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Jan 09 2020
News
December Marks Seventh Month Apprehensions Declined at the Southern Border
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), enforcement actions along the southwest border in December, including apprehensions and inadmissible entries for illegal immigrants, totaled more than 40,600, representing a decrease of 5 percent compared to November’s enforcement statistics.
Last month’s decline marks the seventh month in a row apprehensions and inadmissible
The TexanSep 26 2021
News
Abandoned IDs Show Haitian Migrants Held Chilean Refugee Status
A number of Haitian migrants at the U.S. southern border held refugee status in Chile, abandoned ID cards viewed by the Daily Caller show.
More than 15,000 migrants camped under the Del Rio Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cleared the camps on Friday, sending the migrants to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing centers along the
The Daily CallerApr 20 2022
News
Migrant arrivals along U.S. border soared to 221,000 in March, the highest tally since 2000
The number of migrant arrivals along the U.S. southern border soared in March to the highest levels since 2000, surpassing 200,000 for only the third time during the Biden administration, according to government statistics submitted to a federal court Friday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported processing migrants 221,303 times along the Mexican border last month, which overtook
CBS News (Online)Apr 20 2022
News
Over 221,000 Migrant Encounters Reported in March, Highest since Biden Took Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 221,303 migrant encounters at the southern border in March, according to a Friday court filing by the agency, in the highest monthly total since President Biden assumed office.
The previous monthly high was 213,593 encounters recorded in July 2021, according to U.S. CBP data. Because some migrants attempt to enter the U.S. several times, the
National Review (News)Apr 02 2021
News
Border officials say more people are sneaking past them as crossings soar and agents are overwhelmed
Nearly 1,000 people per day are sneaking into the United States without being identified or taken into custody because U.S. border agents are busy attending to migrant families and unaccompanied children while also trying to stop soaring numbers of male adults, according to three U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials familiar with the data.
While CBP has never claimed to
Washington PostAug 26 2017
News
Border Patrol Will Keep Checkpoints Open During Hurricane Harvey
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced it will keep open interior border checkpoints in the path of Hurricane Harvey, drawing condemnation from civil liberties and immigration groups.
ReasonNov 03 2021
News
U.S. rescinds Trump-era rules that limited processing of asylum-seekers at border crossings
The Biden administration this week revoked Trump-era rules that allowed U.S. authorities to limit the number of asylum-seekers who can be processed at official border crossings.
Through a memo on Monday, Troy Miller, the interim head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), rescinded several guidelines issued during the Trump administration that upheld the so-called "metering"
CBS News (Online)Feb 05 2021
News
Biden Admin Revives ‘Catch-And-Release’ To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge
The Biden administration has reportedly revived a controversial immigration policy called “catch-and-release,” which allows border-jumpers seeking asylum to remain in the United States while awaiting adjudication.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was forced to embrace the policy following a surge of illegal immigration at the southern border that would have required housing illegal
The Daily WireMar 22 2021
Opinion
Team Biden’s disgraceful border media blackout
There’s only one thing not open on the southern border: media access to the operations of Customs and Border Protection. In a totalitarian effort at hiding the truth, the Biden administration has blocked the press.
Veteran photojournalist John Moore raised the alarm on Twitter over the weekend: “I respectfully ask US Customs and Border Protection to stop blocking media access to their
New York Post (Opinion)Sep 10 2019
News
Migrant Apprehensions At Border Drop 30 Percent in August — Still Up 35 Percent over Aug. 2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced that the apprehension of migrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry fell in August by 30 percent. This number is down by 62 percent from the May peak of 132,870, but up by 35 percent over August 2018’s 37,524. U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 50,693 migrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico Border
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