EAGLE PASS, Texas — Border Patrol agents found an abandoned migrant toddler wandering the banks of the Rio Grande early Tuesday. Shortly after midnight, in 30-degree weather, the toddler was wearing little more than a hoodie for warmth.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 51 migrants of which 43 were unaccompanied minors.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found a second five-year-old migrant girl in as many days, according to officials. The agents found the little girl traveling with three other children.
Border Patrol agents continue to find young migrant children abandoned along the Texas riverbank of Rio Grande. This time, a five-year-old Guatemalan girl told agents she crossed the river by herself.
The office of Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis last week issued a blistering critique of President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to hamper the implementation of a rule the governor released in December to block resettlement of unaccompanied migrant children in state-licensed facilities in the Sunshine State.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents kicked off the new year with the apprehension of 2,200 migrants. The apprehension included a little girl who made what officials called “the treacherous journey” by herself.
The number of “child” migrants found to be lying about their age in Britian has more than tripled in just a year, official figures have revealed.
Sammy Mahdi, Belgium’s Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, has stated that up to 70 per cent of “child” migrants submitted for age testing by the government turn out to be adults.
The migrant crime comments hate speech trial for French conservative commentator Eric Zemmour, a presidential hopeful, began on Wednesday.
Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 159,000 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border with Mexico between ports of entry in October. The record-setting apprehensions represent an increase of nearly 130 percent over the previous October.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of mostly Central American migrants including 81 unaccompanied migrant children.
U.S. policies and the failure to enforce laws have created strong pull factors which encourage migrants of all ages to risk the dangerous journey across the border. Barriers or walls in urban areas encourage those migrants to enter the U.S. in remote and dangerous places where those barriers or walls have not yet been built. Many of those migrants are children, and below are 30 times U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued them in 2021.
Border Patrol surveillance cameras captured two separate incidents where human smugglers dangerously dropped small children from border walls. The incidents took place in the El Centro and San Diego Sectors.
Human smugglers abandoned a large group of migrants in the Arizona desert near San Miguel. The group consisted mostly of unaccompanied minors, Border Patrol officials in the Tucson Sector stated.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents and local police officers discovered 120 migrants locked inside an abandoned tractor-trailer rig late last month. The group included five unaccompanied minors.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 140 mostly Guatemalan migrants after human smugglers put them into the Arizona desert. The group included more than 80 unaccompanied children.
A Syrian migrant has been awarded 840,000 Swedish kronor (£70k/$96k) in damages after a court mistakenly tried him as an adult in a case involving kidnapping and rape.
Human smugglers moved an unaccompanied six-year-old across the Arizona border from Mexico and then abandoned the boy.
The White House defended conditions at a migrant detention facility in Pecos, Texas, for unaccompanied minors on Tuesday, despite reported complaints.
A leaked presidential briefing document reported on by NBC News revealed that 20 percent of unaccompanied migrant children who illegally crossed the border are testing positive for COVID-19 after being released into communities by Border Patrol. The report covers the last two to three weeks of data prepared for President Joe Biden, NBC says.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials received a 911 call from migrant children who became lost after crossing from Mexico.
Border Patrol agents and a remote CBP officer saved a Guatemalan migrant teen from being transferred to a registered sex offender who was listed as her “sponsor.” The girl was apprehended along with a group of 85 migrants who crossed from Mexico into Texas over the weekend.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 100 migrants in the desert near Sasabe, Arizona. Human smugglers abandoned the group that contained more than 90 unaccompanied minors.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents encountered two large groups of migrants who illegally crossed the Mexican border into Texas. The agents apprehended a total of 233 migrants from five countries. The groups included at least 55 unaccompanied minors.
Migrant children in custody are desperate to flee the appalling conditions in some of the disease and sexual abuse-prone Biden shelters.
A BBC investigation into unaccompanied minor detention centers in Texas revealed alarming conditions under the Biden Administration. The BBC reports migrant children are exposed to disease, dangerous food, and sexual abuse while in confinement.
French Senator Henri Leroy has denounced the “worrying increase” in underage migrant delinquency, a rise which he said appears to be “exponential”.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that “the Biden administration is blocking” transparency on migrant children being relocated into Tennessee, and that the planes of migrant children landing in the state
Rio Grande Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants after they illegally crossed the border near Hidalgo, Texas.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two large groups of migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into South Texas over the weekend. The agents apprehended a total of 239 from nine countries.
On Monday’s “CBS This Morning,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that while they may not be as high as the “extraordinarily high” numbers of March, the number of unaccompanied children who crossed the border remained “high” in April. Mayorkas said,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials announced the opening of another Emergency Intake Site (EIS) to move the increasing numbers of unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS
The New York Post on Friday published photos of Harris’s 2019 children’s book “Superheroes Are Everywhere” in welcome packages for migrant children.
Spanish populist party VOX is being investigated over a campaign poster that compares monthly spending on migrant minors to monthly spending on Spanish pensioners.
Marine unit Border Patrol agents rescued two small children abandoned by smugglers on the bank of the Rio Grande. The boys seem unharmed despite the cold water.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents found a terrified 10-year-old migrant child near the Texas-Mexico border. Human smugglers abandoned him after bringing her illegally across the border.
Around 450 unaccompanied teen migrant girls relocated from a Houston housing facility Saturday and authorities have reportedly not offered much information about the closure.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the opening of yet another Emergency Intake Sites (EIS) to move the ever-increasing numbers of unaccompanied migrant children out of Border Patrol custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied children migrants flooding across the southern border in record numbers.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials announced the opening of two more Emergency Intake Sites (EIS) to move increasing numbers of unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied children migrants flooding the southern border.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) wrote a letter Friday to Vice President Kamala Harris requesting the administration terminate the federal border facility in Texas, which houses unaccompanied foreign minors.
