Border crisis Tag

Migrants Crossing Border and Being Released Into the U.S. Test Positive for COVID

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2021 21 Comments

Schools and businesses are still closed in many places. There are still issues with vaccine distribution. Yet, immigrants crossing the southern border who test positive for COVID are being allowed to move freely into the United States. This defies common sense and everything we have been told about the danger of COVID for a year.

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Report: Admin Lacks Resources for the Expected 117,000 Unaccompanied Children at Border This Year

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 24 Comments

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas reiterated that the U.S. doesn't have a border crisis. Press Secretary Jen Psaki doubled down on his claim. It looks the DHS will tell President Joe Biden the opposite. Officials expect 117,000 unaccompanied children at the border this year, but the administration will likely run out of resources by the end of March.

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DHS Sec. Mayorkas: ‘Loving Parents’ Send Unaccompanied Children to the Border

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2021 34 Comments

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the administration would not turn away unaccompanied minors at the border sent by their "loving parents."

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Arrests of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Surging at Southern Border

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2021 17 Comments

There is a full blown crisis happening at the southern border. While Democrats and the media twist themselves in knots insisting that everything is totally different under Biden, the number of unaccompanied children trying to cross the border is skyrocketing. This is not happening by accident. People clearly believe they have a chance of getting in because of the new administration.

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Biden-Induced Border Crisis, Where COVID Meets Catch-And-Release

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 07, 2021 30 Comments

Before Joe Biden even took office, DHS reported a surge in illegal border crossings in anticipation of his presidency.  Since taking office, Biden has been busily undoing President Trump's border and illegal immigration policy, effectively opening our borders in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Border Official Warns of ‘Full-Blown Crisis’ as Illegal Crossings Into U.S. Rise Dramatically

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 15, 2020 28 Comments

Illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States rose dramatically in November and one border official is already using the word "crisis" to describe the problem. Does anyone expect that this situation will improve under a Biden administration?

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Appeals Court Approves Trump Diverting Pentagon Funds To Border Wall Construction

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 05, 2020 7 Comments

One of President Trump's prominent campaign promises in 2016 was the building of a border wall, and try as he might, he was consistently thwarted by Democrats and anti-Trumpers both in Congress and within the federal bureaucracy.

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DHS: Illegal Border Crossings Surge In Anticipation of Biden Presidency

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 22, 2020 18 Comments

Former vice president Joe Biden pledged to end border wall construction and to loosen immigration rules.  The message was heard loudly and clearly, apparently, as DHS is reporting a surge in illegal border crossings.

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Stephen Bannon indicted in alleged private border wall funding scheme

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2020 54 Comments

Steve Bannon has been indicted on an alleged private border wall funding scheme through We Build The Wall group. The announcement from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY alleges:

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U.S. Appeals Court Lifts Block on Using Military Funds for Border Wall

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 09, 2020 15 Comments

2020 is sure starting out with a lot of win for President Donald Trump.

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As battle over Border Wall continues, about one mile goes up every day

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 20, 2019 11 Comments

This week, the U.S. Senate voted to uphold President Donald Trump’s veto of Democrat-sponsored legislation reversing his use of military base project money to pay for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

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Book Review: Open Borders, Inc., by Michelle Malkin

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 22, 2019 6 Comments

One of my biggest breaks as a newbie blogger came when conservative icon and patriot Michelle Malkin linked to my post on a downloadable sign to use when progressive activists infiltrated our Tea Party events in 2009.

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Survey: Majority of Mexicans Want Illegal Aliens in Mexico Deported to their Home Countries

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 19, 2019 15 Comments

As Republicans, normal Americans, and even some moderate Democrats are lambasted as "unAmerican" at best and "racist, white supremacist Nazis" at worst for arguing that open borders is a really bad idea, a new survey conducted by The Washington Post and Mexico’s Reforma newspaper finds that the majority of Mexicans want illegal aliens in Mexico deported back to their home countries.

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Obama-Era DHS Officials Implore Democrats to Pull Back from Border Decriminalization Positions

Posted by Stacey Matthews on July 15, 2019 13 Comments

Top DHS officials from President Barack Obama's administration have taken a strong stand against the border decriminalization positions held by 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. The Hill reports:

In an op-ed in The Washington Post this week, former Obama Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that decriminalization would attract hundreds of thousands of new migrants to the southern border. He described the proposal as “tantamount to declaring publicly that we have open borders.”

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Far Left Groups Pushing 2020 Democrats to Support Open Borders

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 28, 2019 12 Comments

When asked directly, Democrats typically deny being for open borders, but their base hasn't gotten the memo. Activist groups are now pressuring 2020 Democrats to support an open borders policy.

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Acting Border Chief John Sanders Resigns Amid Detention Center Controversy

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 25, 2019 22 Comments

Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders resigned on Tuesday, which goes into effect on July 5, amid detention center controversies at the US southern border. President Donald Trump knew changes would come to the agency, but he tried to convince Sanders to stay on the job.

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Senate Committee Strikes Bipartisan Deal On $4.6 Billion Border Bill

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 21, 2019 52 Comments

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $4.6 billion emergency spending bill to address the border crisis.  Approval was achieved only after explicit wording was included that prevents diverting any of the monies to the building of the wall.  The bill will move to the Senate next week for a vote.

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Record Number of African Nationals Flood Our Southern Border

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 17, 2019 16 Comments

In her post about the World Health Organization declaring Ebola outbreaks the "new normal," Leslie noted that 350 people from the Congo turned up at our southern border. It appears this was not an anomaly and that a record number of African nationals from a range of countries are arriving in America via Mexico.

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