Category: Immigration & Border Security

Biden Administration Extends Trump Era Border Restriction

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday extended a Trump-era border restriction that started during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Title 42 order was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year, enabling government workers to immediately kick out anyone captured crossing the border illegally without a hearing. The order has been largely backed by…


644 Percent Increase in Haitians Illegally Crossing US Border

DEL RIO, Texas—Thousands of Haitians are illegally crossing the southwest border into the United States. Border Patrol agents have apprehended 15,599 Haitians from January through June this year, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics. In the same period last year, 2,097 Haitians were apprehended. Many of the Haitians left their home country years…


COVID-19 Cases Coming in Through Southern Border: Stephen Miller

President Joe Biden’s border and immigration policies are allowing COVID-19 to spread throughout the United States from the porous southern border, former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller said on Sunday. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Miller, founder of America First Legal, took aim at the president’s decision to suspend a Trump-era…


Border Patrol: Agent, 2nd Driver Killed in Crash in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz.—A U.S. Border Patrol agent and another driver were killed Saturday in a head-on crash near southern Arizona, the Border Patrol said. Both drivers were pronounced dead shortly after the collision occurred about 12:20 a.m. on State Route 86 near Sells, a Border Patrol statement said. The statement said the driver was the only…


In Bipartisan Letter, Graham and Cuellar Urge Biden to Hire Jeh Johnson as Border Czar

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) penned a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden on July 30 urging the commander-in-chief to appoint a border czar, and recommended the former head of DHS, Jeh Johnson, or someone with similar credentials for the job. Graham and Cuellar, a Democrat representing a border county in…


DOJ Sues Texas Over Abbott’s Order to Restrict Illegal Aliens Amid Pandemic

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the state of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott over an executive order he issued to limit the ground transportation of illegal aliens. Abbott, a Republican, said that the executive order issued Wednesday is intended to “reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure” in Texas communities, amid an…


Speaker Pelosi Supports Democrats Passing Immigration Reform Without GOP Votes

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she supports Democrats passing immigrations reform in Democrats’ multitrillion-dollar spending package without GOP support. “I do believe that immigration should be in the reconciliation, some piece of that, in the reconciliation,” Pelosi told reporters on Friday during a press conference with House Democratic leadership. “But to qualify for being…


Arizona Woman Indicted for Smuggling Aliens in Fatal Crash

A Tucson woman has been indicted for allegedly smuggling two illegal aliens from Mexico while driving a car that crashed into a tow truck in southern Arizona, killing one of her illegal alien passengers. Michelle Sunshine Betters, 44, appeared telephonically in federal court on Tuesday on charges relating to the transportation of illegal aliens while…


GOP Doctors: Biden Administration Not Disclosing Whether Border Crossers Are Being Tested for COVID-19

Republicans in the U.S. House are pushing the Biden administration to disclose how many illegal immigrants who cross at the U.S. southern border are being tested for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as vaccinated Americans are being told to wear masks indoors. In…


Arizona Town Facing ‘Nightmare’ Illegal Immigrant Influx

In the normally peaceful desert town of Gila Bend, nestled 100 miles north of Arizona’s border with Mexico, illegal aliens have been arriving daily since the town declared a state of emergency in March. The illegal immigrants have all been on foot, and all appeared to be bound for parts unknown, carrying with them only…