Illegal Immigrants

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...

Acting ICE Director: ICE Deporting Illegals with Final Removal Orders from Judges

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin deporting illegal immigrants who have final removal orders from immigration judges, acting ICE Director Mark Morgan said Wednesday.  

FY 2019 Border Apprehensions Twice Those of FY 2018

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday that 600,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended in fiscal year 2019 – twice what it was the year before.

McAleenan Directed All Children in CBP Custody to Be Screened by a ‘Certified Medical Professional’

Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan told Congress Thursday that while not every child in custody of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has access to a pediatrician, he has directed that all children...

Gillibrand Opposes Detention of Migrants: NY Cities 'Would Be Delighted' to Take Them

 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), now running for the Democrat presidential nomination, says the growing wave of asylum-seekers and illegal aliens flooding into the United States "don't need to be...

103,000 Illegals Caught Crossing Border in March--Highest Monthly Total Since 2007

Customs and Border Patrol apprehended over 103,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border in March – the highest number of apprehensions in a month in over a decade, acting Homeland Security Secretary...

Pence: In 2018, ICE Arrested More Than 34,000 Criminal Aliens, Removed 3,635 Gang Members

Vice President Mike Pence visited an ICE field office in Atlanta on Thursday and praised local ICE officials for their making 2,000 criminal arrests last year and seizing 7,000 pounds of narcotics in spite...