Category: Immigration & Border Security

New York City Opens 11 Emergency Hotels to Handle Immigration Influx as Shelter System Under Strain

August 10, 2022
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New York City is turning to emergency hotels to handle the influx of illegal immigrants that have arrived in recent months, officials have said. Department of Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins said on Aug. 9 during testimony at an emergency City Council hearing that the city has opened 11 hotels to date in order to accommodate the increased…

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New York City Opens 11 Emergency Hotels to Handle Influx of Illegal Immigrants

August 10, 2022
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New York City is turning to emergency hotels to handle the influx of illegal immigrants that have arrived in recent months, officials have said. Department of Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins said on Aug. 9 during testimony at an emergency City Council hearing that the city has opened 11 hotels to date in order to accommodate the increased…

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NYC Opens 11 Emergency Hotels to Handle Influx of Illegal Immigrants

August 10, 2022
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New York City is turning to emergency hotels to handle an influx of illegal immigrants that has arrived in recent months, officials have said. Department of Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins said on Aug. 9 during testimony at an emergency City Council hearing that the city has opened 11 hotels to accommodate the increased number of immigrants. Jenkins…

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Biden to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Border Policy After Court Order

August 9, 2022
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U.S. border officials will stop enforcing a Trump-era immigration policy that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing, following a federal court order. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Monday lifted an injunction he ordered last year which had prevented the Biden administration from ending the protocol. It comes…

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4 Guatemalans Indicted for Human Smuggling, Dumping a Body in Texas

August 7, 2022
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Four Guatemalan nationals have been charged with conspiring with others to smuggle “large numbers” of illegal aliens into the United States, including one woman who died during the journey and was dumped on the side of a road. Felipe Diego Alonzo, 38; Nesly Norberto Martinez Gomez, 37; Lopez Mateo Mateo, 42; and Juan Gutierrez Castro,…

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Coast Guard: 2 Dead, 5 Missing After Illegal Migrant Boat Capsizes

August 6, 2022
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KEY WEST, Fla.—Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants attempting to enter the U.S. illegally capsized off the coast of the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard said. Eight people were rescued, the Coast Guard said in a news release Friday. The agency described the boat as a…

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Coast Guard: 2 Dead, 5 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes

August 6, 2022
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KEY WEST, Fla.—Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally capsized off the coast of the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard said. Eight people were rescued, the Coast Guard said in a news release Friday. The agency described the boat as…

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Biden Administration Rejects DC Mayor’s Request for National Guard Help With Illegal Immigrants

August 5, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s administration has denied a request for National Guard assistance from Washington’s mayor. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, made the request in July due to the surge in illegal immigrants the District of Columbia has seen since authorities in Texas and Arizona began offering free rides to the city for those freed by…

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Texas Starts Transporting Illegal Immigrants to New York City

August 5, 2022
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Texas authorities on Aug. 5 said its first group of illegal immigrants would be transported to New York City, expanding a program that has drawn criticism from Democrats. The group was going to be dropped off on Friday morning at Port Authority Bus Terminal, in the borough of Manhattan, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Texas…

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4 Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Raise Border Patrol Agent Pay, Create Reserve

August 4, 2022
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill to establish a 2,500-member reserve border force and increase agents’ pay by 14 percent amid the crisis at the southern border. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the legislation co-sponsored by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.),…

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