LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoros, Israel Martinez abandoned his hopes of seeking asylum in the United States. Beaten down by the cold and unsanitary conditions in the encampment, Martinez accepted a free flight back to his…
Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner for Customs and Border Protection, touted President Donald Trump’s border policies during a press conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson on 2 November 2020 – Rafael Carranza/The Republic. TUCSON — Two senior Homeland Security officials traveled to southern Arizona Monday to decry censorship and tout the Trump administration’s achievements…
Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Acting homeland security secretary Kevin McAleenan. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection/James Tourtellotte) (The Washington Post) – Acting customs and border protection commissioner Mark Morgan said Sunday that the mass immigration raids at Mississippi workplaces last week were not “raids,” disputing the terminology…
WASHINGTON (SBG) – For the final six months of the Obama Administration, Mark Morgan was in charge of U.S. Border Patrol, but removed from office the day after President Trumpwas inaugurated. Recently named the new head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, Morgan offered a blunt assessment of what he thinks is needed to…