Category: Immigration & Border Security

Florida’s ‘Cavalry’ Helps Secure the Border: ‘You’ve Got a Storm and We’re Coming to Help You’

June 18, 2021
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At a June 16 press conference, Florida’s Ron DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow Republican governors—Doug Ducey of Arizona and Greg Abbott of Texas—by authorizing the deployment of law enforcement resources to help secure the border. “It’s undeniable that the border crisis is out of control,” Christina Pushaw,…

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Smuggling Illegal Aliens Around Border Patrol Is Booming Business for Drivers

June 17, 2021
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DEL RIO, Texas—Social media platforms, encrypted messaging apps, and Google map pin drops are being utilized to move thousands of illegal aliens around Border Patrol checkpoints and eventually to large U.S. cities. In Texas, drivers are being recruited on social media—lured by the promise of quick cash—to haul illegal aliens to San Antonio, Houston, Austin,…

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Justice Department Reverses 2 Trump Administration Asylum Restrictions

June 17, 2021
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U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday ended two Trump-era policies that made it difficult for people to obtain asylum on grounds of domestic or gang violence as well as for those who claimed a family member was threatened with violence. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new directive to immigration judges to stop following the two rules, making…

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Texas Governor Unveils Strategy for Border Wall Construction, Approves $250 Million as Down Payment

June 16, 2021
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced key components of the Lone Star state’s plan to build its own barrier along its 1,200-mile border with Mexico at a press conference in Austin on Wednesday, including authorizing $250 million as a down payment to kickstart the process. The Republican governor said that the funds are being drawn from…

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Sending Police to Deal With Border Crisis in Arizona, Texas

June 16, 2021
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has authorized sending police to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and Texas after the two respective states requested it. DeSantis, a Republican, said Florida is the first state to answer a letter from Govs. Greg Abbott and Doug Ducey, both also Republicans, that asked all other states…

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Illegal Immigrants Intentionally Damaging Property, Says Texas Sheriff

June 16, 2021
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KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—This year’s illegal immigrants are unlike those from previous years, according to Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe, who was also a Border Patrol agent for 31 years. “We’re starting to see more intentional damage,” Coe told The Epoch Times. “I’ve never seen it quite like this. Somebody’s making a statement.” He said in…

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Trump to Join Texas Gov. Abbott on Visit to US-Mexico Border

June 15, 2021
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Former President Donald Trump plans to join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) during a visit to the southern border on June 30, according to a statement from Trump’s official website. Trump said he accepted an invitation from Abbott to “visit to our Nation’s decimated Southern Border.” “The Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest,…

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Texas Border Patrol Arrests Over 100 Illegal Immigrants Held in ‘Inhumane’ Stash House

June 13, 2021
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Texas Border Patrol agents on June 10 arrested over 100 undocumented immigrants who were being guarded by smugglers inside an alleged stash house, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Friday. CBP said in a statement that officials with the Laredo Sector Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, and Laredo Police Department joined forces to shut…

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Biden Administration Shuts Down Trump-Era ‘Victim of Immigration Crime Engagement Office’

June 12, 2021
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The Biden administration has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, replacing it with an “inclusive support system for all victims, regardless of immigration status or the immigration status of the perpetrator.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday announced the launch of the Victims Engagement and…

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Facts Matter (June 11): Texas Will Build Its Own Border Wall, Arrest Illegal Immigrants: Governor

June 11, 2021
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The governor of Texas announced that they will no longer wait for the federal government to do something. Instead, Texas will begin arresting illegal immigrants and building its own border wall. Meanwhile, a newly released report from the IRS found that even before the pandemic, blue states lost almost 400,000 taxpayers, who took over $26…

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