ICE arrests 2,000 immigrants in largest sweep of the pandemic

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday it made more than 2,000 arrests during a six-week nationwide operation in July and August that focused on those with criminal convictions and charges, but also led to the arrests of … Read More

Border crossings drastically decreased compared to last year, says Border Patrol

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — The situation at the U.S. – Mexico border has changed drastically from the ‘humanitarian crisis’ it was a year ago, according to border patrol. Border Patrol officials credit the change, in part, to the pandemic. “It’s … Read More

Will We See a ‘Biden Effect’ at the Border?

Migrants being floated over the Rio Suchiate border from Guatemala to Mexico, January 2020, where they were required to apply for Mexican asylum if they want to stay. Photo by Todd Bensman. A few months after President Donald Trump’s 2016 … Read More

Op-Ed: Liberal governors want stimulus funds for illegal immigrants

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. J. Scott Applewhite | AP “Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.”– Frederic Bastiat There have always been differences of … Read More

After a Lull, the Number of Migrants Trying to Enter the U.S. Has Soared

The number of immigrants arrested at the southwestern border has more than doubled since the spring, fueled by Mexico’s economic slump and a Trump administration policy that migrants say works in their favor. Men who had been returned to Nogales, … Read More

Trump and Biden take sharply different paths on immigration

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s push to crackdown on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican’s winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda. Former Vice President Joe … Read More

Report: Trump administration ‘most active’ on immigration in US history

‘The U.S.-Mexico border is more closed off than perhaps any time in U.S. history’ McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Trump administration has enacted the most sweeping immigration reforms of any U.S. presidency and has accomplished this through broad-brush measures, as well … Read More

Supreme Court denies request to halt construction of the border wall

The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote has denied a request to halt construction of President Trump’s border wall over environmental concerns. A number of groups, including the ACLU and Sierra Club, had asked the high court to get involved again after the … Read More

Trump administration halts new DACA applications as it considers canceling program

‘There are important policy reasons that may warrant the full rescission of the DACA policy’. The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it was halting applications to an Obama-era program that shields some illegal immigrants from deportations as it considers the … Read More

Trump’s new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts

President Donald Trump speaks during a law enforcement briefing on the MS-13 gang in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that … Read More

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