Sitting in traffic on a sweltering afternoon, waiting to cross the border back into Arizona from a meeting in Mexico, Nogales Mayor Jorge Maldonado’s main request for the next administration was achingly relevant: more Customs and Border Protection staff. “We got people trying to cross the border that are taking two or three hours long,”...
Conservative watchdog group America First Legal is suing an Arizona county for allegedly refusing to remove thousands of illegal immigrants from its voter rolls. “America First Legal is leading the charge to keep illegal aliens from voting in 2024,” AFL president Stephen Miller said in a statement. “Maricopa County, in direct violation of state law,...
Chicago’s city council denied that the cleanup of homeless encampments containing migrants has anything to do with the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC). A large homeless encampment was cleared on July 17, the Chicago Tribune reported. The paper reported further that Maura McCauley, managing deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services,...
In parts of Texas, a common on-the-go breakfast is a kolache. It’s a savory pastry that typically contains meat and cheese. But the story of kolaches is far more interesting than one might expect for a breakfast item. It’s a tale that weaves together immigration, clever business sense and a good-sized dose of Americana. GENERAL...
The rate of arrests at the United States’ southern border has dropped to its lowest point since President Biden took office. Three sources familiar with the situation reportedly told The New York Times that arrests for the month of July dropped below 60,000. A source familiar with the Department of Homeland Security’s border data told...
The freezing of a controversial Biden parole program, which allows tens of thousands of migrants to travel into the U.S. each month, due to new revelations about fraud on the sponsor side is already building pressure on the program – with conservatives calling for it to be scrapped altogether. The Department of Homeland Security has...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that they captured a validated Colombian gang leader wanted for homicide, aggravated theft, and arms trafficking in his home country who was illegally in the U.S. ICE said the Colombian fugitive is a validated leader of the Las Colinas criminal organization based in Santa Marta, Colombia. The 29-year-old...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended a COVID-era program that granted hundreds of free minutes of video calls to illegal immigrants, Fox News Digital has learned – a move that is estimated to save taxpayers more than $10 million a year. The federal agency began offering illegal immigrants in custody 520 minutes of free domestic...
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 100 illegal immigrants on the terror watch list have been released into the United States during the Biden administration, while Border Patrol agents have encountered migrants on the watch list from dozens of different countries, a new House report is revealing. “Under the Biden-Harris Administration, of the more than 250 illegal aliens on...
The United States Coast Guard, charged with the mission of ensuring the nation’s maritime safety, security and stewardship, was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton on this day in history, August 4, 1790. Originally called the Revenue Marine Service, the Coast Guard was founded eight years before the U.S. Navy. “The Coast Guard...
