Category: Immigration & Border Security

DHS Watchdog Finds Mistreatment of Immigrants at Holding Facility

A Department of Homeland Security facility took an average of over three days to respond to sick call requests and did not enforce pandemic precautions, a watchdog found. An unannounced remote inspection of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona last year uncovered the violations, which were made public in…


DHS Watchdog Finds Mistreatment of Illegal Immigrants at Holding Facility

A Department of Homeland Security facility took an average of over three days to respond to sick call requests and did not enforce pandemic precautions, a watchdog found. An unannounced remote inspection of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona last year uncovered the violations, which were made public in…


New Staff Deploy to Border Processing Facilities as Crisis Worsens

ARTESIA, N.M.—As illegal border crossings continue to escalate, a crop of newly trained processing coordinators are being sent to El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to help get Border Patrol agents back out on the line. The 39 Border Patrol processing coordinators spent eight weeks training in first aid, processing, transportation, basic…


Manchin Floats Idea of 90-Day Immigration Moratorium to Send Message and Ease Border Surge

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday called for urgent action to resolve the “humanitarian crisis” along the border, and floated the idea of a 90-day moratorium on immigration as a way of sending a message that would discourage people from flooding the region trying to enter the United States illegally. Manchin, who was one of…


Over 16,000 Illegal Aliens Referred, 598 Criminals Arrested in March by Texas Troopers

More than 16,000 illegal immigrants have been referred to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 598 criminals have been arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers as part of “Operation Lone Star” launched to combat the border crisis, Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday. The operation was launched at the start of March to…


More Than a Million Illegal Immigrants Expected to Cross Border in 2021: Official

A Border Patrol official estimated that more than 1 million illegal immigrants are expected to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021 as the White House grapples with how to find facilities and process them. “We’re already starting to see some higher days of 6,000-plus apprehensions,” Raul Ortiz, deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol,…


Florida Governor Calls on Biden to Resume Trump Immigration Policies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is sending a letter to President Joe Biden today asking him to continue the prior policy that allowed authorities to deport illegal immigrants in custody who had committed crimes. DeSantis told reporters on Thursday that the Biden administration is removing detainers from illegal immigrants. Detainers are “critical for ICE…


Florida’s DeSantis Calls on Biden to Resume Trump Immigration Policies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s sending a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to continue the previous administration’s policy that allowed authorities to deport illegal immigrants in custody who had committed crimes. DeSantis told reporters on April 1 that the Biden administration is removing detainers from illegal immigrants. Detainers are “critical for ICE…


Pentagon Reviewing HHS Request for Another Military Base to House Unaccompanied Children

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to house more unaccompanied children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in the midst of an influx in illegal immigration, said a spokesperson for the Pentagon. “We have received a request for assistance from HHS for the potential use of Camp…


California Military Base Could Be Used to House Unaccompanied Children: Pentagon

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to house more unaccompanied children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in the midst of an influx in illegal immigration, said a spokesperson for the Pentagon. “We have received a request for assistance from HHS for the potential use of Camp…