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U.S. District Judge Orders Biden Admin. Reinstate 'Remain In Mexico'
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered the Biden Administration to reinstate the effective Migrant Protection Protocols (Remain in Mexico), stating that DHS “failed to consider several critical factors” before ending the program.
July Border Apprehensions at Nearly 200k
The Department of Homeland Security released official border statistics for the month of July, and apprehensions approached 200,000 with Border Patrol agents making 199,777 arrests. The number of apprehensions is more than 5 times the number of apprehensions from just a year ago and more than double the number from the same month during the 2019 border surge.
Senate Clears Path for Amnesty after Approving $3.5 Trillion Budget Reconciliation Resolution
Just before 4 a.m., the Senate approved the Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation resolution with instructions to the Judiciary Committee to add an amnesty for millions of illegal aliens to its final budget reconciliation bill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has instructed committees to complete their pieces of the budget bill by September 15.
CIS Podcast: Who was Barbara Jordan and Why Does Her Work Still Matter?
Last week, the Center for Immigration Studies released its latest "Parsing Immigration Policy," this one on civil rights trailblazer and head of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, Barbara Jordan. Discussing Jordan and the Commission's work with CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian was NumbersUSA Director of Research, Eric Ruark.
Rep. Andy Biggs Files Articles of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
On Tuesday, Arizona Represen- tative Andy Biggs introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The articles accuse Mayorkas of having presided over a "reckless abandonment" of border security since taking the lead at DHS.
Sen. Dems. Release Budget Reconciliation Frame-Work with Massive Amnesty
Senate Democrats unveiled the framework for their $3.5 trillion budget resolution package which could pass without a single bipartisan vote; the package includes an amnesty that would reward millions of illegal aliens and the cartels who now operate the southern border.
A border strategy so doomed to fail you'd think the goal had changed
By almost any measure, the situation at the border is getting worse. The best way to help the majority of people in the sending countries is to help them where they are. The best way to discourage illegal immigration is to remove the incentives. Biden’s strategy is to offer more.
Biden Administration Signals Plan to Keep Title 42 In Place
The Biden administration signaled earlier this week that it plans to keep Title 42, the coronavirus border shutdown put in place under former President Trump which allows illegal aliens to be turned back from the border.
Border Patrol Official Warns that Covid-Positive Aliens Being Released "Day In, Day Out"
A Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, Chris Cabrera, has warned that Border Patrol officers are having to release illegal border crossers who tested positive for Covid-19 into the U.S. “day in, and day out."
