Border Crisis

Texas 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, ...

U.S. 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 ...

Texas 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 ...

Texas 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. ...

U.S. 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 ...

Texas 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, ...

Texas 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 ...

Texas 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 ...

Texas 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" ...

News 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 ...

Texas 08/05/21, 16:43

On Wednesday, August 4, the Texas border town of McAllen revealed the troubling reality that a large number of illegal border crossers released into the area were infected with COVID-19. According to officials of the city, since last Wednesday, the city had reported nearly 1,500 unlawful migrants who carried the novel ...

Texas 08/04/21, 19:24

A federal judge in El Paso blocked a Texas executive order that restricts migrant transport on Aug. 3. Kathleen Cardone issued a temporary restraining order on GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's latest plan to minimize COVID-19 infections. The governor wanted the Texas Department of Public Safety to check vehicles and reroute them, ...

Texas 08/04/21, 04:52

Mexico is prohibiting the U.S from sending illegal immigrant families back home at the onset of the current COVID-19 outbreak, just another step that threatens to aggravate the border surge. The Washington Examiner reports that the decision to prevent a large proportion of non-Mexican illegal families from returning to Mexico is likely to ...

Central America 08/03/21, 22:09

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended the previous president's order. Southern and northern border officers will be allowed to deport migrants from the United States due to COVID-19 concerns. The Donald Trump-era policy, commonly referred to as Title 42, aims to prevent the deadly disease from spreading. It ...

Texas 07/31/21, 18:32

After Texas Governor Greg Abbott prevented illegal immigrants from transiting through his territory, Attorney General Merrick Garland called the provision "dangerous and illegal."  Garland addressed a letter urging Abbott to rescind the Executive Order that prohibits local, state, and federal law enforcement agents from transporting undocumented aliens entering the country across ...