Immigration News

On a daily basis we report here about those illegal migrants who are apprehended during or shortly after they have illegally crossed into the...

Yesterday, Joe Biden, en route to a meeting with his two "amigos" Trudeau of Canada and Lopez Obrador of Mexico, briefly stopped by El...

Leaked U.S. government surveillance images taken within the last month show armed Mexican cartel smugglers crossing the border into Arizona.  Border Patrol officials confirmed the...

A report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conceded that only 54 percent of the people illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico last year were caught. DHS has officially claimed that the capture rate was 81 percent. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) strongly criticized DHS for discrepancy. She stated, "Given that DHS knows these facts, they need to stop pushing misleading measurements that don't show the full picture and create mistrust with the American public."

Last month, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that its agents had more than 260,000 encounters with migrants along our borders, the highest monthly...

Turkey claims that it has unleashed a migrant surge on Greece because European countries have not done enough to help Turkey take care of...

The crowded fall agenda of the House, particularly the need to deal with the debt ceiling, could prevent action on amnesty legislation this year. Passage of amnesty could be difficult next year because pro-amnesty congressmen would have to face voters in the mid-term elections.

Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of DHS, says that "100 percent" of migrant families are now being released into the U.S., pending their asylum claims, thanks to current restrains on enforcement. While they are here they receive work permits. McAleenan called this situation "advertising" for smugglers. Read more at ijr.com

Donald Trump should make mandatory E-Verify his first priority instead of building a border wall, says Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. He says E-Verify, the system allowing employers to check the legal status of new hires against federal data bases, is crucial to discouraging residency by illegal aliens.

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other lawmakers will meet with President Obama on Friday to plot amnesty legislation.