Rafts ferry migrants across the Suchiate river at the Mexico-Guatemala border. Mexico has detained 74,000 undocumented migrants since December 1, of whom 53,000 have been deported Almost 200,000 undocumented migrants were arrested in March and April after crossing the Mexico-United … Read More
Questioning Francis’s Support of Islam and Unrestricted Immigration In his book, Pope Francis’s “Paradigm Shift”: Continuity or Rupture in the Mission of the Church? An Assessment of His Pontificate’s First Five Years, José Antonio Ureta discusses reasons why faithful Catholics need … Read More
Most of the United States’ 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants live in just 20 major metropolitan areas, with the largest populations in New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on government data. … Read More
A caravan-sized group of more than 1,000 people was taken into federal custody in western Texas Wednesday after illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States, a senior Border Patrol official told the Washington Examiner. Agents encountered 1,036 people, primarily from … Read More
President Trump on Thursday abruptly announced a new 5 percent tariff on Mexicobeginning in early June, saying the levy will “gradually increase” until the ongoing illegal immigration surge at the southern border is “remedied” and illegal migrants “STOP.” “On June 10th, the United States … Read More
SAN DIEGO — More than 30 migrants have tested positive for influenza at a major processing center where a flu-stricken teenage boy died, the latest evidence of growing public health threats posed by inadequate facilities to deal with a surge … Read More
Former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency chief Tom Homan struck at out Democrats over their “open border attitude” on Monday, blaming Democratic lawmakers for the recent deaths of migrant children held under federal custody. In an interview with Fox … Read More
A day after unveiling the administration’s merit-based immigration reform proposal amid a national emergency on the southern border, President Donald Trump tweeted a warning for illegal immigrants: “do not make yourselves too comfortable, you will be leaving soon!” President Trump’s early Friday morning … Read More
In recent years, the accelerating cross-border flow of migrants fleeing violence and poverty has remade the politics of Europe and the United States. A startling new study from Stanford University warns that the conflicts we’ve seen to date may just be the … Read More
The Defense Department said Friday it will redirect $1.5 billion from other military projects to fund President Trump’s border wall. The Associated Press reported the funds would be diverted in part from the Afghan Security Forces Fund, from a project … Read More