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  • Axios & WaPo: the Mysterious Drop in Illegal Migration & Fentanyl

    07/19/2025 2:14:00 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 19 replies
    Axios article: Illegal border crossings hit decades-low amid Trump hardline crackdown Axios says the reason may be: The data suggest that President Trump’s hardline immigration approach — especially along the U.S.-Mexico border — may be achieving its goal, even as the administration has not stopped all noncitizens without papers from entry. The Washington Post article: The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. officials are confronting a new and puzzling reality at the Mexican border….
  • What’s Behind the War on America’s Borders?

    07/18/2025 5:49:06 PM PDT · by bitt · 11 replies
    https://tomklingenstein.com/ ^ | July 18, 2025 | Mark Krikorian
    As someone who has researched U.S. immigration policy for over three decades, I’m often asked why the Biden administration effectively opened America’s borders, allowing in 9 or 10 million foreigners who had no legal right to enter. Was it done to import voters who would change the balance of power in red states? Or perhaps to bulk up the population of blue states that have been hemorrhaging residents, in preparation for the 2030 census? To change the nation’s ethnic composition? Or maybe just for cheap labor? None of these possibilities was the real reason—though some of those ends certainly have...
  • A swath of Arizona-Mexico border will become a designated military zone. (4th Military Zone to stand up in Western AZ)

    07/16/2025 11:03:49 AM PDT · by BeauBo · 27 replies
    KJZZ (Phoenix) ^ | 16 July, 2025 | Alisa Reznick
    More than a third of Arizona’s roughly 370-mile-long border with Mexico will soon be a (new) military zone. It’s the Trump administration’s latest of four so-called National Defense Areas, known as NDAs, along the Southern Border... ...The Trump administration says Arizona’s upcoming military zone will run along a 140-mile stretch of border near the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma. About 500 Marines and Sailors will operate there, according to a spokesperson with the military’s border task force, who said specific tasks and assignment details are still under development... ...will include the Barry M. Goldwater Range, land surrounding it and...
  • Five Iranians nabbed at US northern border as terror fears grip small towns

    07/15/2025 10:50:30 AM PDT · by george76 · 45 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 15, 2025 | Peter D'Abrosca
    All detainees had previously attempted illegal border crossings and are now awaiting deportation proceedings.. A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesman confirmed Tuesday that five Iranians were arrested while attempting to illegally cross the U.S. northern border with Canada. "On July 1, Border Patrol Agents from the Champlain, New York Station, responded to suspicious activity near Mooers Forks, NY," CBP's Swanton Sector said on Facebook. "Agents located a minivan occupied by five citizens of Iran and two citizens of Uzbekistan." The Champlain Station is part of the Swanton Sector. Swanton is a rural town in Vermont near Highway 89 just...
  • New group of Camp Pendleton Marines tasked with southern border security in Arizona

    07/15/2025 7:29:10 AM PDT · by TheDon · 18 replies
    The Orange County Register ^ | July 15, 2025 | Erika Ritchie
    A new group of Camp Pendleton Marines are working alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Border Patrol at the southern border. The group, which includes 500 Marines and sailors, is part of the Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics, and has assumed “operational responsibilities” as Task Force Forge under Joint Task Force–Southern Border, Marine officials said on Monday, July 14. That means they will provide critical engineering and logistical support under the presidential executive order issued Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, directing the Department of Defense to help...
  • Remember the 300K Missing Migrant Kids? Homan Reveals How Many Have Been Found.

    07/12/2025 11:08:58 AM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    Townhall ^ | July 11, 2025 | Leah Barkoukis
    Border czar Tom Homan revealed the Department of Homeland Security has already located 10,000 of the approximately 300,000 migrant children that went missing under the Biden administration. “Have you heard that anywhere?” Homan said on Fox News. “No, the media’s simply not covering it. And look, this should be a nonpartisan issue. Arresting public safety threats and national security threats, everybody should be on same page on that. Rescuing children, I mean, it should be a nonpartisan issue. Everybody should be in lockstep on that, but they’re not. The media’s lying. The Democrats don’t want President Trump to be successful,...
  • Thousands of children vanished during Biden’s border chaos — now the Trump administration is working to save them from horrific abuse, trafficking

    07/10/2025 2:15:00 PM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/10/25 | Mary K. Jacob, Andy Tillett
    Insiders have exposed the “conveyor belt” of rape and abuse of vulnerable migrant children in the US under President Joe Biden’s border free-for-all to The Post, now being cleared up by President Trump. Following federal “border czar” Tom Homan’s recent revelation on Miranda Divine’s “Pod Force One” podcast that children had been trafficked across the country with little oversight before Trump took office, whistleblowers have exposed how the terrifying scheme works. Between 2019 and 2023, 448,000 unaccompanied minors were encountered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to its figures, who were then transferred into the US. Many of the...
  • 'Trump was right' - John Kerry says Democrats allowed migrant 'siege' of US border

    07/10/2025 8:19:52 AM PDT · by TexasKamaAina · 46 replies
    BBC ^ | 07/10/2021 | Anthony Zurcher
    Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC his fellow Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to be "under siege" during Joe Biden's presidency. In sometimes sharp words, Kerry - who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and a US senator from Massachusetts - said he told Biden the party had "missed" on the issue of immigration for years.
  • Jordanians in Quantico Truck-Ramming Finally Identified

    08/02/2024 11:56:38 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    Center for Immigration Studies ^ | July 31, 2024 | Todd Bensman
    The Biden administration has refused to answer reporters’ questions, rule out terrorism, or even reveal the names of two Jordanians in the country illegally, one of whom had illegally crossed the U.S. Southwest border, who on May 3 conducted a box truck ramming attack on Quantico Marine Corps Base.The Department of Justice, Department of Defense, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the FBI all circled wagons to guard even the identities of the two Jordanians against five written congressional inquiries, a sixth by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin seeking government briefings about the incident, and most recently a subpoena by the...
  • Biden-Harris DOJ drops charges against illegal aliens who allegedly tried to breach US military base

    11/20/2024 7:46:24 AM PST · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    Blaze Media ^ | November 18, 2024 | Candace Hathaway
    The two Jordanian nationals were previously released on bail. The Biden-Harris administration's Department of Justice has quietly and mysteriously dropped the charges against two Jordanian nationals who allegedly attempted to breach a Virginia military base in May. Hasan Yousef Hamdan and Mohammad Khair Dabous, both in the country illegally, were accused of attempting to enter Quantico Marine Corps Base near Triangle, Virginia, while posing as Amazon delivery drivers, Blaze News previously reported. The two Jordanian nationals were previously released on bail. The Biden-Harris administration's Department of Justice has quietly and mysteriously dropped the charges against two Jordanian nationals who allegedly...
  • Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania amid migration concerns

    07/06/2025 6:00:32 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 15 replies
    Euroenews ^ | 07 06 2025 | Katarzyna-Maria Skiba
    Poland is set to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania on Monday, in response to growing criticism of Berlin's decision to push thousands of migrants, who it claimed had crossed the border illegally, back to Poland. The Polish Government Security Centre (RCB) issued an alert on the issue, announcing "controls at the border with Germany and Lithuania are being introduced from 7 July". Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the decision on Tuesday of last week during a cabinet meeting. "We have taken the decision that we are re-establishing temporary control at the Polish border with Germany and the Polish...
  • US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

    07/04/2025 1:57:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 25 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 11:14 PM CDT, July 3, 2025 | Morgan Lee
    COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees.The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It’s part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement with Mexico like never before.The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering...
  • Trump effect sees historic drop in illegal border crossings, lowest numbers ever recorded

    07/04/2025 9:05:21 AM PDT · by TheDon · 20 replies
    The National News Desk ^ | July 2, 2025 | RYAN MINNAUGH
    (TNND) — It’s being called the Trump Effect, arrests of migrants who illegally cross borders into the United States fell to just over 6,000 in June. According to the numbers from Border Czar Tom Homan, the number is a 41 percent decrease from June and the lowest numbers ever. Homan posted this to X, “THE TRUMP EFFECT - Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070. That is less than a single day under Biden. As a matter of fact, the total number of encounters is less than half of a single day under Biden...
  • Polish “citizen patrols” formed on German border to prevent migrant returns

    07/02/2025 4:13:12 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 22 replies
    Notes from Poland ^ | 06 29 2025 | Staff
    Self-declared “citizen patrols” – some of them hundreds strong – have gathered on the Polish side of the border with Germany to oppose returns of migrants whom the German authorities have found to have entered illegally from Poland. Over the last two years, Germany has sent back thousands of such migrants, prompting a growing backlash in Poland. The practice has been criticised by the Polish government, which is in turn facing accusations from the right-wing opposition that it is taking too little action in response. On Saturday, a group of around 200 residents of Szczecin, a Polish city near the...
  • Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump Deranged “Experts” Were Wrong. Again.

    07/01/2025 7:24:01 PM PDT · by texas booster · 9 replies
    The Daily Signal YT Channel ^ | July 1 2025 | victor davis hanson
    President Donald Trump’s track record flies in the face of conventional wisdom from so-called “experts”— but they will be the last to admit it. Since his second inauguration, the “experts” have been relentless in their mission to minimize the Trump administration’s efforts with the economy, immigration, Iran, and beyond. Meanwhile, the stock market has soared. There were ZERO illegal border crossings in May, according to CBP. Iran’s nuclear infrastructure was left severely damaged without the threat of war on the horizon. All this, thanks to the decisive and, at times controversial, actions taken by the Trump administration.
  • 160 Dems vote against bill to deport foreigners convicted of drunk driving

    06/27/2025 7:55:45 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | June 27, 2025 | Joel Abbott
    The Dems often like to frame bills with titles like "Save The Puppies Act" so they can accuse Republicans of hating puppies when the vote divides along party lines, but Republicans weren't trying to frame anything here. 160 Democrats simply didn't like the idea of deporting foreign nationals with DUIs. The name of the bill is literally the "Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act." H.R. 875 is named after three victims of drunk driving. Jeremy and Angel Seay, Alabama newlyweds who were killed by a drunk illegal alien. Sergeant Brandon Mendoza was likewise killed in Mesa, Arizona, in 2014 by...
  • How Biden's Border Policies Burned America

    06/23/2025 4:04:29 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 23 Jun, 2025 | Kevin Finn
    From catch and release, to ending DNA testing to prevent child trafficking, Joe Biden's immigration failures were epic. Independence Day is approaching! It's time to start planning our celebrations. We'll be cranking up the barbecue grills, waving our American flags and anticipating parades and fireworks. Critics argue that this reflected a deliberate policy shift away from deterrent-focused measures. The Biden administration suggested that the surge resulted from global migration trends, regional instability and inherited challenges, not deliberate policy choices. The facts tend to support the former. So who do we invite over to celebrate the day with us? We could...
  • Heightened alert: Iranians in U.S. previously charged with support for terrorism

    06/22/2025 6:38:06 PM PDT · by bitt · 6 replies
    https://justthenews.com ^ | June 22, 2025 | By Bethany Blankley
    Prior to President Donald Trump authorizing targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, federal agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have been arresting Iranian nationals, nearly all men, in the U.S. illegally. In the last few months, federal prosecutors have also brought terrorism charges against Iranians, including those in the U.S. working for the Iranian government. Iran is a designated state sponsor of terrorism. Iranian nationals illegally in the country are considered “special interest aliens” under federal law. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday issued a warning to all Americans to be on a heightened...
  • Over 700 Iranian nationals released into US during Biden administration despite terrorism concerns

    06/22/2025 4:49:56 PM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 32 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 22, 2025 | Greg Wehner, Bill Melugin
    Over 1,500 Iranian nationals who illegally entered the U.S. at the southern border were arrested during the Biden administration, and nearly 50% of them were released back into the country, according to a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source. More specifically, Border Patrol agents arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals from fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024. Of the 1,504 individuals who were arrested, 729 were released into the U.S. The number of Iranian nationals arrested at the southern border increased year-to-year, with 48 being arrested in FY21; 197 in FY22; 462 in FY23 and 797 in FY24. Likewise,...
  • Feds seize $815,475 in cash headed to Mexico

    06/22/2025 3:58:59 PM PDT · by george76 · 56 replies
    Border Report ^ | Jun 20, 2025 | Julian Resendiz
    EL PASO, Texas – Border officers have intercepted yet another massive load of cash headed to Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel inspecting cars leaving the United States over the Anzalduas International Bridge in Hidalgo County, Texas, report seizing $815,475 in bulk, unreported cash “hidden within the vehicle” earlier this week. ... The vehicle was a 2025 Honda Odyssey SUV driven by a 44-year-old male U.S. citizen. Homeland Security Investigations agents are investigating the man, the source and the destination of the cash. “Our CBP officers’ continued vigilance led to this major currency seizure. These outbound interceptions are key...