Border patrols
New Mexico rancher approached by illegal aliens asking for food and water
American citizens whose properties are in or near border towns are giving aid to illegal aliens who trespass onto their land, fearing they and their families could otherwise be in danger. On Tuesday, March 31, New Mexico rancher Amanda Adame made an appearance on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" and shared ...
Migrants accepted into the US reached 30,000 since January
Facilities for hosting migrants are over capacity and can't accommodate the massive flood of refugees. Border Patrol agents have been forced to release many of them into the United States without proper procedure. The number of those admitted has now reached 30,000, an ex-top border official who worked under Trump's ...
Impeachment ‘a joke’ says Rep. Babin, and warns open border will have disastrous consequences
It is a joke, a tremendous waste of time and treasury money is how Rep. Brian Babin has described the impeachment witch hunt that the Democrats desperately pursue. Babin, 72, who represents the 36th Congressional District in southeast Texas, said the Democrats are dragging the country through the mud of continuous ...
Border Patrol discovers 30 illegal aliens locked in semitrailer
Border Patrol officers at Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado apprehended two U.S. citizens smuggling 30 illegal aliens by semitrailer on Saturday night, Oct. 26. At about 10 p.m., agents from the Tucson Sector referred a semi-trailer for secondary inspection after a Border Patrol canine alerted officials about the the vehicle. ...
Border Patrol agents revived a drowned immigrant teen
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the marine unit of the Eagle Pass South Station saved the life of an illegal teenager after he and his family, all from Honduras, tried to cross the Rio Grande river on Tuesday afternoon, June 25. “Words cannot express my gratitude nor convey the sense ...
Border Patrol agent has an offer to Ocasio-Cortez after ‘disgusting’ Holocaust comparison
The National Border Patrol Council's vice president expanded a private invite to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to visit a detention facility after she claimed the U.S. government is "running concentration camps on our southern border" to keep illegal immigrants. “She needs to come down here, I’ll offer to show her myself ...
Body of 7-year-old migrant girl found in Arizona desert near Mexico border
A 7-year-old girl believed to be from India was found in Arizona in a remote desert area, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Authorities said the girl was attempting to cross with a group of people from her country into the United States. Her body was found about 10 miles west ...
‘Daily, our agents save somebody’s life’: Border Patrol agents recall cases of heroism and compassion
LAREDO, Texas—Temperatures along the southwest border here average about 90 degrees, and inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler can go up to 120 degrees, said Joel Martinez, deputy chief for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo sector. “We had a 18-wheeler with 120 people in the back. I think seven of them ...
5th migrant child dies after detention by Border Patrol
The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley ...
Trump denies plans to fly migrants from border to Florida
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied reports that hundreds of migrants would be flown from the Mexican border to Florida and other areas in the U.S. interior to lessen the workload at crowded Border Patrol facilities. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, also on Sunday, acknowledged that federal officials did initially ...
4th death of migrant child since December raises new alarms
Advocates raised new alarms Thursday about the U.S. government's treatment of migrant families after a 2½-year-old Guatemalan child became the fourth minor known to have died after being detained by border agents since December. "The death of a single child in custody of our government is a horrific tragedy," said Jess ...
Shanahan says military won’t leave until border is secure
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan visited a border city in Texas on Saturday and said he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's continuous help. He also offered assurances to perhaps two dozen Border Patrol agents and other officials ...
Update: Shanahan says troops aim to help secure border
The Latest on acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's visit to the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):1:45 p.m.Acting Defense Secretary has offered assurances to perhaps two dozen Border Patrol agents and other officials at the McAllen Border Patrol Station in Texas that the Pentagon won't withdraw its military support prematurely.He says ...
US asylum limits spawn mishmash wait systems in Mexico
For thousands of asylum seekers, there are many ways to wait — and wait, and wait — at the threshold of the United States. Parents and children sleep in tents next to bridges leading to Texas for weeks on end, desperately hoping their names and numbers are called so they can ...
US will train dozens of border agents to screen for asylum
Immigration officials will train dozens of U.S. border patrol agents to start screening immigrants arriving on the southwest border for asylum amid a surge in the number of families seeking the protection, a government official said Wednesday. L. Francis Cissna, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said his agency will ...
Migrants at Southern border top 100K for 2nd month in a row
The number of migrants apprehended at the Southern border topped 100,000 for the second month in a row as the Trump administration manages an ever-increasing number of Central American families streaming to the U.S. that hardline policies have failed to stem. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost told senators Wednesday that apprehension ...
Trump taps ex-Obama border patrol chief as ICE Director
President Donald Trump is tapping a former border patrol chief who served in the Obama administration to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Trump tweeted Sunday that Mark Morgan "will be joining the Trump Administration as the head of our hard working men and women of ICE." He added: "Mark is a ...
Government to house more immigrants in tents at the border
About 50 asylum seekers stood this week in a circle near a bridge between the U.S. and Mexico to hear an American attorney explain what would happen to them when they entered U.S. custody.The attorney, Jodi Goodwin, told them they would probably end up at one of the Border Patrol's ...
Largest single group of 424 migrants apprehended at New Mexico border
On Tuesday morning, El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents arrested what they called "the biggest group of 424 illegal aliens" in the New Mexico border. A few hours later, patrol agents near Antelope Wells, New Mexico, captured another 230. Patrolling agents close to Sunland Park, soon after midnight on Tuesday morning, found ...
Border Patrol expands fingerprinting of migrant children
U.S. border authorities say they've started to increase the biometric data they take from children 13 years old and younger, including fingerprints, despite privacy concerns and government policy intended to restrict what can be collected from migrant youths. A Border Patrol official said this week that the agency had begun a ...
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