Border security

U.S. 11/18/19, 04:41

A sizable majority of Americans want to see increased border security as an important immigration policy goal, with 6-in-11 people expecting the government would deport more illegal aliens. The latest survey by Pew Research Center finds that 68% of Americans said it is very or somewhat important to increase security along the ...

Politics 11/03/19, 09:43

President Donald Trump on Nov. 1 approved a plan that continues a dramatic drop in the number of refugees taken in by the United States in fiscal year 2020. The U.S. State Department released a proposal onSept. 26, saying it would put the refugee limit at 18,000 for the fiscal year ...

U.S. 10/30/19, 09:52

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. ...

U.S. 10/25/19, 13:43

A pilot program has been initiated by the Trump administration to speed up the time it takes to process and detain asylum-seekers at the U.S. border. Instead of undertaking an asylum process that could take months or years, according to a report from The Washington Post, people arriving at the border ...

U.S. 10/08/19, 12:19

The number of migrants encountered at the southern U.S. border declined in September for the fourth straight month, Trump administration officials said Tuesday. Border officials came across about 52,000 migrants at the border last month — down about 65% from the peak in May of about 144,000, Acting Customs and Border ...

U.S. 09/29/19, 20:38

The White House on Friday night, Sept. 27, issued a statement criticizing the judge’s decision to block new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. “For two and a half years, this Administration has worked to restore faithful enforcement ...

U.S. 09/22/19, 13:50

Deafening drums marked the entrance of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi as they clasped hands and walked across the stage in a packed Texas stadium Sunday, sending a message of unity between the world's two largest democracies despite trade tensions. Instead of dwelling on trade, Trump highlighted ...

Opinion 09/19/19, 11:46

Abolish ICE thugs in Colorado want to see the homes and families of immigration enforcement officials set aflame. Denver communists want alien detention facility employees dead, swinging from nooses with broken necks. Both groups are brazenly using Facebook to spread their inflammatory and violent messages. So, where is Silicon Valley—whose top companies partner ...

U.S. 09/09/19, 16:50

The Trump administration stated there was a 30% decrease in apprehensions from July to August on the southern U.S. border, amid summer heat and a crackdown on both sides of the border to restrict migrants. Acting Commissioner for Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan said Monday that the percentage of border ...

Politics 08/29/19, 06:38

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley on Wednesday, Aug. 28, said that House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and the Democrats are lying to the American people when they condemned the Trump administration for diverting money from the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA to support border security. The Department ...

Politics 08/28/19, 07:54

Democrats blasted the Trump administration on Tuesday, Aug. 27, over its decision to transfer funds among agencies to address the border emergency crisis. The Department of Homeland Security is shifting $271 million from other agencies such as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Coast Guard to expand its immigration ...

U.S. 08/26/19, 06:35

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has unveiled a portion of new southern border wall, stating that it has finished a total of at least 60 miles of fresh border wall. The new section of wall near San Luis, Arizona, consists of an 18-foot steel bollard barrier. CBP said that it ...

Politics 08/21/19, 12:21

The Trump administration is moving to extend detentions of migrant families for long periods under a regulation announced Wednesday by Acting Homeland Security Department Secretary Kevin McAleenan. At a press conference at the headquarters of Customs and Border Protection, McAleenan called the measure a significant step towards addressing a humanitarian crisis ...

U.S. 07/26/19, 21:49

The Supreme Court on Friday, July 26, ruled that the Trump administration could begin using military funds to build a wall on the northern border, providing a significant legal win to the president. The decision allows the administration to move ahead with plans to use certain military funds to replace existing ...

U.S. 07/21/19, 02:54

The Pharr International Bridge, one of the biggest ports of entry on the southern United States border, had to be temporarily shut down on Friday, July 19, after a large group of immigrants stormed the border and confronted Border Patrol agents, federal officials told the New York Post. Nearly 50 immigrants ...

U.S. 07/15/19, 11:10

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new rule Monday, moving to end asylum protections for most Central American illegal migrants. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum-seekers who cross through another country before arriving to the United States will be ...

U.S. 07/13/19, 17:02

Illegal immigrant protesters pulled down the U.S. flag and replaced it with the Mexican flag Friday, July 12, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Aurora, Colorado. This was part of a national protest against the possible federal immigration roundups. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin deportations on Sunday, ...

U.S. 07/13/19, 11:17

Vice President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, July 12, including a Border Patrol station and then criticized CNN for not broadcasting the full story. "CNN is so dishonest. Today we took reporters to a detention facility on the border for families and children and all ...

U.S. 07/12/19, 05:37

A Texas reporter in the Rio Grande Valley recorded 300 illegal aliens crossing the border and turning in to Border Patrol agents in a six-hour period. One of the illegal aliens who crossed the border was a woman who was nine months pregnant and admitted she would give birth in a ...

Politics 07/07/19, 21:43

President Donald Trump on Sunday, July 7 accused the “Fake” media and Democrats of reporting "phony and exaggerated accounts" of conditions at migrant detention centers along the border. "The Fake News Media, in particular the Failing @nytimes, is writing phony and exaggerated accounts of the Border Detention Centers," Trump tweeted. The Fake News ...