Category: Immigration & Border Security

Texas Border Agents Intercept Travel Trailers Smuggling 74 Illegal Aliens

More than 70 illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States in travel trailers were apprehended by border agents conducting traffic check operations in Texas, officials announced on Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement a total of 74 illegal aliens were discovered in two large travel trailers on Monday at…


Cartel Posts Death Threat to US Law Enforcement Near El Paso

A cartel in Mexico has issued a death threat to U.S. law enforcement via a banner attached to an overpass in Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The banner, written in Spanish, translates to: “Warning: This is for the local, state, ministries, and national guard and for the American [expletive] from immigration. “Stop…


Border Patrol Apprehends 188,829 Illegal Immigrants in June

Border Patrol agents have continued to apprehend an increasing number of illegal aliens each month this year, and June was no different. Agents apprehended 188,829 people illegally crossing the border in June, up from 180,034 in May, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It averages out to 6,294 apprehensions a day for June. The…


Rep. Brian Babin: The ‘Shell Game’ on the Border and the End of Title 42

“Processing and facilitating the release of illegal immigrants into the United States—that’s what they consider to be progress,” says Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) in reference to the Biden administration. He describes a “shell game” on the border in which crowds of immigrants are shuffled from one facility to another without solving the root problems. We…


Biden Administration Warns Cubans, Haitians Against Sailing to US: ‘Do Not Risk Your Life’

Cubans and Haitans should not try using boats to migrate to the United States, a top Biden administration official said Tuesday. “The time is never right to attempt migration by sea. To those who risk their lives doing so, this risk is not worth taking. Allow me to be clear: if you take to the…


Border Agent Says CBP Data Don’t Reflect Extent of Fake Family Problem

Adults bringing unrelated children across the United States border illegally to facilitate a quick release became a huge problem in 2019 during the last border surge. Border Patrol identified 5,800 fake families during an eight-week period covering the height of the 2019 crisis, according to congressional testimony from then-Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark…


Retired ICE Agent: Surge in Human Smuggling and Crime Due to Cartels That Benefitted From Open Border Policy

Mexican cartels have benefitted from the Biden administration’s open-border policy, contributing to more human smuggling across the border and the crime surge in American cities, according to Victor Avila, a retired special agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). “We’re having a crisis at the border, and the people that…


Border Situation ‘Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Rep. Williams

The crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border has deteriorated sharply amid concerns the Biden administration will end a key Trump-era provision that enables speedy expulsion of illegal immigrants, Republican lawmakers told The Epoch Times. The number of illegal immigrant captures at the border has soared in recent months, since President Joe Biden was sworn in. The…


Arizona AG Seeks Injunction to Invalidate Biden Admin’s Termination of Border Wall Construction

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a motion for a preliminary injunction while amending his previous lawsuit on Monday, seeking to void the Biden administration’s decision to stop border wall construction and to substantially reinstate former President Donald Trump’s “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP)—also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. “There is no doubt that…


Illegal Immigrant Deaths Soar as Heat Sets In

U.S. Border Patrol and sheriff’s departments are recording high numbers of illegal immigrant deaths as the summer heat kicks in. In June, 109 bodies were recovered by Border Patrol, up from 61 in May, according to preliminary numbers obtained by Jaeson Jones, host of “Tripwires & Triggers,” from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That brings…