Category: Immigration & Border Security

Illegal Immigrant Encounters at US-Mexico Border in January Much Higher Than Previous Year

U.S. border agent encounters with illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border soared in January when compared to the same month in 2021, newly released data show. President Joe Biden’s administration also released over 63,000 illegal aliens into the U.S. interior during the month of January, according to the data, which was outlined in court documents….


Biden Immigration Policies to Blame for ‘Bloodshed’ Near Southern Border: National Security Fellow

President Joe Biden’s mixed messaging on immigration is partially to blame for the violence and bloodshed between migrants and Mexican law enforcement near the U.S.’s southern border, according to a national security fellow. Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, told EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program that he personally witnessed a violent…


Biden Immigration Policies to Blame for ‘Bloodshed’ Before Southern Border: National Security Fellow

President Joe Biden’s mixed messaging on immigration is partially to blame for the violence and bloodshed between migrants and Mexican law enforcement near the southern border, according to a national security fellow. Todd Bensman senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies told EpochTV’s Crossroads program that he personally witnessed a violent clash between…


Illegal Aliens Ran Sex-Trafficking Ring in New York City, Using Minors From Mexico

Five members of a family-run sex trafficking operation smuggled young Mexican women and girls to New York City and forced them into prostitution. Several girls were 14 years old. Last week, all five received prison sentences of 20 to 39 years for sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling,…


Dissatisfaction With US Immigration Levels Rises Under Biden

The percentage of Americans dissatisfied with the levels of immigration into the United States has risen since President Joe Biden took office, according to a new survey. Some 58 percent of respondents to the Gallup survey said they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the levels, an increase of 8 percent from early 2021. The…


Three MS-13 Criminals Arrested by Border Patrol in Single Day, Including a Child Sex Offender

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) agents stationed at the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) arrested three illegal immigrants affiliated with the MS-13 criminal gang on Feb. 7, along with another member belonging to the rival 18th Street Gang the following day. The McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) arrested a Salvadoran national near the city…


AG Brnovich: Arizona Can Defend Itself From Southern Border ‘Invasion’

Arizona, and other border states, have the Constitutional right to defend themselves from the current “invasion” at the southern border, according to a Feb. 7 legal opinion published by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. “The on-the-ground violence and lawlessness at Arizona’s border caused by cartels and gangs is extensive, well-documented, and persistent. It can satisfy…


Arizona Attorney General Declares Illegal Immigration Surge an ‘Invasion,’ Says State Can Defend Itself

Arizona’s attorney general on Feb. 7 declared the surge of illegal immigrants into the state an “invasion,” enabling the state to defend itself. Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, issued the legal opinion at the request of state Rep. Jake Hoffman, another Republican. Under President Joe Biden, Arizona and other border states have seen a…


Democrat Attorneys General Side With Mexico in Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers

Fourteen Democrat attorneys general are backing the Mexican government in a lawsuit against American gun manufacturers. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Jan. 31 filed a brief in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson, along with other 13 attorneys general—all Democrats—arguing that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a federal law, cannot be…


Border Patrol Union: Lucky If We Seize 5 Percent of Fentanyl Pills Coming Across Border

Border Patrol agents are so busy processing large groups of illegal aliens, that in one Arizona area only four agents are available to patrol a 150-mile section of the border. “Now that 150 miles of border normally takes about 75 to 90 agents—we had four agents out there,” said Brandon Judd, president of the National…