Category: Immigration & Border Security

Florida’s DeSantis Sending 50 State Officers to Help With US–Mexico Border Crisis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says that 50 state law enforcement officers are being sent to Texas to help with the worsening crisis at the U.S.–Mexico border. Earlier this month, DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow GOP governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona by authorizing…


Texas Democrat: Vice President Making ‘Politically’ Safe Trip to Southern Border

Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to visit the U.S. southern border in El Paso, some 800 miles from the epicenter of the surge in illegal immigration in the Rio Grande Valley, has been described by a Texas Democrat as “politically safer.” Both Republicans and Democrats from border states have been urging Harris for months to visit the U.S.-Mexico…


Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Releasing COVID-19 Infected Illegal Immigrants

The state of Texas and a group led by former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller filed a lawsuit to stop the Biden administration’s catch-and-release border policy, claiming it is allowing COVID-19-infected illegal immigrants to enter the United States. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Miller’s America First Legal filed court papers (pdf) in a federal…


23 Republicans Move to Censure Biden For ‘Dereliction of Duty’ at Border

A group of 23 Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure President Joe Biden for what they say has been his “dereliction of duty” at the U.S.-Mexico border, and a failure to enforce border security and immigration laws. “My censure resolution holds President Biden accountable for his…


3,390 Illegal Aliens Caught on Trains in Uvalde, Texas; Up From 372 Last Year

UVALDE, Texas—On a single eastbound train line stretching from border town Eagle Pass to San Antonio, Texas, Border Patrol agents are dealing with a 911 percent jump in illegal alien apprehensions, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). On that line, Border Patrol stops the train near Uvalde, Texas, about 60 miles from the U.S.–Mexico…


In Texas, Illegal Immigrants Take Their Chances on Trains

UVALDE, Texas—Empty grain hoppers seem to be the go-to concealment option for illegal alien stowaways on freight trains heading to large Texas cities from the U.S–Mexico border. A Border Patrol inspection area 60 miles from the border is so busy that agents are constantly running low on handcuffs and transport options. On June 21, Border…


In Texas, Waves of Illegal Immigrants Pulled Off Trains

UVALDE, Texas—Empty grain hoppers seem to be the go-to concealment option for illegal alien stowaways on freight trains heading to large Texas cities from the U.S–Mexico border. A Border Patrol inspection area 60 miles from the border is so busy that agents are constantly running low on handcuffs and transport options. On June 21, Border…


Nebraska Sending State Troopers to US-Mexico Border Over Immigration Crisis: Governor

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced that the state will send troopers to the U.S.-Mexico to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas sent a request to other states for help amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor after Florida Gov. Ron…


Nebraska Governor Sending State Troopers to US–Mexico Border Amid Immigration Crisis

Nebraska will send state troopers to the U.S.–Mexico border to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas requested help from other states amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor to assist after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he…


Nebraska Governor to Send State Troopers to US–Mexico Border Amid Immigration Crisis

Nebraska will send state troopers to the U.S.–Mexico border to aid law enforcement after the governors of Arizona and Texas requested help from other states amid a surge of people crossing the border illegally, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced. Ricketts, a Republican, appears to be the second governor to assist after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he…