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A majority of Americans oppose the resettlement of more than 50,000 Afghans in the United States, according to a survey by Rasmussen Reports.

Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan are being tested for the Chinese coronavirus after they arrive in the United States, Pentagon officials said on Monday. 

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) said Afghans being evacuated from Afghanistan and resettled in the United States by President Joe Biden’s administration are “welcome” in his neighborhood. 

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday called on “countries neighboring Afghanistan to keep their borders open in light of the evolving crisis.” One of those neighbors is China, which has taken great delight in President Joe Biden’s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, but shows very little interest in harboring refugees.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant teen who had been abandoned by human smugglers. The agents found the Mexican minor approximately 60 miles from the border.

Human smuggling pursuits and the apprehension of migrants are now daily episodes for a Texas sheriff’s office located 200 miles from the Mexican border. Refugio County Sheriff Raul “Pinky” Gonzales says the trend shifted from a couple of times per month to a daily grind for his deputies since January.

Cartel-connected human smugglers in Mexico and Central America continue to leverage Facebook to recruit migrant customers. The Gulf Cartel currently profits more from smuggling people than drugs.

Poland is following Hungary, Lithuania, and Greece in building a “wall” to stop a surge of predominantly African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian migrants, thought to have been orchestrated by the Lukashenko regime in neighbouring Belarus.

Illegal boat migrants have begun carrying firearms, French authorities have reportedly warned the UK’s National Crime Agency.

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Stefan Lofven, Sweden’s Social Democratic prime minister since 2014, said Sunday that he will step down as head of government and the party in November.

The borders of Greece will be defended, the Minister of Citizen Protection declared as the country announced the completion of a border wall.

A Swedish rape victim has expressed anger that a Syrian migrant who raped her has been given £70k ($96k) in damages by the Swedish state, while she has received just £250 ($340).

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday an extension of the non-essential travel ban at land border ports along the U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada borders. The ban, now in place for over 18 months, prohibits nonimmigrant visa holders from entering the United States for recreational travel, shopping, or visiting relatives.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is pleading with the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to intervene and stop reinstatement of former President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which helped end the catch and release of border crossers into the U.S. interior.

President Joe Biden’s administration has started its fast-tracking of Afghans into the United States as reports indicate arrivals have begun in Virginia, Missouri, South Carolina, and Connecticut.

For a second time in as many days, Hutchinson County Sheriff Blaik Kemp and his deputies were forced to release migrants after federal officials refused to take them into custody. Sheriff’s office officials released the migrants, 24 in all, after Kemp exhausted all efforts to get assistance from federal agencies. Deputies arrested two suspects and charged them with Trafficking of Persons among other charges.

MADRID (AP) — The President of the European Commission has urged the international community to open arms for Afghan refugees.

An elderly Orthodox Jewish man was randomly assaulted by an attacker who appeared to be dressed in Islamic garb in Hackney, London in an ambush reminiscent of the infamous knockout game.

The Greek government has begun fortifying its northern land border with Turkey and the Greek coast guard is expected to be on alert to deploy into the eastern Aegean ahead of a possible surge of migrants from Afghanistan.

Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and a possible wave of migrants fleeing the country, Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven has vowed there will be no repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis.

Haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fueled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migrants from Afghanistan.

An Afghani man who has been wanted for years by Danish police in connection with a murder case is now calling on the Danish government to help him escape the Taliban.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who will replace Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) next week after he resigns amid sexual harassment allegations, is urging President Joe Biden to resettle Afghans in New York.

President Joe Biden has suggested that up to 65,000 Afghans must be resettled abroad as it remains unclear how many will ultimately arrive in the United States.

President Joe Biden is facing a hostage crisis with the Taliban government, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told Fox News.

A federal appeals court denied President Joe Biden’s plea to block the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy that kept migrants in Mexico while awaiting their asylum hearings rather than releasing them into the interior of the United States.

Populist Italian senator Matteo Salvini said that while he would consider allowing some refugees to Italy from Afghanistan, he was against opening the gates to thousands of “potential terrorists”.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that the number of Afghan contractors and interpreters brought over could be double the number predicted, and could be even higher.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has called on the European Union to protect the bloc’s external borders in the wake of the crisis in Afghanistan, as some predict a possible wave of migrants.

Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a draft rule that would allow many more poor migrants to get fast-track asylum and citizenship from woke government employees.

The European Union has accused Belarus of attacking the bloc with mainly Iraqi migrants by forcing them to cross the borders into Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.

French police arrested a 29-year-old Palestinian after he allegedly threatened officials at the Bordeaux branch of the Office for Immigration and Integration.

A previously deported illegal alien has been accused of assaulting a Florida High Patrol officer, according to local police. 

Ten Republican governors thus far have asked President Joe Biden’s administration to resettle Afghans in their states as the State Department plans to bring thousands to the U.S. for permanent resettlement.

President Joe Biden’s administration may balloon the number of Afghans set to be resettled across the United States following the withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan.

A Texas judge has struck down President Joe Biden’s enforcement orders for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, commonly known as “sanctuary country” orders, that released into the United States countless criminal illegal aliens from local, state, and federal custody.