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Border Agents Train in Virtual Ports of Entry
In his proposed 2020 budget, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress for $8.6 billion more for the construction of a border wall. With that in mind, Vice President Mike Pence visited an advanced Border Patrol Training Center in Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., two days later. Thousands of soon-to-be Border Patrol agents receive training there in high…
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Greyhound: US Can No Longer Drop Migrants Inside Stations
FILE – Volunteer Layal Rabat from the Phoenix Restoration Project brings water, food and diapers to Central-American women and their children dropped off at the Greyhound bus station in Phoenix, May 29, 2014. PHOENIX — Greyhound Lines Inc. is no longer allowing U.S. authorities to drop off immigrant families inside bus stations, forcing those who…
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Overwhelmed southern border now wrecking the legal immigration process
Democrats and even some dim Republicans can say there’s no emergency on the southern border, but that doesn’t lessen the unending flow of migrants showing up and straining our resources. You can’t have an unabated stream of people coming in from Latin America claiming asylum, i.e. legal protection for indefinite stay in the U.S., and…
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More than 2,000 people in ICE custody quarantined for contagious diseases
WASHINGTON — More than 2,000 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are being quarantined amid an outbreak of mumps and other diseases. The numbers of immigrants in custody with a contagious diseases has spiked in the past year. For the previous two years, the agency has not encountered a single case of mumps among…
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Germany vows retaliation for US trade war on EU
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier addresses the audience during a conference organized by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) on September 25, 2018 in Berlin. (Photo by AFP) Germany has warned the United States that it will take retaliatory measures against the administration of US President Donald Trump if it decides to escalate his trade…
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The U.S.-Mexico border is at a ‘breaking point’ as 76,000 migrants cross in a month. Here’s what you need to know
Moises Castillo, Associated Press Hundreds of Hondurans are blocked at the border crossing in Agua Caliente, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. A caravan of Honduran migrants moved toward the country’s border with Guatemala in a desperate attempt to flee poverty and seek new lives in the United States. SALT LAKE CITY — Over 76,000 undocumented…
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February had highest total of undocumented immigrants crossing U.S. border in 12 years
It is also the highest single month total since Trump was elected in November 2016. A Central American migrant who hopes to reach the United States, climbs the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on Dec. 29, 2018.Guillermo Arias / AFP – Getty Images WASHINGTON — The number of undocumented…
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Record number of families, cold reality at border
In a dusty lot along the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a single Border Patrol agent was stuck with few options and falling temperatures. A group of 64 parents and children had waded through a shallow bend in the Rio Grande to turn themselves in to the agent on the U.S. side. He radioed for a van…
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500 religious groups, leaders seek end to ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Demonstrators protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 23, 2019. (Credit: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters via CNS.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Calling the federal government’s migration protection protocols – also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy – “baseless and immoral,” a coalition of 500 religious organizations and leaders have asked…
