Venezuelans became the largest nationality arrested for illegally crossing the U.S. border last month, replacing Mexicans for the first time on record.
The official, who only spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the administration is trying to reduce unlawful crossings by carrying out "higher" numbers of deportations of migrant adults and families. The official declined to provide specific deportation numbers. While migrant crossings ju...
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September's numbers show migration to the U.S.-Mexico border has plateaued following a precipitous drop at the start of the summer, whenPresident Biden invoked sweeping presidential powersto disqualify most of those entering the country illegally from asylum. In July, August and September, Bord...
“That number may change every year, and I’m not going to get into an ideological debate or, worse, an auction about immigration numbers,” Scheer said. “The number will reflect what Canada needs and, just as importantly, who needs Canada.” ...
Yet now, following a few months of somewhat-reduced numbers of apprehensions between ports of entry along the Southwest border, the Biden-Harris administration is taking a victory lap. Such premature celebration, however, ignores the reality of the continuing nature of this crisis. ...
MIGRANT NUMBERS CROSSING DARIEN GAP SET NEW RECORD, DESPITE US EFFORTS {{#rendered}}{{/rendered}} Republican critics of the administration have pointed to therecord number of getaways, including nearly 600,000 last fiscal year, and raised concerns about the number of criminals who ma...
The federal government has not yet released numbers for February. Texas has charged thousands of migrants with trespassing on private property under a more limited operation that began in 2021. Tensions remain between Texas and the Biden administration. In the border city of Eagle Pass, Texas, ...
recent Border Patrol directives have been issued, such as“sitting on X’s”(ordering Border Patrol agents to stay in a fixed location for an entire shift), in order tolowerapprehensions and thereby sanitize publicized statistics.12It also stands to reason that as larger numbers of illegals c...
. So as long as they follow the process, they can come in and it's the right way to do it," Mario D'Agostino, the deputy city manager of El Paso, told CBS News, referring to the new federal strategy. "That's what we're seeing right now. That's why we're seeing low numbers...