Category: Immigration & Border Security

Girls Dropped Over Border Wall by Smugglers Reunited With Family

Two Ecuadorian girls who were dropped from a 14-foot-high barrier at the U.S-Mexico border by smugglers near El Paso about a month ago have been reunited with their family. “The Ecuadorian minors aged three and five, who were abandoned by human traffickers on the border between the United States and Mexico, were finally reunited with…


Biden Administration Abruptly Closes Texas Migrant Facility Over Alleged ‘Unbearable’ Conditions

Last Saturday, the Biden administration abruptly closed a temporary facility housing nearly 500 unaccompanied illegal immigrant girls in Houston, Texas, a move allegedly due to the “unbearable” conditions of the facility. The facility is an emergency shelter of the National Association of Christian Churches (NACC), a nonprofit organization focused on disaster services. It’s actually in…


Arizona Governor Issues Declaration of Emergency, Will Deploy National Guard on Border

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued a Declaration of Emergency (pdf) and announced he’s deploying the Arizona National Guard to the state’s southern border to assist law enforcement dealing with the growing amount of illegal crossings. “The situation in our border communities is just as bad—if not worse—than the coverage we’ve been seeing,” Ducey, a Republican, said…


California 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. Travis and Sharla…


Number of Children Arriving at Border Higher Than Expected: White House

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border was higher than the Biden administration had anticipated. Psaki made the remarks at a briefing at which she was asked to clarify the administration’s position on maintaining a Trump-era refugee cap of 15,000 admissions until May…


Border Patrol Finds 149 Illegal Aliens Inside Tractor Trailer in Texas

The U.S. Border Patrol found 149 illegal aliens locked inside a commercial tractor trailer on April 16 at a location near the Texas-Mexico border. The vehicle was being screened at the Interstate Highway 35 north of Laredo, Texas. Border Patrol agents noticed “multiple anomalies” inside the trailer after a non-intrusive scan. Upon opening the sealed…


Blinken Defends Biden’s Decision to Maintain Trump-Era Refugee Caps Until May

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in an interview with ABC on Sunday, defended the Biden administration’s decision to maintain Trump-era refugee caps amid capacity constraints. “It’s going to be very hard to meet the 62,000 this fiscal year,” Blinken said of the Biden administration’s earlier goal for refugee admissions, after being asked about Friday’s directive to keep…


Florida Lawsuit Against Biden’s Immigration Policy Seeks to Force Him to ‘Follow the Law’: DeSantis

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said the lawsuit his state filed against the Biden administration over its early immigration decisions is seeking to compel the federal government to “actually follow the law.” “The lawsuit seeks to have them actually follow the law, follow the Constitution. Maria, you will hear excuses for why they don’t enforce…


Arizona State Troopers Release 17 Illegal Aliens After ICE Declines to Take Custody

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said state troopers were forced to release 17 illegal aliens after Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) both declined to take them into custody. A state trooper initiated a traffic stop early on April 16 and discovered the 17 illegal aliens in the vehicle, the Department of…


Illegal Immigrant Who Was Ordered to Be Deported Convicted of Child Rape

An illegal immigrant, who was ordered to be deported in 2016, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for forcible rape of a child. Fredys Aguilar-Menjivar, 31, from El Salvador was convicted of three counts of rape of a child under 14 and one count of child molestation earlier this month, the Monterey district attorney’s office…