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June 10, 2019

Footage shows migrants walking around border wall to enter US

New footage released by Customs and Border Protection shows a group of more than 130 migrants entering the U.S. by simply walking around a section of border wall in Arizona -- in the latest incident prompting calls to curb the historic surge in illegal immigration. 

June 7, 2019

Ira Mehlman: Dems’ 2020 budget proof that battle is not about 'the wall,' it’s about immigration enforcement

On the same day that the House of Representatives approved a massive amnesty for illegal aliens who arrived in the United States as minors and for people who accepted our offer of temporary protection in the aftermath of some disaster in their homelands, the Democratic majority sent another unmistakable signal that accommodation, rather than enforcement, is the watchword when it comes to large-scale illegal immigration.

June 7, 2019

Jason Chaffetz: Congress doubles down on incentivizing illegal immigration

Responding to rewards that incentivize illegal immigration, migrants have flowed into the United States at record rates. 

June 7, 2019

Hundreds of African migrants cross US-Mexico border in Texas over past week: reports

More than 500 migrants from African nations -- including Angola, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo -- have been apprehended in Texas, at the Del Rio Border Patrol sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, since May 30, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

June 6, 2019

Tammy Bruce: Border crisis puts US (and migrant families) at risk for dangerous infectious diseases

Infectious diseases are an equal opportunity scourge. The catastrophe at the border is a humanitarian one at every level, which does not discriminate.

June 6, 2019

Dems slam DHS plan to have troops boost border wall's 'aesthetic appearance,' reports say

U.S. military personnel will spend the next month painting the border wall, reports said Wednesday. But at least two Democrats spoke out against the plan.

June 4, 2019

Rep. Andy Biggs: Trump’s hands are tied on illegal immigration by our courts – Just look at the drastic results

The United States is being invaded. Congressional leadership has dithered while we are experiencing a surge of illegal border crossings that is inconceivable.

June 2, 2019

Mexican president lashes out at Trump in angry letter, says he turned US into anti-immigrant country 'overnight'

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushed back at President Donald Trump's move to impose a blanket 5 percent tariff on all Mexican goods in a letter on Thursday that was alternately angry and philosophical.

May 27, 2019

Privately funded organization 'We Build the Wall' starts construction of border barrier in El Paso area

A privately funded organization called We Build the Wall began work this weekend on a project to build a section of border wall near El Paso, Texas. 

May 25, 2019

Trump, calling for legal appeal, slams ‘activist Obama appointed judge’ over border wall ruling

President Trump on Saturday ripped into what he described as an “activist Obama appointed judge” after a federal judge blocked the administration’s plan to reallocate money to the building of a wall on the southern border.