Category: Immigration & Border Security

Video: Facts Matter (April 9): Experts Warn That Illegal Immigrants Are ‘Renting’ Children to Cross the Border

At the southern border, experts are warning that illegal immigrants and cartels are renting children in order to cross the border. Meanwhile, New York has just announced that it will give up to $15,600 to undocumented migrants who were hit by the pandemic. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube. Follow Roman on…


Iowa Governor Says She Declined Request to House Unaccompanied Minors

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said her state can’t receive unaccompanied minors amid the unfolding border crisis, which she says was caused by President Joe Biden, adding that he has a duty to correct the situation. Reynolds, a Republican, told WHO radio earlier this week that she declined a request from the Biden administration to come up with foster…


Border Agents Rescue 8-Year-Old Unaccompanied Minor Abandoned in New Mexico Desert

U.S. Border Patrol agents (CBP) said on Wednesday that they had rescued an 8-year-old boy who had been abandoned in the New Mexico desert. The boy is the third unaccompanied migrant child to be abandoned in New Mexico in a week. Two toddlers were dropped over a border barrier at a height of about 14 feet…


Arizona AG Says Kamala Harris Hasn’t Responded to His Invitation to Visit the Border

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris has not responded to his invitation to tour the southern border, criticizing the lack of response and insisting that situation along the border is a “humanitarian crisis on so many levels.” “I guess if you were a philosopher you would say no response…


Border Patrol Apprehends 172,000 Illegal Immigrants in March

McALLEN, Texas—The sheer number of illegal border crossers that Border Patrol is apprehending on a daily basis is overwhelming in itself, but the type of population makes it something never seen before, according to Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council. “I would argue that it’s the biggest surge that we’ve ever seen…


Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling 119 Illegal Aliens in Refrigerated Trailer

A man entered a guilty plea to having smuggled 119 illegal aliens into the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced in a release on Wednesday. Brodrick Keith Rhodes, 32, had claimed on Jan. 12 after having arrived at the Freer Border Patrol checkpoint that he was carrying lettuce in his…


Psaki: Obama-Era Central American Minors Program Needs Reforms

The newly reinstated Central American Minors (CAM) program for children is in need of reform to ensure that the asylum process of the United States accepting children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, is more efficient and effective, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. President Joe Biden on March 10 reinstated…


Pakistani National Charged With Smuggling Humans Into United States

Abid Ali Khan allegedly ran a Pakistani-based smuggling network to facilitate the illegal immigration of Pakistanis and Afghanis into the United States, the Department of Justice stated on April 7. Khan, a Pakistani national, allegedly ran the network between January 2015 and December 2020, the DOJ said. “Khan allegedly accepted payment in exchange for planning…


Ms-13 Gang Member Caught Illegally Crossing US-Mexico Border Into California: Border Patrol

An MS-13 gang member from El Salvador was arrested after crossing into the United States illegally, said the Border Patrol on Wednesday. The 28-year-old El Salvadoran national, who was not named, was found at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday by an agent patrolling the mountains in the San Diego, California, border sector “when he encountered six men…


Biden Admin Responds to Reports Saying DHS May Restart Border Wall Construction

The White House responded to a report this week claiming the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would work to re-start construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall to shore up gaps in the current barrier—coming after President Joe Biden issued an executive order months ago to pause construction. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly said that there…