CBP releases drone footage showing ‘new wall system’ being built
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Supreme Court hears case on DACA
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WASHINGTON (SBG) – Outside the Supreme Court Tuesday, protests erupted, as the nine justices heard oral arguments in a case that could determine the future for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a memorandum issued by then-Secretary of … Read More
Tom Homan has chilling warning: Mexico massacre is exactly why we need the wall
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Retired ICE Director Tom Homan reiterated the urgent need for a southern U.S. border wall amid an escalating number of violent crimes being committed in Mexico. Homan spoke of the massacre of nine Americans on Monday as innocent mothers and … Read More
Crisis At The Border: The Collection Of DNA Samples From Migrants
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Crisis At The Border: The Collection Of DNA Samples From Migrants On October 21st, 2019, the Department of Justice issued a proposal that would permit the collection of DNA samples from migrants detained at the southern U.S. border. The biometric … Read More
Trump administration expands program to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico
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The Trump administration this week added a new location to a Department of Homeland Security program that turns away asylum seekers who arrive at official crossing points at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) was implemented Monday in … Read More
Surge of Mexican migrants is new challenge for Trump border crackdown
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A sudden increase in the number of Mexican families and asylum seekers trying to cross into the United States has raised fears of a new border crisis, frustrating Department of Homeland Security officials who are unable to deter Mexican nationals … Read More
Mexico Locks up Hundreds of Refugees Headed North
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Mexican National Guard members blocked a refugee caravan near Tuzantan, Chiapas, on Saturday and arrested hundreds of asylum-seekers. (AP photo/Isabel Mateos) TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America were corralled and detained in … Read More
US Not Alone in Restricting Asylum Eligibility
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers reopen the border gate of the Gateway International Bridge that connects downtown Matamoros, Mexico with Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 10, 2019. Victoria Macchi and Patsy Widakuswara contributed to this report. NEW YORK – U.S. President … Read More
Most illegal crossings in 12 years: Border Patrol took 851,000 into custody during fiscal 2019
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Border Patrol agents working along the United States-Mexico border took into custody approximately 851,000 people in the U.S. government’s fiscal 2019, marking the highest number of arrests since 2007, according to federal data exclusively obtained by the Washington Examiner. But the 40,000 … Read More