(The Center Square) – The Yuma County Sheriff’s office is distributing video of crowds of immigrants that approached the U.S. border wall over the weekend, with some migrants saying they aimed to enter before President Joe Biden reinstates a Trump-era immigration crackdown. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) began reimplementing a version of former President…
Arizona governor ready to support ‘overwhelmed’ federal agents, EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Several hundred migrants have entered the U.S. illegally in the past day in Yuma, Ariz., overwhelming law enforcement capacity in the region, local news reports say. More than 1,500 migrants came across from Sonora, Mexico, on Monday and other groups were…
The increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela have worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic, say UN rights experts. The number of Venezuelans worldwide who’ve gone on the run has now topped six million, with the vast majority hosted by countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and migration agency…
Expert says Mexican president using caravans as ‘leverage’ on Biden administration; industry leader warns dealing with masses of migrants affects border trade EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A second major migrant caravan could be assembling in southern Mexico shortly. Activist Irineo Mujica, who is currently leading upwards of 1,000 Central and Haitian migrants through…
Mexico is reportedly close to signing off on accepting migrants back. McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The controversial Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy — which forced migrants to wait south of the border in Mexico during their immigration proceedings — could begin again “within the coming weeks,” according to a federal court brief filed this…
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Border Patrol agents have been seeing larger groups of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. at once, putting a strain on resources along the border in recent months. “Since October of this year, we’ve been seeing an increase of large gatherings of migrants being dropped off right along in the immediate…
The so-called Title 42 border closure, which uses the COVID-19 pandemic to justify immediate expulsion or deportation of people fleeing persecution and torture, has always been heartless and illegal. So why is the Biden administration indefinitely continuing this most egregious and unlawful of Trump’s immigration policies? Recent reports confirm that it’s in part because the…
Each year, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens deliberately violate our nation’s laws by unlawfully crossing U.S. borders. We now have 14.5 Million Illegals in the US (minimum) and their cost to US Taxpayers is now $133.7 BILLION. This figure takes into account Federal, State and Local costs minus all of the taxes paid by…
Senior administration officials say U.S. border policy will not be a primary focus of talks with Mexico on Thursday when President Biden hosts his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in the North American Leaders’ Summit. The Biden administration has recently relied on Mexican authorities to reduce the number of migrants reaching the U.S. southern border and…
The recently attempted migrant caravan has nearly 2,000 immigrants, largely from Central America and Haiti with their belongings in little knapsacks or packages. A new migrant caravan left the southern part of the Mexican city of Tapachula on Thursday and started to move towards the north during the time when the President of Mexico Andrés…