Immigration News

The number of illegal aliens apprehended at the Mexican border has risen for the past five months. The apprehensions of both the first two months of FY 2017 exceed all the months of FY 2016. Some say these numbers are beginning to rival the surge during the summer of 2014. One likely reason for these rising numbers is that foreigners are hoping to sneak across the border before the anticipated crackdown of the in-coming Trump Administration.

Monday's New York Times continued the paper's campaign against enforcing America's immigration laws with an histrionic editorial, "Proud to Be a Sanctuary City."  Some excerpts from...

The New York Times reported Thursday: "Taylor and Thomas are out.  Lopez and Gonzalez are in.  Six of the 15 most common surnames in the...

Michael Reagan, son of the late president, in a column posted Friday describes the sad condition of the once-Golden State: "Why does California even bother...

Breitbart News reports that Carnival Corporation is replacing hundreds of its American employees with foreign workers. Before the Americans leave they will have to train their foreign replacements to do their jobs.

In 2010 only one in 100 illegal aliens apprehended at the border claimed asylum. Now the word is out that making this claim fraudulently is a way to gain a foothold in the U.S. Currently, almost one in ten apprehended illegals are claiming asylum. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan observed that "We know that [friends, family, and smugglers] are coaching individuals on specifically on what to say when they come here . . . the magic words they need to say to claim [asylum]."

President-elect Donald Trump said that the stabbing attacks by a Somali refugee at Ohio State University are a "tragic reminder" of the need for stricter immigration control. He observed that "immigration security is now national security.”

The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the union that represents Border Patrol agents, has endorsed President-elect Trump's nomination of retired General John Kelly as secretary of Department of Homeland Security. The NBPC stated that "We have faith in President-elect Trump, and although General Kelley does not have immigration experience, we recognize that he comes in with stellar credentials."

Many immigration control advocates question President-elect Trump's nomination of Andrew Puzder to become Secretary of Labor. Puzder has been a strong advocate of amnesty for illegal aliens and an advocate of the view that large number of foreign workers must be imported to do jobs Americans won't or can't do. Since his nomination Puzder has stated that as Labor Secretary he will make jobs for Americans his priority.

Pro-alien politicians in California promise that they will try to block all efforts of the in-coming Trump Administration to deport illegal aliens. Leaders of both houses of the state legislature have introduced legislation toward that end. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon stated, "We are telling the next administration and Congress: if you want to get to them, you have to go through us."