Border security - Page 882

February 21, 2022

Arizona Border Patrol agent saves abandoned baby nearly run over by ATV

Border Patrol agent Mike Jones recounts saving a baby nearly run over by an ATV during an appearance on 'America's Newsroom.'

February 21, 2022

AOC slammed by GOP challenger for selling 'Abolish ICE' merchandise: 'More irresponsible rhetoric'

Desi Cuellar (R) is running for Congress in AOC's New York district and a former Army National Guardsman. Cuellar defends ICE and border patrol after AOC started selling ‘Abolish ICE’ merchandise.

February 19, 2022

Conservative groups urge border states to use 'every legal means' to combat migrant crisis

Conservative groups are calling on states at the southern border to take matters into their own hands to combat the continuing migrant crisis amid discussions about whether the surge can be classified as an "invasion."

February 18, 2022

Supreme Court to hear Biden admin's appeal to end Trump-era ‘Remain-in-Mexico’ policy

The Supreme Court will hear the Biden administration’s appeal in its efforts to end the "Remain-in-Mexico" policy -- a key Trump-era border policy that the Biden administration abolished, but was then forced to re-establish under court order.

February 18, 2022

CBP sees 'substantial increase' in fentanyl seizures, confirms 153,941 migrant encounters in January

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday said it had seen a "substantial increase" in fentanyl seizures at the southern border in January, just as it confirmed that there were 153,941 migrant encounters last month.

February 18, 2022

Arizona AG says Biden admin's failure to release ICE annual report latest example of DHS' lack of transparency

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is citing the failure so far by the Biden administration to release the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) annual report as the latest example of the lack of transparency that the Department of Homeland Security has exhibited when it comes to the effects of its liberal immigration policies.

February 18, 2022

Mayorkas describes 'tough trip' to the border after tense encounter with Border Patrol

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas described a recent "tough trip" to the U.S. southern border that included tense encounters with Border Patrol agents, some of whom he accused of acting "unprofessionally."

February 17, 2022

DHS proposes rule to ignore immigrants’ use of SNAP, CHIP, Medicaid when considering green card applications

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday proposed a new “public charge” rule that would dramatically scale back the number of benefits that immigrants can use that would be held against them when applying for permanent residency in the United States, a significant reversal from the Trump administration’s policy.

February 17, 2022

Ken Paxton on staggering migrant numbers: Biden admin is in ‘recruitment mode’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday that the Biden administration is in “recruitment mode” considering the staggering number of migrant crossings since last year.

February 17, 2022

Border crisis: Number of Turkish migrants at southern border already outpaces FY 2021

The number of Turkish migrants encountered at the southern border so far in FY 2022 already outpaces the number encountered in FY 2021 – a sign of the increasingly global character of the U.S. border crisis.