Category: Immigration & Border Security

Immigration-Driven Population Growth Claiming Vast Swaths of Open Space: Report

March 18, 2022
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A new report from NumbersUSA has revealed that 17,800 square miles of open space in the U.S. was claimed by development between 2002 and 2017. That area is about as large as Connecticut and Maryland put together. “The rate of sprawl in this century has slowed down fairly substantially from what it was in the…

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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chip Roy to Seek Impeachment Proceedings Against DHS Head Mayorkas

March 16, 2022
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) will attempt to bring impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, documents obtained by The Epoch Times show. The move caps off a full year of Republican dissatisfaction with Mayorkas, who as the DHS secretary is in charge of border security. In the past year, the United…

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Biden Administration Officially Ends Title 42 Expulsion of Illegal Immigrant Children

March 12, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s administration late March 12 said it was formally ending the expulsion of illegal immigrant children through use of a pandemic-era rule. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), terminated the public health order known as Title 42 with respect to youth who arrive at the border…

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Omnibus Bill Funds Border Security For Eight Foreign Nations

March 10, 2022
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Democrats’ $1.5 trillion omnibus bill would provide funding for border security in eight foreign nations—many of whom are U.S. adversaries—while providing no new funding for U.S. border security. The omnibus bill allocates $370 million to “enhanced border security” measures in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman, of which $150 million alone is set to go toward…

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Omnibus Legislation Funds Border Security for 8 Foreign Nations

March 10, 2022
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Democrats’ $1.5 trillion omnibus legislation would provide funding for border security in eight foreign nations—many of whom are U.S. adversaries—while providing no new money for security along the U.S. border. The omnibus measure allocates $370 million to “enhanced border security” measures in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman, of which $150 million alone is set to…

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Court Rules US Can’t Use CDC Order to Expel Illegal Aliens to Countries Where They May Be Harmed

March 6, 2022
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After questioning the effectiveness of a pandemic-related public health order that allows the government to continue summarily expelling illegal aliens from the United States, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled that the policy may continue, provided that aliens aren’t sent to places where they may be persecuted or tortured. The case deals with expulsions, as…

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Gunman Who Killed 3 Daughters in Church Was in US Illegally

March 5, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, California—The gunman who killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising his visit with the children, and himself in a Northern California church this week was in the United States illegally, immigration officials said Friday. David Mora, 39, was armed with what is often called a “ghost gun,” an unregistered, homemade semiautomatic rifle-style…

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Biden Administration Grants Ukrainians in US Temporary Protected Status, ICE Pauses Deportation Flights

March 4, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s administration will grant Ukrainians already in the United States a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, allowing them to stay in the country without the risk of deportation for 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday. “Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has resulted in an ongoing war, senseless…

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Supreme Court Urged to Shield Border Patrol Agent From Liability in Incident Near Canada Border

March 2, 2022
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The Supreme Court was urged March 2 not to allow an innkeeper near the Canadian border, who sued for being injured by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, to pursue a lawsuit against the agent. The court granted the petition for review (pdf) on Nov. 5, 2021 in Egbert v. Boule, court file 21-147. The case…

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Massachusetts Judge to Face Prosecution for Allegedly Blocking ICE Arrest

March 2, 2022
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A Massachusetts judge may face prosecution after a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss a case that accuses her of blocking the arrest of an illegal immigrant. In a criminal case filed during the Trump administration, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is accused of impeding a federal immigration arrest of a defendant…

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