Illegal Immigrants

Barrasso: Pelosi Making It Easier for Illegal Immigrants to Work Than Americans

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is “making it easier for illegal immigrants to work” than “for the 36 million Americans out of work to get back on the job,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said...

Cuccinelli: Rate of Crime Among Illegals Should Be Zero – They Shouldn’t Be Here

DHS Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said that when Democrats defend sanctuary cities, their argument is usually that the rate of crime among illegal immigrants is no different than the rest that...

Buttigieg Would Compensate, Fast Track Citizenship for Illegal Minors Separated from Families

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he’s for compensating illegal immigrant children separated from their families at the border, and on top of that,...

CBP Chief Mark Morgan: 1 Million Enforcement Actions on Border in FY 2019 – 88 Percent Higher Than Last Year

Arrivals of migrant families on the border in 2019 more than tripled compared to any previous fiscal year on record, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan announced Tuesday.

Trump: Dems Want to Drain Americans’ Health Care to Finance Open Borders

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Democrats want to drain the health care of Americans and finance health care for illegal immigrants.

Acting ICE Director: ICE Removed More Than 145,000 Criminal Aliens Last Year, Including 10,000 Gang Members

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made more than 105,000 criminal arrests last year and removed more than 145,000 criminal aliens, “to include the arrests of nearly 10,000 gang members and the...

Acting USCIS Director: We Have a More Restrictive Asylum Arrangement with Canada Than Mexico

Acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli defended the Trump administration’s new asylum rules in an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, saying that the asylum arrangement that the U.S....

Acting CBP Commissioner: ‘These Aren’t Raids - These Are Targeted Law Enforcement Operations’

Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan clarified Sunday in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” that the so-called raids on food processing plants in Mississippi that led to 680...

Acting CBP Commissioner: Can’t ‘Efficiently’ Check Whether Illegals Have Criminal Record Back Home

Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan told Congress on Tuesday that Customs and Border Protection is not able to efficiently obtain criminal records from other countries on illegal immigrants who enter the...

Acting DHS Secretary: Denying Money for ICE Beds Contributed to Overcrowded Conditions

Congress’s unwillingness to provide enough funding for beds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants has contributed to the overcrowded conditions at Customs and Border...

Castro: ‘We Already Pay for the Health Care’ of Illegal Aliens - ‘It’s Called the Emergency Room’

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro told ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopolous” on Sunday that Americans already pay for the health care of illegal immigrants – “it’s called the emergency...

CBP: Apprehensions on the Border Represent a 140 Percent Increase Compared to Same Time Last Year

Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 664,000 illegal aliens on the border so far this year, which represents “a nearly 140 percent increase compared to the same time frame last year,” Brian...

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost: Family Units from 52 Countries Have Illegally Crossed the Border

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost told Congress Thursday that in addition to the Central American countries that make up the Northern Triangle, illegal immigrants from 52 countries have illegally...