Biden promised pathway to legal permanent residency for those here illegally. A migrant traveling with a caravan that left Honduras on Friday told a reporter he was headed to the U.S. because soon-to-be President Joe Biden is “giving us 100 days to get to the U.S.” The migrant, seen in an interview shared by The Hill, did not provide…
David Ryder/Getty Images The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency deported more than 185,000 illegal aliens in Fiscal Year 2020 including more than 4,200 gang members, despite operational disruption caused by the Chinese coronavirus crisis. Between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, ICE agents deported 185,884 illegal aliens from the United States. About 64…
Many police departments hoping for the best, planning for the worst around Election Day. The backdrop of a summer of civil unrest in America’s largest cities and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic looms large as motivated voters prepare to submit their ballots for president in less than two weeks. Police departments – many of which saw days, weeks, and even monthslong…
Fifteen federal courts that handle immigration cases have been shut down by the Justice Department due to protests and violence in major U.S. cities. The DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review announced immigration courts in Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Portland would be closed Tuesday due to “civil unrest” following daytime protests and overnight violence…
Far-left advocates of open borders – who think we should welcome everyone around the world who wants to come to the U.S., give them government assistance and simply ignore our immigration laws – are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to try to end the detention of illegal immigrants. Two out-of-control liberal federal judges in California, one…
‘I can’t explain it to the American people through Congress since it’s hard to do in a five- or six-minute [television] hit,’ he said. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan is out with a book, which he said lays out the immigration debate before the American people and “sets the record straight”…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. UPDATE, April 21, 2020, at 6:58 p.m. ET: President Trump has clarified that his 60-day immigration pause, at least for now, will apply only to people seeking permanent residence in the United States. Original story below: President Trump announced late Monday…
AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of asylum seekers crammed in border towns near the Texas-Mexico border awaiting U.S. immigration hearings are at risk of dying from coronavirus because of poor health access and unsafe conditions, advocates say. In Matamoros, where about 2,000 migrants live in a sprawling outdoor camp where they sleep in tents and share portable bathrooms and sinks, health advocates warned…
Vehicles wait in line to cross into Canada at the Peace Bridge Plaza on March 18, 2020, in Buffalo N.Y. The Canada-U.S. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions “by mutual consent,” President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday, as efforts across the continent to contain the widening COVID-19 pandemic continued to upend daily…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using flights deporting illegal immigrants to two Central American countries to bring back Americans stranded by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. ICE, working with the State Department, has brought home 209 U.S. citizens on…