Category: Immigration & Border Security

Illegal Border Crossings Jump to 150,000 in March

MISSION, Texas—Border Patrol has apprehended more than 150,000 illegal border crossers during the month of March—50,000 more than February—according to former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan. A further 30,000 evaded capture, according to Morgan, who has received the provisional CBP numbers from internal sources. The March total edges out the highest month…


EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Migrants Explain Why They’re Coming to the US as They Cross Private Land

Illegal migrants said they’re coming to the U.S. because of President Joe Biden, natural disasters and violence in their home countries. A landowner where migrants frequently cross on their way to a processing facility said they tell him they’re here because Biden invited them. Some of the migrants said they did not want to leave…


Trump Border Patrol Chief: 30,000 Illegal Immigrants Released Into US Since January

About 30,000 people who illegally entered the United States via Mexico have been released by federal officials into the country since January amid a surge of people being held in detention centers, according to a former Border Patrol chief. Mark Morgan, the former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under former President Donald…


Vice President Harris Focusing on ‘Root Causes’ of Migration, Not Border: White House

Vice President Kamala Harris is going to focus on what causes people to illegally cross into the United States, the White House said on Monday. Harris is leading the effort to address the “root causes” of migration, “not the border,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington. “There is some confusion over…


Border Patrol Warned Biden Admin of Huge Surge If Trump Policies Reversed: Congresswoman

Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) said Tuesday that the Biden administration was warned by Border Patrol officials about a large surge of illegal immigrants if Trump-era immigration policies were dismantled. “We’re seeing a tremendous humanity crisis down here. You’ve got people who are in a facility right now, the majority of them who are unaccompanied…


Dozens of Unaccompanied Minors in San Diego Convention Center Test Positive for COVID-19

Dozens of the over 700 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally and were transported to a shelter at a San Diego convention center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to local and health officials cited in multiple media reports. U.S. Health and Human Services spokesperson Bonnie Preston told NBC7 San Diego on Monday that…


Dozens of Unaccompanied Minors at San Diego Convention Center Test Positive for COVID-19

Dozens of the more than 700 unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.–Mexico border illegally and were transported to a shelter at the San Diego Convention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, according to local and health officials cited in multiple media reports. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Epoch Times on…


Video: Facts Matter (March 29): Heavily Armed Antifa Rioters Stormed Oregon Capital

At the southern border, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attempted to take a video of the migrant detention facility, but he was blocked by a Biden staffer who told him to respect the rules. Meanwhile, city officials in Baltimore have announced that they are permanently no longer going to prosecute “low-level” crimes like prostitution and drug…


500 Unaccompanied Minors to Be Housed in Emergency Holding Facility in San Antonio

Five hundred unaccompanied minors will arrive on Monday evening at an emergency holding facility in San Antonio, Texas, which was set up to address the surge in illegal border crossings in recent weeks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) said the Freeman Expo Center has been partly transformed to…


Majority of Families Crossing Border Are Released Into United States

McALLEN, Texas—The Biden administration has transitioned from sending families back across the border using the COVID emergency measure called Title 42. Now the vast majority (upwards of 85 percent) of family units who cross the border illegally and are apprehended by Border Patrol are quickly released into the United States. On March 25, a total…