‘Significant Surge’ of crossings at US-Mexico border
Texas Democrats warn that a crisis at the border could be weeks or even days away, the Houston Chronicle reports. The warnings come as the Biden administration moves to establish Ellis-Island-style rapid-processing hubs to release migrants into the U.S. within 72 hours. … Read More
9,000 unaccompanied alien children projected for February — traditionally a low-travel month. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the number of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) apprehended by CBP at the Southwest border in February is projected to increase by 50 … Read More
A Guatemalan migrant and his son cross to the United States, via the Rio Grande natural border between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, in search of political asylum. (Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images) MCALLEN, Tex. — President Biden’s more-welcoming message … Read More
Led by Rep. James Comer, 19 Republicans asked the Biden administration to take a tougher stance on the US-Mexico border.Greg Nash/Pool via AP House Republicans on Friday asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to take a tougher approach on the … Read More
A Honduran migrant child is helped off a Guatemalan army truck after being returned to El Florido, Guatemala, one of the border points between Guatemala and Honduras, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed … Read More
Honduran boys whose family wants to seek asylum in the U.S., play on the sidewalk in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Thousands of people are waiting to claim asylum and more come each day, falsely believing they will be … Read More
Elliot Spagat/Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico — After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States. … Read More
Montana Representative Matt Rosendale stands at a portion of the completed border wall on the Arizona/Mexico border. Photo: Congressman Rosendale Fresh off a week-long tour of security installations along Arizona’s border with Mexico, Montana congressman Matt Rosendale blasted the Biden … Read More
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday to increase refugee admissions and allow the U.S. to set a goal of providing safe haven to 125,000 people around the world fleeing violence, conflict, and persecution during his first full fiscal … Read More