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Biden Immigration Policies ‘Threw Out Baby with the Bath,’ Says Texas Democrat Border Sheriff

A Texas border sheriff said changes in border security and immigration policies put in place by President Joe Biden led to a spike in drownings as increasing numbers of migrants cross the Rio Grande. Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez (D) said at least six migrants drowned since the start of the year while attempting to illegally cross from Mexico into Texas — triple the number of drownings from all of last year.

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescue 13 Honduran migrants, including six children fr

Biden Admin Expels 70K Migrants in February — Continuing Trump’s CDC COVID Rule

Border Patrol agents continue to expel most migrants apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border between ports of entry. The agents expel the migrants to Mexico or their own country under Title 42 coronavirus protection protocols put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In February, agents expelled more than 70,000 single adult and family unit migrants under Title 42.

MATAMOROS, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 25: Mexican deportees walk across a U.S.-Mexico border bridge

CNN: 3200 Migrant Children Held by Border Patrol Exceeds Trump-Era Peak

The Biden Administration shattered a Trump-era record with DHS officials holding 3,200 unaccompanied alien children in custody, CNN reports. The detention of these minors shatters the 2,600 children held at the peak of the 2019 migrant surge. Many are being held beyond the 72-hour limit in facilities designed to hold large groups of adults.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 26: A U.S. Border Patrol agent delivers a young asylum seeke

Gary Gensler Signals Support for New Climate, Diversity, and Political Spending Disclosure Rules

President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated Tuesday that he would likely support new rules to force corporations to disclose their political spending activities, disclosure workforce diversity, and tighten disclosures around climate change, policies that would make businesses more susceptible to political pressure from the left.

SEC Nominee Gary Gensler

U.N. Helps Biden Bring Migrant Asylum Seekers Back into U.S.

The United Nations is reportedly helping the Biden Administration find more asylum-seeking migrants to get back into the United States after they were removed to Mexico or Central America to await asylum processing under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols. President Joe Biden canceled the program after taking office on January 21.

A woman handing out food and water speaks to asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, Friday, Feb

Exclusive: ICE to Release Migrants Further into U.S. — Away from Texas Border Cities

Federal law enforcement sources report that Border Patrol agents will now rely on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct migrant releases when detention space is not available in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Migrant releases coordinated specifically by Border Patrol directly into border communities will be a last-resort option. Border Patrol officials are instructed to conduct the local releases only when ICE cannot cope with the level of arrests made by the Border Patrol.

Central American migrant families recently released from federal detention wait to board a