Border Crisis

U.S. 09/20/21, 21:24

Amid a historic surge of immigrants attempting to enter the United States across the southern border, the State Department proposed doubling refugee admissions for the fiscal year 2022 from 62,500 to 125,000. On Monday, September 20, the State Department issued a press release stating that the President recommended that Congress increase refugee admissions ...

U.S. 09/20/21, 15:14

The border crisis is growing every day. Now more than 14,800 illegal immigrants are crammed under the bridge that connects the small city of Del Rio, Texas, with Mexico, informed Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas) after visiting the place.For Pfluger, the Biden administration must recognize the crisis and take action now; ...

Central America 09/19/21, 21:08

Thousands of migrants are still waiting under the international bridge between Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña. U.S. Customs and Border Protection responded by temporarily shutting down the infrastructure on Sept. 17. The federal agency that oversees U.S. borders closed the Del Rio Port of Entry, citing "urgent safety and security ...

U.S. 09/19/21, 20:13

A massive influx of Haitian asylum seekers arriving at a small Texas city prompted a federal border protection agency to seek help from civilians. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hiring anyone who can help free-up agents at Del Rio, 240 miles southwest of Austin. CBP is offering about 1,200 border ...

U.S. 09/19/21, 01:55

Texas’s state law enforcement has stormed the border and secure it with scores of vehicles in a small border town where thousands of Haitian migrants gathered under a bridge before the Biden administration is expected to deploy the flights to expel them. Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a tweet on Saturday, ...

U.S. 09/18/21, 16:39

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, Sept. 17, signed the state’s House Bill 9 into law, which will provide an additional $1.8 billion in state funding for border security over the next two years. "Our border crisis goes beyond the Rio Grande Valley and our South Texas communities—the smuggling of drugs, ...

America 09/18/21, 15:13

In August, the number of people apprehended by federal law enforcement while attempting to cross the US-Mexico border unlawfully has remained near the highest level in more than two decades. Two hundred eight thousand eight hundred eighty-seven persons were stopped throughout the 2,000-mile southern border as they sought to sneak in ...

U.S. 09/18/21, 02:15

On Friday, Sept. 17, Fox News said that its drones are now allowed to continue hovering around the Texas-Mexico border after initially being banned. "FoxNews applied this morning and has received clearance to operate from now until the end of September in the restricted airspace," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced ...

U.S. 09/17/21, 16:11

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed a new no-fly zone for unmanned aircraft systems in the southern part of Texas, where the international bridge is located, after images appeared showing thousands of illegal immigrants piling up under it during the last few days waiting to enter the country.  The U.S. ...

America 09/17/21, 03:13

The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday, Sept. 14, reported two migrant babies were left alone alongside the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass.  The unaccompanied minors, one 2-year-old girl and the other a 3-month-old boy in his carrier, were siblings from Honduras, the border agent learned from a note left with ...

U.S. 09/16/21, 23:28

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is closing down six entry points along the southern border over a new massive influx of asylum seekers, Fox News reported on Thursday, Sept. 16. As updated by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, the number of illegal migrants gathering under the International Bridge in Del Rio, ...

U.S. 09/04/21, 18:25

A migrant caravan of over 400 people, including many children, started for the U.S. from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Saturday, Sept 4, only days after security and migration officials dispersed another similar group. People from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, and Venezuela make up the majority of the ...

Central America 08/15/21, 16:47

A federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump-era policy of making asylum seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings in the United States, on Aug. 13. Federal officials must revive the so-called Remain in Mexico program until it is "lawfully rescinded," because the program was incorrectly ...

U.S. 08/14/21, 18:17

On Friday, Aug 13, through a press release, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey called for the resignation of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas due to his handling of the U.S. southern border. This call for his resignation was made a day after the audio leak of Mayorkas, in which he ...

News 08/13/21, 16:51

The City of Laredo is a hot spot due to the junction of the border and COVID problems in Texas. Officials claim the jurisdiction has turned away buses carrying migrants after learning that almost four out of ten have tested positive for COVID. The border's utter chaos is a parody ...

U.S. 08/13/21, 16:33

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited the Texas border on Thursday, August 12, and met privately with Border Patrol agents. In a leaked audio, he is heard stating, among other things, that the border crisis is "unsustainable" and that "we are going to lose." Fox News reporter Bill Melugin reportedly obtained ...

U.S. 08/09/21, 03:05

COVID-19 transmission risks in conjunction with illegal migrants in the U.S. are alarming, according to a leaked briefing document meant to be presented to President Joe Biden this Thursday, Aug.10. "In the last 2-3 weeks, the percent positivity rates among all demographics have increased," the document stated, which was obtained and ...

U.S. 08/08/21, 15:14

Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) is calling for his fellow Republicans to uphold the Constitution that he claimed President Joe Biden has skirted, urging them to consider impeachment proceedings like the way Democrats treated former President Donald Trump. In a letter sent to House Republicans, Gibbs claimed that President Biden has taken "unconstitutional" ...

Central America 08/07/21, 19:45

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted a total of 834 unaccompanied minors at the US-Mexico border on Wednesday, Aug. 4, the highest number since the Biden administration began publishing a daily tally of child apprehensions earlier this year. The 834 children crossed the border on a single day during the ...

Central America 08/06/21, 03:55

Flights to return illegal Central American migrant families had finally started, a source said. The flights were initiated under Title 42, a Trump-era border policy that would expel undocumented migrants to restrict COVID-19 risks. The procedure was extended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this Monday, Aug. 2.  On ...