Category: Immigration & Border Security

Biden Administration Takes Down Post on ‘Potential Terrorist’ Apprehended at Southern Border

President Joe Biden’s administration has deleted a social media post that informed the public that a “potential terrorist” was apprehended this month at the U.S.–Mexico border. Chris Clem, a top Border Patrol agent, posted pictures on Twitter last week showing the man who was apprehended. Clem included the man’s age, 21, his country of origin,…


Arizona Drug Bust Nets 1.7 Million Deadly Fentanyl Tablets, Fake Pills

A joint federal and local drug task force seized in mid-December a record 1.7 million fentanyl pills in a sweeping crackdown on illegal drugs entering the United States from Mexico. “As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the (federal) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed a…


Immigrant Children Land at Scranton Airport Amid Lax COVID-19 Protocols

Wearing a mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 on an airplane and in airports is federally required, but airport workers at the Wilkes Barre-Scranton International Airport in Pennsylvania say only about half the immigrant children, teens, and chaperones that have been flown into Scranton are wearing masks. Now, at least one airport worker has…


2 Men Arrested for Trafficking 3 Guatemalan Teens in Texas

Two Hispanic men have been charged with human trafficking after being discovered during a routine traffic stop in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area in Texas. The two men were traveling with three Guatemalan nationals, aged 17, 18, and 19, when a Richland Hills police officer stopped them on Dec. 19. None of the vehicle occupants…


Haitians Sue Biden Admin Over ‘Racist Treatment’ in Del Rio Border Encampment

DEL RIO, Texas—Several Haitians who crossed into the United States illegally are suing the Biden administration over “racist treatment” of the approximately 15,000 Haitians who gathered in a primitive encampment in Del Rio, Texas, in September. The Haitian Bridge Alliance, a nonprofit based in California, joined 11 Haitians in filing the suit on Dec. 20,…


Texas Governor Adds $38.4 Million to Operation Lone Star to ‘Secure the Border’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced an additional $38.4 million funding for Operation Lone Star (OLS), which was launched in March in response to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. The extra funding will go toward law enforcement, jail operations, and court administration activities in direct support of OLS, the Republican governor’s office…


Homeland Security to Plug ‘Gaps’ Following Biden’s Order to Halt Border Wall Construction

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday it will restart some construction on the Trump administration’s border wall and will focus on gaps that were left in place after President Joe Bien ordered work to stop on the barrier during his first day in office. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday directed the…


Federal Agents Nab ‘Potential Terrorist’ Amid New Surge at US–Mexico Border

U.S. Border Patrol agents recently arrested a man described as a potential terrorist shortly after he illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico. The 21-year-old male is from Saudi Arabia. He’s “a potential terrorist” who “is linked to several Yemeni subjects of interest,” Chris Clem, the chief patrol agent in the Border Patrol’s Yuma…


Arrests of Illegal Immigrant at Southern Border in November Set New Record

President Joe Biden’s administration continued to struggle getting the U.S.–Mexico border under control in November, with a record-high number of arrests at the border recorded. Some 173,620 arrests were made last month, according to Customs and Border Protection. That’s the highest for the month of November in the nation’s history. The White House did not…


Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at Southern Border in November Set New Record

President Joe Biden’s administration continued to struggle getting the U.S.–Mexico border under control in November, with a record-high number of arrests at the border recorded. Some 173,620 arrests were made last month, according to Customs and Border Protection. That’s the highest for the month of November in the nation’s history. The White House did not…