Law enforcement sources report huge increases in the apprehension of unaccompanied children (UAC) along the Texas border with Mexico. Despite the opening of a new facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Border Patrol facilities continue to experience overcrowding not seen since the 2019 migrant crisis.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the ending of the statewide coronavirus mask mandate during an event in Lubbock, Texas. The mandate went into effect in July and required all Texans to wear a mask covering the mouth and nose while in public places.
The speedy re-opening of mothballed detention facilities and new construction projects along the border show the Biden administration knows exactly what is on the horizon. In a press conference on Monday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas clearly
Law enforcement sources report huge increases in the apprehension of unaccompanied children (UAC) along the Texas border with Mexico. Despite the opening of a new facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Border Patrol facilities continue to experience overcrowding not seen since the 2019 migrant crisis.
A Mexican federal judge ordered the arrest of a former governor of the state of Nayarit and his daughter on money laundering charges.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested nearly four dozen migrants over the weekend. The arrests came following a police pursuit and raids on two human smuggling stash houses near the Texas border with Mexico.
Kidnappers grabbed a teenager headed for the Texas border with the goal of joining his father in California. The Mexican teen became the latest victim of a new trend developing in Mexico where cartel smugglers have been kidnapping migrants to extort their families.
Un adolescente que se dirigía a la frontera de Texas con el objetivo de reunirse con su padre en California se convirtió en la última víctima de una nueva tendencia que se está desarrollando en México, donde los traficantes de personas han estado secuestrando a migrantes para extorsionar a sus familias. El padre de la víctima se vio obligado a transferir miles de dólares para que los contrabandistas vinculados al crimen organizado liberaran a su hijo.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a woman who became unresponsive during near-freezing conditions along the Texas-Mexico border. The woman suffered from hypothermia after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 500 migrants in a single day. The apprehensions took place along a small section of the border with Mexico near Mission, Texas.
A shooting in western Mexico killed 11 victims and injured at least two more, including a child. The incident appears to have been unprovoked since most of the victims were construction tradesmen lined up for paychecks.
Mexico’s president says he will share with President Joe Biden his willingness to find a way to legalize the flow of migrants from Central America and Mexico as a way to meet American labor needs.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a migrant armed with a 22-caliber revolver at an interior immigration checkpoint in Southern California.
Four San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents sustained injuries during a vehicle pursuit of a human smuggling suspect. The alleged smuggler, his passenger, and one of the smuggled migrants also sustained injuries.
Una banda de migrantes centroamericanos vinculados al tráfico de personas en el norte de México secuestró a un grupo de migrantes bajo promesas de llevarlos a Texas. El secuestro es el último de una serie de casos relacionados con el aumento en el flujo migratorio de centroamericanos que atraviesan México con la esperanza de llegar a la frontera de Estados Unidos solo para ser secuestrados por sus mismos coyotes o traficantes.
A gang of Central Americans tied to human smuggling in northern Mexico are believed to have kidnapped a group of migrants headed for Texas. The incident is the latest in a series of cases tied to the spiking number of migrants once again traveling to the U.S., only to be abducted by their smugglers.
Senior-level U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources report the Title 42 Centers for Disease Control emergency order will be vacated in as soon as one week, but a 7-day extension is under consideration.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott told reporters he is considering lifting the statewide coronavirus mask mandate. The governor said he is also considering other statewide COVID-19 related orders.
Police arrested two Canadian men who kissed at a beach in Mexico, sparking outrage among tourists and human rights activists.
United Nations agencies have begun efforts to return asylum seekers currently residing in Mexico under the Trump Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) back to U.S. soil. An estimated 25,000 asylum seekers are eligible for transfer under President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the MPP. The UN received 12,000 applications over a three-day period beginning February 19.
The chairman of the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and four other board members resigned in the aftermath of the failure of the power grid to deliver electricity to millions of residents during the winter storm. The five board members, who do not live in Texas, came under pressure to resign after more than 4.5 million electric customers were left in the cold and dark during the historic freeze.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas increasingly utilize small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to detect migrants crossing the border in remote areas. The sUAS pilots direct ground-based agents to the scene of the illegal border crossing and allow agents to be more efficient in covering these areas that are not secured by physical barriers.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Sicarios del Cartel del Golfo se enfrentaron a policías en un tiroteo donde las autoridades rescataron a tres migrantes centroamericanos que la organización criminal había secuestrado.
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas – Gulf Cartel gunmen clashed with police officers in a shootout before authorities rescued three Central American migrants this week.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents continue to find stash houses near the border where smugglers warehouse their human cargo. Most recently, agents in Pharr, Texas, found 71 migrants packed into a single house.
The Biden Administration faces increasing criticism for holding unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody–some longer than the legal 72-hour limit.
Texas officials report that 1.77 million residents remain without drinkable water following the winter storm that devastated the Lone Star State last week. At the peak, more than half the state’s population (14.8 million) had no water or were under boil notices.
Psaki defended the administration’s actions after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the newly reopened camps used to detain unaccompanied minors until they can be transferred into the country.
A federal judge in South Texas indefinitely extended his order stopping the Biden Administration’s plans to halt all deportations for 100 days. The new order effectively blocks President Joe Biden from his promise to temporarily stop deporting criminal migrants.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted a “brazen smuggling event” when they discovered a convoy of six human smuggling vehicles loading a large group of migrants. The smugglers loaded up the migrants after they illegally crossed the border through a compromise in a border wall section.
Federal prosecutors in Mexico are targeting a border state governor in an organized crime investigation and are asking that nation’s legislature to strip his criminal immunity protections. Prosecutors also say they are reviewing money laundering and tax fraud allegations.
