Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 9/13/2021 Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Karen Olick resigned amid the migrant crisis at the southern border and an influx of Afghan refugees to the U.S., Politico reported Monday. Olick serves as the chief of staff to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and plans to move on from the position at the end of September, according to Politico. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Associate Director of Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Jennifer Higgins is expected to step into the role in an acting...

Source: The Hill Date: 7/28/2021 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday ordered the National Guard to help local law enforcement with arresting migrants as the state continues to see an influx of people crossing the southern border. Abbott sent his request for more "manpower" to mitigate border crossings in a letter to Maj. Gen. Tracy R. Norris of the Texas Military Department, according to The Texas Tribune. "To respond to this disaster and secure the rule of law at our Southern border, more manpower is needed — in addition to the troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety...

Source: Gateway Pundit Date: 9/2/2021 Thousands of unaccompanied children who illegally crossed the border are now unaccounted for after being carelessly released by the Biden regime to poorly vetted sponsors. According to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by Axios, the federal government has inexplicably lost contact with around 5,000 out of almost 15,000 children who were released into the interior of the US between January and May. Efforts to reach them by phone have gone unanswered. Additionally, the administration has not even attempted to make contact with more than...

Source: AP Date: 8/25/2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices in dissent, the high court on Tuesday refused to block a lower court ruling ordering the administration to reinstate the program informally known as Remain in Mexico. It's not clear how many people will be affected and how quickly. Under the lower court ruling, the administration must make a “good faith effort” to restart the program. There...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 8/24/2021 Border Patrol agents have arrested 8,691 criminal aliens coming across the southern border in the past 10 months. Between them, the aliens have committed 12,685 crimes. On Aug. 14, border agents in south Texas arrested two MS-13 gang members. One, a convicted murderer from El Salvador, was apprehended after illegally crossing into the United States with a group near Mission, Texas. The 44-year-old man spent three years in prison for a murder in California in the late ’90s and was imprisoned again in 2005 for “re-entry of a deported alien,” according to...

Source: Just The News 8/7/2021 The number of people entering the U.S. illegally who were processed by Border Patrol from January through July of this year totaled more than 1.1 million, enough to create the 10th largest city in the U.S. and more than the populations of nine states individually. Currently, the tenth largest city is San Jose, Calif., with a population of 1.03 million. To date, the number is also greater than each of the populations of Wyoming (581,075), Vermont (623,251), Alaska (724,357), North Dakota (770,026), South Dakota (896,581), Delaware (990,334), Rhode Island...

Source: Fox News Date: 8/20/2021 A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against the Biden administration’s efforts to delay implementation of an order that requires it to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — yet another legal defeat for the Biden administration on immigration. The panel of the 5th Circuit Appeals Court declined to stay a ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued last week that orders the Biden administration "to enforce and implement MPP in good faith" until it has been "lawfully rescinded" in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and...

Source: Just the News Date: 8/13/2021 Laredo, Texas reached an agreement Wednesday to settle its lawsuit against the Biden Department of Homeland Security for transporting illegal immigrants from the Rio Grande Valley sector into the border city. Now these individuals are being transported instead to Austin, Dallas and Houston after they are released by Border Patrol. Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, a Democrat, said Border Patrol is not testing the people it is releasing for COVID before they are bused out. Under the new agreement, the city is not required to test them, so they don’t have to provide...

Source: Immigration Today Date: 8/18/2021 Authorities made 212,672 apprehensions at the southern border last month, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced during a trip to South Texas on Thursday, acknowledging an “unprecedented” number of migrants caught crossing the border as he pledged to continue to mobilize the federal government to address illegal immigration. The figure, a 13% increase from June, marks a 21-year-high and a continuation of an increase in migration that began in spring 2020 under former President Donald Trump and has sharply accelerated this...

Source: Fox Business Date: 8/7/2021 Migrants crossing the border into one New Mexico town are sometimes instructed by smugglers to use popular ridesharing services Uber or Lyft when they reach the U.S.  "That’s probably an (Uber)," police officer E. Gallardo told a local KRQE reporter of a car that was going up and down an Encinos neighborhood street in Sunland Park, but quickly left the area when it spotted the police car. "Almost everyone carries a cell phone now," Gallardo, who is a veteran of the Las Cruces, and Sunland Park police departments, said of how migrants keep in touch with...

Source: Breitbart Date: 8/7/2021 President Joe Biden continues promoting coronavirus vaccine mandates for American citizens, but the White House still struggles to explain why that standard is not applied to migrants crossing the Southern border. White House press secretary Jen Psaki ignored a question Thursday asking if the administration wants to apply the same vaccine standards proposed for foreign visitors to migrants released into the United States. Psaki said that “interagency working groups” are developing a plan for international travel but did not address migrants coming across...

Source: Just the News Date: 8/6/2021 As the number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border reaches a 20-year high and COVID-19 cases consequently spike, Republican lawmakers are blasting the Biden administration for the converging security and public health crises. July saw the highest number of illegal immigrants crossing the border in over 20 years, with a total of 210,000. Simultaneously, fewer MS-13 gang members have been caught crossing the border this year than in each of the previous three years, and COVID-positive migrants are flooding the Texas border town of McAllen. Rep....

Source: Epoch Times Date: 8/5/2021 Two hundred miles north of the border, Sheriff Roy Boyd of Goliad County, Texas, has placed warning signs at his county line, written in Spanish. “Warning! Drug and human traffickers: Turn around, do not enter Goliad County,” the sign reads. “Go around. Otherwise, we are going to hunt you down and put you in Goliad County jail.” He says they work. When the signs are up, cartel activity decreases, and when the Texas Department of Transport removes the signs, cartel activity picks up again. “When the signs are in place we notice that we do not...

Source: Conservative Brief Date: 8/4/2021 Joe Biden’s administration got a major victory, though it may be temporary, in its fight against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order getting tough on migrant crossings. Judge Kathleen Cardone, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, put a temporary stop to the order which allowed Texas State Troopers to stop vehicles suspecting of carrying illegal immigrants, The New York Post reported. The order by US District Judge Kathleen Cardone of El Paso handed an initial victory to the Biden administration, which sued Texas Republican Gov....

Source: Law Enforcement Today Date: 8/3/2021 In late July, a Democrat judge from Hidalgo County had reportedly invited President Joe Biden to “witness first-hand the challenges being created by current policy” with regard to the southern border. The letter drafted by the judge cited that there needs to be “immediate and decisive action” taken in order to properly deal with the issues caused by the surge of illegal immigration impacting the state. On July 30th, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez sent a letter to President Biden requesting the likes of federal resources and manpower to help...

Source: Resist the Mainstream Date: 8/4/2021 A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that prohibits private individuals from transporting migrants. The judge’s order is in effect until Aug. 13. It bans state troopers from stopping and impounding vehicles suspected of transporting migrants. U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone said the Justice Department is likely to win the legal argument because Texas appeared to interfere with the federal government’s policies, which is unconstitutional. Abbott’s order “conflicts with, and poses an obstacle...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 8/2/2021 DEL RIO, Texas—Thousands of Haitians are illegally crossing the southwest border into the United States. Border Patrol agents have apprehended 15,599 Haitians from January through June this year, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics. In the same period last year, 2,097 Haitians were apprehended. Many of the Haitians left their home country years ago and have been living in South America, according to a Border Patrol agent in the Del Rio Sector, where the vast majority are crossing. The Epoch Times spoke to several Haitians...

Source: Breitbart Date: 8/1/2021 Three more Border Patrol Agents working at the Eagle Pass, Texas, processing center tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, according to a source working under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agents were assigned to process migrants apprehended in the Del Rio Sector in a soft-sided structure that is currently holding double its rated capacity. The total number of Border Patrol agents, according to the source, reached six since Thursday. In addition, at least one Texas Army National Guard soldier working in Eagle Pass also tested...

Source: Daily Caller Date: 7/27/2021 Around 50,000 illegal migrants have been released into the interior of the U.S. without court dates and only 13% have shown up to schedule their hearings, Axios reported Tuesday. When border officials encountered the illegal migrants, they were not issued notices to appear and instead were directed to check in with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office once they reached their final destination, according to Axios. Only around 6,700 migrants who illegally crossed the southern border between mid-March and mid-July had met with local ICE offices...

Source: Epoch Times   Date: 7/30/2021   The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over an executive order he issued to limit the ground transportation of illegal aliens. Abbott, a Republican, said that the executive order he issued on July 28 is intended to “reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure” in Texas communities, amid an increase in CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in the Lone Star State, including among illegal aliens. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asked Abbott to rescind the executive...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/26/2021 The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Monday that it has arrested more than 300 illegal immigrant sex offenders since last month as part of an ongoing operation. Agents arrested 302 sex offenders since June 4 as part of the agency’s Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Arrest and Removal), according to the agency. “Our officers have prioritized the arrest of noncitizens who pose the greatest threat to the security and safety of our communities,” acting ICE Director Tae Johnson said in a statement about the arrests. Johnson said...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/26/2021 South Texas’s Rio Grande Valley has been the busiest border sector for illegal alien crossings for years. But last week a sudden spike in numbers saw Border Patrol apprehend more than 20,000 illegal immigrants in one week. “It’s the hottest part of the summer and apprehensions are skyrocketing!” Border Patrol Chief for the sector Brian Hastings wrote on Twitter on July 25. Hastings said the number of large groups has increased, with a record-breaking 298 in one group encountered in La Grulla last week. “Within this group, a subject exhibiting...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/26/2021 BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—Nebraska, Iowa, and Florida State Troopers were all out on patrol with Texas State Troopers on July 21. The out-of-state troopers have been assisting Texas State Troopers with catching human smugglers driving loads of illegal aliens on roads leading away from the U.S.–Mexico border, as well as helping Border Patrol with the apprehension of illegal aliens on foot. An Iowa State Trooper (L) assists Border Patrol in detaining illegal immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala while deployed to Texas, in Kinney County, Texas,...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/26/2021 President Joe Biden’s attempts to suspend or end border wall construction are costing taxpayers $3 million per day, with an estimated price tag of at least $1.8 billion, according to a new report by Senate Republicans. On the day he was sworn in, Biden ordered his administration to pause construction and called for a review of projects and funds. While the halt was supposed to be for 60 days, more than 180 days later, no indication has been given on the results of the review and whether construction will resume. As the pause continues, Republicans...

Source: Gateway Pundit Date: 7/25/2021 Bill Melugin from FOX News reported on Sunday that the US border partol apprehended over 20,000 illegal aliens at the Del Rio Crossing in Texas in just one week. That is enough people to fill up the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Chief Border Patrol Agent Brian Hastings tweeted this out Sunday afternoon. VIEW TWEET All of these individuals were released inside the US mainland. They were transported across the country and are given money and benefits after they cross into the United States. This is just at one border crossing that is seeing these...

Source: Breitbart Date: 7/23/2021 EAGLE PASS, Texas — Site preparation work for one segment of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recently announced border wall project is visibly underway south of the city. On Thursday, work crews could be seen clearing land and surveying property near a truck route leading to the Camino Real International Bridge. On Wednesday, migrants could be seen crossing through the area that will soon be the site of a several-mile concrete barrier and fence to impede access from the Rio Grande. The site is part of the right-of-way for Texas State Loop 480. The loop parallels...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/24/2021 Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings reported that his sector at the Texas-Mexico border alone took into custody more than 15,000 illegal immigrants in one week, the most so far this year. In the same sector, agents saw a 900% increase in those being detained who tested positive for the coronavirus. “Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger, nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation,” the RGV Border Patrol...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 7/24/2021 The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona has reported that 241 individuals were charged with illegal entry into the country in June. Forty of those charged had prior violent crime convictions. Of the 241 charged, 178 had previously been convicted of non-immigration criminal offenses in the United States, according to the agency’s Arizona June 2021 Immigration and Border Crimes report. The report states that six of the illegal aliens had homicide convictions, while eight of the individuals had sex offense convictions. Another six had convictions...

Source: Breitbart Date: 7/21/2021 A source within Customs and Border Protection says the Border Patrol is facing overcrowding issues again at particular facilities within the Del Rio Sector of Texas. On Monday, more than 400 migrants surrendered in Del Rio alone. The mostly Haitian and Venezuelan migrants are contributing to the overcrowding. At one facility in Eagle Pass, a soft sided structure was constructed to help deal with the current crisis and has yielded unprecedented migrant traffic levels. The source notes the newer facility is currently 200 percent over the COVID capacity standard. The...

Source: NY Post Date: 7/19/2021 Hundreds of migrants in Mexico converged at a gate on the border in Del Rio, Texas, Monday morning, and tried to force their way into the United States as Border Patrol agents and law enforcement struggled to hold the line. The violent confrontation began when US authorities, including state troopers, started admitting select migrant families through the gate and into the US. But soon, single adults and others not chosen attempted to force their way through the gate along with the families, making it hard for US officials to close the massive door behind...