while at the same…