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EU experts said on Thursday (27 February) that refusing entry to an EU country of people with coronavirus symptoms would be counterproductive and “ineffective” to prevent the spread of the virus. “Refusal of entry is not considered an appropriate preventive measure as the virus would spread further” since those potential patients would keep moving in the region without being treated, EU sources said. Instead, the experts advised having “systematic” checks for all those arriving, ensuring a coordinated approach between border guards and national authorities, as well as a real-time exchange of information. The principle of free movement of people in...

Donald Trump's dream of building a "big, beautiful wall" along the southern border took a hit yesterday when a federal judge ruled that Pentagon funds totaling $3.6 billion diverted for 11 construction projects along the southern border could not be used for wall construction. Significantly, the judge, David Briones of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, ruled that other funds, already approved by the Supreme Court, could be spent. Those funds, which come from a Pentagon counter-narcotics fund, could still be used for wall construction. The argument being used by the city of El Paso was...

Here is a chilling case of sanctuary chickens coming home to roost. Upon being convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping, home invasion and the brutal murders of two doctors on Tuesday, African criminal Bampumim Teixeira taunted the Massachusetts prosecutor who won the case and vowed to rape his wife. "You better hope I don't get out of jail," Teixeira threatened as he was dragged away in handcuffs by a quartet of court security officers. The killer appeared to greatly enjoy the media spectacle while striking fear into the hearts of innocents. He will be sentenced on Friday. I am outraged on...

You almost have to give Julian Castro credit. In a crowded field of presidential candidates, the guy just keeps on going like the Energizer bunny and doesn’t let his almost nonexistent presence in the polls slow him down. His latest stunt to draw media attention came in the form of a trip south of the border where he rounded up a group of asylum seekers who were hoping to get a pass from the Remain in Mexico program and be allowed to await their hearing in the United States. The way it wound up playing out, however, wasn’t according...

The Senate voted again on Wednesday to end President Trump’s emergency declaration on the southern U.S. border. In a 54-41 vote, the Senate agreed to terminate the declaration via Senate Joint Resolution 54, garnering five fewer votes than their previous attempt in February. GOP voting in favor: Alexander Blunt Collins Lee Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Romney Toomey Wicker

The Senate voted again on Wednesday to end President Trump’s emergency declaration on the southern U.S. border. In a 54-41 vote, the Senate agreed to terminate the declaration via Senate Joint Resolution 54, garnering five fewer votes than their previous attempt in February. GOP voting in favor: Alexander Blunt Collins Lee Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Romney Toomey Wicker

Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., called for the leaders of border security agencies to face charges for "child abuse" Monday night as top Democratic lawmakers and presidential contenders tried to keep attention on the conditions in detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico frontier. Nadler described the conditions as "inhuman" and "very disgusting" in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, adding that both state and federal laws were likely violated. "Frankly, I think it's criminal," Nadler said. "There ought to be criminal prosecutions of some of the agency heads and some of the people for child abuse. This is clearly child abuse. It...

U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam on Friday night delivered a massive blow to President Donald Trump's plan to reallocate funds from the Defense Department to construct the highly-anticipated wall along America's southern border. Judge Gilliam, an Obama appointee, turned his previous temporary injunction into a permanent injunction, which barred the Trump administration from building the wall in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. President Trump declared a national emergency this year and redirected $6 billion from the Defense Department's various projects to build the border wall. Friday's ruling specifically blocks the administration from using $2.5 billion in military funds...

Opinion| The United States Military might have come up with the perfect system to solve our border issues. The military has now introduced the Active Denial System, which conservative commentator Glenn Beck feels might be the answer to our problems. Conservative Tribune reports, "You may not have heard of the ADS, which has been a topic of debate for over a decade now. The non-lethal deterrent system been labeled by both military personnel and press alike as a 'pain ray' — which, I suppose, is a catchier way to refer to it than ADS. The U.K. Telegraph, describing the system...

The crisis at the southern border hasn’t changed. If anything, it is getting worse. Last week the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency reported that more than 500 people from African countries were arrested in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector in Texas in six days following May 31. Most of them were traveling in large groups trying to cross the Rio Grande River. Mostly families from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola, one group was as large as 100 people. When I heard the countries of origin my concern went...

(Video at link) The “poor huddled masses” coming across the southern border may not be so poor after all. Swiss journalist Urs Gehriger recently visited African migrants who breached the border and hung out on the streets of San Antonio, Texas, waiting to go elsewhere in the country, and he met hostility from people who didn’t want to share details about their experiences, conflicted each other, and had rolls of $100 bills. In a recording played on Fox News, Gehriger asks a migrant from Congo how she got to America. She refused to say. “We are here now in the...

Earlier this week Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham held a hearing to go over legislation that will fix the ongoing crisis at the border. During the hearing Graham revealed new numbers showing an explosion of fraud and abuse of the asylum system, which legislation he has introduced would end. View image on Twitter Senate Judiciary ✔@senjudiciary We’re eight months in to FY19. When compared to FY18 stats from the same time period: 135% increase in TOTAL APPREHENSIONS. This includes: 74% increase in UNACCOMPANIED MINORS 463% increase in FAMILY UNITS The numbers are overwhelming. 435 1:16 PM - Jun...

"DHS Frees 8.5K Illegal Aliens in Eight Days; 204.5K Released in Half a YearJohn Binder 12 Jun 2019 President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released about 8,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the United States over the past eight days, federal data confirms.…Since December 21, 2018, DHS has released a total of 204,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the country, with all of them going to four American communities: San Diego, California; Phoenix, Arizona; El Paso, Texas; and San Antonio, Texas.San Antonio, for example, has been forced to absorb nearly 80,000...

As Border Patrol Agents continue to capture groups of illegals and gang members trying to cross into the US, the smugglers are trying new and different ways to outsmart border agents. This is big business with thousands of dollars being paid to the smugglers to help illegals get into America. The latest attempt by smugglers is more high-tech than they’ve seen in the past: EL PASO, Texas Border Patrol Agents were watching the border with an infrared camera at night when one agent saw a small drone moving across the border. The drone moved back and forth across the US/Mexico...

Clint, TX - Two U.S. soldiers were held at gunpoint and disarmed by Mexican troops on American soil on April 19. CNN reported that five to six Mexican military personnel questioned the two U.S. soldiers who were conducting border support operations. A U.S. Northern Command statement confirmed that the U.S. soldiers were "appropriately in US territory" during the encounter, according to CNN. The Mexican soldiers not only pointed their weapons at the U.S. troops, but also removed a soldier’s sidearm and returned it to the unmarked U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle, U.S. military officials said. CNN reported that the...

PayPal and GoFundMe have banned the militia that made headlines for livestreaming their detention of 300 migrants at the southern border. The militia, the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), claims to be comprised of many former law enforcement and military members. In a statement to BuzzFeed, PayPal claimed that the group violated their “Acceptable Use Policy.” “The account associated with United Constitutional Patriots has been closed due to a violation of our Acceptable Use Policy,” the spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. “We do not allow PayPal services to be used to promote hate, violence, or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.”...

The FBI arrested a 69-year-old New Mexico man who allegedly illegally detained immigrants crossing the border under the guise of working for the United States Border Patrol. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who runs The United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), an armed border militia group that spreads far-right conspiracies and rounds up asylum seekers on the border, was arrested by FBI in New Mexico Saturday on charges of possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. Recent video footage released by UCP shows two members holding what appear to be semi-automatic rifles near immigrants, many of them children. The group also peddles conspiracy...

There has been a 50 percent jump in illegal immigrant gang members coming into the United States this year, according to the former Border Patrol chief. What’s more, he warned in Senate testimony Thursday, loopholes in federal law will result in some 650,000 illegal immigrants — more than the population of Wyoming — being released into the United States, where most will “never to be heard from again.” According to Mark Morgan, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol from 2016-2017, the border situation is at a crisis point. Teachers’ unions step up fight against charter schools Watch Full Screen...

President Donald Trump warned Mexico on Thursday he was considering leveling car tariffs if officials failed to stop the flood of migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. “We need help from Mexico, if Mexico doesn’t give the help, that’s okay, we’re going to tariff their cars coming into the United States,” Trump said. The president commented on his ongoing efforts to pressure Mexico to help stop migrants from approaching the Southern border of the United States during a meeting at the White House about economic opportunity zones. Trump backed away from the possibility of closing the border, noting that Mexico...

President Trump backed off his threat to close the border with Mexico, one day before he travels to California to highlight what he is calling an immigration crisis. “We’re going to give them a one-year warning,” Trump said Thursday, referring to Mexico. Trump said that if the flow of drugs and immigrants is not halted, he would then impose new tariffs on Mexican goods, targeting automobiles partly manufactured in Mexico. “If the drugs don’t stop — Mexico can stop 'em if they want — we’re going to tariff the cars. And if that doesn't work, we’re going to close the...