Category: Immigration & Border Security

Border Officials Seize Over 170,000 Counterfeit Masks From China

The Customs and Border Protection stopped a shipment of over 170,000 counterfeit N95 masks from China with an estimated retail price of almost $350,000, the agency announced on Thursday. CBP officers working at the Houston Seaport on April 7 intercepted the shipment, which were headed to White Plains in New York state, according to a release….


Number of Detained Unaccompanied Minors Tops 20,000

More than 20,000 children, mostly from Central America, are currently being held in facilities operated by Health and Human Services (HHS) at a taxpayer cost of at least $60 million per week. Most of the children crossed the border illegally within the last two months. In March, almost 19,000 unaccompanied minors—a record number—were apprehended by…


White House Says Biden Will Increase Refugee Cap After Left-Wing Backlash

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday issued a directive to keep the Trump administration’s cap on refugee limits, but hours later White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement saying Biden would “set a final, increased refugee cap for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15.” Psaki made the statement after several left-wing lawmakers…


Texas Ranchers Dealing With Armed Smugglers on Land

McALLEN, Texas—Two heavily armed suspected smugglers drive down a dirt road to hand their cargo of illegal aliens over to the next vehicle. One, the front passenger, is filming the bumpy drive with one hand, while pointing an AR-15 with a drum magazine out the windshield. They’re speaking Spanish, talking about how much farther to…


Guatemala President: White House’s ‘Confusing’ Border Statements Being Hijacked by Human Smugglers

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said that drug cartel-backed human smugglers have exploited messaging from Biden administration officials and have ramped up their operations in sending people to the U.S.-Mexico border. “I’m nobody to make a judgment here, but I believe in the first weeks in the Biden administration, messages were confusing,” Giammattei said in an…


Guatemalan President: White House’s ‘Confusing’ Messages Exploited by Smugglers

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei says that drug cartel-backed human smugglers have exploited messaging from Biden administration officials and have ramped up their operations in sending people to the U.S.–Mexico border. “I’m nobody to make a judgment here, but I believe in the first weeks in the Biden administration, messages were confusing,” Giammattei said in an…


South Dakota Gov. Noem Says State Won’t Take Illegal Immigrants

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signaled on Wednesday that her state will not accept illegal immigrants that the Biden administration are looking to relocate into the interior. “South Dakota won’t be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants… call me when you’re an American,” Noem wrote…


South Dakota Won’t Be Taking Illegal Immigrants, Gov. Noem Says

South Dakota won’t be accepting any illegal immigrants that the Biden administration is looking to relocate from America’s southern border, Gov. Kristi Noem vowed on April 14. “South Dakota won’t be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants … call me when you’re an American,” Noem wrote in…


Guatemala: No Deal With US on Increased Border Security

Guatemala’s government on Tuesday challenged an assertion from U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration that it agreed to surge troops to its borders to make migration to the United States more difficult. “There is no document signed” regarding border security, the government said in a Spanish language statement. White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday…


US Spending Tens of Millions Per Week on Unaccompanied Minors

President Joe Biden’s administration is spending roughly $60 million a week to shelter illegal immigrant children who cross into the country from Mexico. Known as unaccompanied children, caring for the minors has driven the price tag for immigration-related expenses up sharply as U.S. officials grapple with the surge that some experts and Republicans say stems…