Category: Immigration & Border Security

‘Dangerous Uptick’ in Illegal Immigration Attempts by Train: CBP

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in El Paso, Texas, have noted a significant increase in attempts to illegally enter the United States by train in the past year. The border control agency has warned hopeful aliens not to do so because the practice is highly dangerous. “It is happening almost every time CBP officers…


Supreme Court Rejects Republican Bid to Revive Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a motion filed by Republican state attorneys general to resurrect former President Donald Trump’s “public charge” immigration rule that enabled new restrictions on immigrants who receive some form of government aid. The high court, in its order (pdf), left open the possibility for the attorneys general…


Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid to Revive Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule

The Supreme Court on April 26 declined to take up a motion filed by Republican state attorneys general to resurrect former President Donald Trump’s “public charge” immigration rule, which enabled new restrictions on immigrants who receive some form of government aid. The high court, in its order (pdf), left open the possibility for the attorneys…


Ken Cuccinelli: Radical Left Wants to Exploit Border Surge to Win Elections

Illegal border crossings have surged in recent months, with record numbers of families and unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. Many border patrol agents have been forced to put aside their normal duties to take care of the influx of children. Who is suffering the costs of this surge? And how will it impact future U.S….


Biden Admin Stops Fining Illegal Immigrants Who Don’t Leave US, Cancels Debt

The White House on Friday ended the Trump-era policy of fining illegal immigrants who have failed to leave the United States, claiming there is no evidence they work. Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded two orders, which were used during the Trump administration, on collecting financial penalties and issuing fines to illegal…


Texas Sues Biden Administration for Allegedly Disregarding COVID-19 Rules at Border

The attorney general of Texas on Thursday sued President Joe Biden’s administration for allegedly flouting its own COVID-19 rules in handling the surge of illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico. Administration officials “have abandoned the preexisting protections against the introduction into Texas and the United States of aliens infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during a pandemic,”…


Cuccinelli: Radical Left Sees Border Crisis as Voter Registration Line

The current administration’s actions to diminish border security measures and promise amnesty to illegal immigrants, coupled with Congress’s new election reform legislation, is directly related to future votes for the Democratic Party, according to Ken Cuccinelli, former acting deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. “The radical left looks at that border and they…


Democrat Senators Urge Biden to Reimburse Arizona for National Guard Troops at Border

Two Democrat senators on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to reimburse their state for sending National Guard personnel to the border to help deal with the immigration crisis. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced this week he is sending up to 250 Guardsmen to the border to deal with the surge in illegal…


Facts Matter (April 21): Foster Parents Asked to Take In Unaccompanied Minors From Central America

Foster parents in California are being asked if they can take in unaccompanied Central American children who have recently crossed the southern border. Automated emails and phone calls from the state’s Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) have asked foster parents if they can take anywhere from one to 26 or more children. Facts Matter is…


Facts Matter (April 21): It’s Costing Taxpayers $60M per Month to House Migrant Kids; Facilities Overflowing

Foster parents in California are being asked if they can take in unaccompanied Central American children who have recently crossed the southern border. Automated emails and phone calls from the state’s Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) have asked foster parents if they can take anywhere from one to 26 or more children. Facts Matter is…