300,000 illegal immigrants 'slipped past' overwhelmed US-Mexico border patrol agents in four months – Firstpost
1 year, 10 months ago

300,000 illegal immigrants 'slipped past' overwhelmed US-Mexico border patrol agents in four months – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The migrants known as ‘gotaways’ are now on the run and border authorities say they are worried since they don’t know who these people are and their whereabouts inside US Washington: As many as 300,000 illegal migrants have reportedly ‘slipped past’ overwhelmed Border Patrol agents in the past four months, some sources say. ‘Numbers should scare the hell out of Americans’ A former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director named Tom Homan warned that the increasing number of illegal migrants crossing should “scare the hell out of Americans”. However, after the Mayor of New York Eric Adams said that there is “no room” for migrants in the city during one of his travels to the Mexican border city of El Paso in Texas earlier this month, several migrants have lost accommodation in such hotels. New York Mayor says ‘no room’ in his city for migrants A Democrat leader, Mayor Eric Adams has been critical of US President Joe Biden’s administration, according to Reuters.

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‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump
1 week, 5 days ago

‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Al Jazeera  

More than 200,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in the US city in the past two years. Dubbed the “new Ellis Island” of New York City, the Roosevelt Hotel has welcomed upwards of 150,000 migrants and asylum seekers from more than 160 countries since reopening as a shelter. “If we can’t get assistance from New York City, we may …

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says
3 weeks ago

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says

Hindustan Times  

By Ted Hesson Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says WASHINGTON, - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that undercuts President-elect Donald Trump's claim illegal immigration is out of …

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border

Associated Press  

The article explores the intricate and complex control exercised by organized crime over the flow of migrants on their journey to the US border. It highlights the strict control of who moves here by cartel members, with migrants often forced to pay hefty ransoms for their release. The article also sheds light on the violence and extortion tactics employed by …

The true scale of migrant crossings under Kamala Harris revealed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The true scale of migrant crossings under Kamala Harris revealed

The Telegraph  

The number of migrants who have crossed illegally into the US under Kamala Harris is 25 per cent higher than official figures suggest, The Telegraph can reveal. Almost nine million people have headed across the border since Ms Harris became vice-president and was tasked with tackling the “root causes” of illegal immigration from Central America, more than three years ago. …

Dozens of illegal workers detained in immigration crackdown on ‘dodgy employers’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Dozens of illegal workers detained in immigration crackdown on ‘dodgy employers’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Immigration enforcement officers have detained …

Unauthorized migrants crossings have gone down significantly since executive actions
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Unauthorized migrants crossings have gone down significantly since executive actions

NPR  

Unauthorized migrants crossings have gone down significantly since executive actions ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the Southern border, the Department of Homeland Security says encounters with migrants crossing without authorization have gone down significantly in the last few weeks. NPR's immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd has been reporting from the California-Mexico border, and she's there now. And then earlier this month, the …

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency
9 months ago

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. According to figures from Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents made 140,644 arrests of people attempting to enter the country between the legal border crossing points during February. The Biden administration counters by saying Republicans failed to …

Authorities encountering record amount of migrants at the border each day amid unprecedented surge
1 year ago

Authorities encountering record amount of migrants at the border each day amid unprecedented surge

CNN  

Washington CNN — Federal authorities reported a seven-day average of more than 9,600 migrant encounters along the US southern border in December, according to a Homeland Security official, among the highest amounts ever recorded as the US wrestles with an unprecedented surge. Last month, border authorities apprehended about 192,000 migrants between ports of entry, a 2% increase compared with the …

America's NORTHERN border sees 550% increase in migrant apprehensions, as more than 6,000 crossers from 79 countries are nabbed
1 year, 1 month ago

America's NORTHERN border sees 550% increase in migrant apprehensions, as more than 6,000 crossers from 79 countries are nabbed

Daily Mail  

The US border with Canada has seen a 550 percent surge in migrant apprehensions, with 6,925 apprehensions in fiscal year 2023. America's northern border has seen a 550 percent surge in migrant apprehensions, with 6,925 in fiscal year 2023 There is no fencing along the crossing and much of the area is woods and dirt paths The northern border is …

Migrant encounters at the US southern border hit all-time high of 269,735 in September, as fiscal year finishes with record 2.48M interceptions
1 year, 2 months ago

Migrant encounters at the US southern border hit all-time high of 269,735 in September, as fiscal year finishes with record 2.48M interceptions

Daily Mail  

Enforcement encounters with migrants jumped to an all-time high at the US southern border last month, according to new data released Saturday by US Customs and Border Protection. CBP's total encounters along the border in September were 269,735, including 218,763 Border Patrol arrests at illegal crossing points, and another 50,972 expulsions at ports of entry. Pictured: Migrants cross over razor …

As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what’s behind the numbers
1 year, 3 months ago

As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what’s behind the numbers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A small town on the Texas border declares a state of emergency as tens of thousands of migrants cross the border. On Wednesday, the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, announced a state of emergency after nearly 6,000 migrants crossed the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the town of roughly 28,000 people in two days. Murad Awawdeh, …

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app
1 year, 7 months ago

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek …

Border crossings are off from last week's highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app
1 year, 7 months ago

Border crossings are off from last week's highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead …

Over 1,000 migrants, angered by asylum policies, rush to US-Mexico border
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 1,000 migrants, angered by asylum policies, rush to US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

Ciudad Juarez : More than a thousand migrants in northern Mexico surrendered to U.S. border authorities, frustrated by recent asylum policies, and shaken by a fire at a nearby migrant detention center that killed dozens this week. A Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said the agency was processing over a thousand migrants who turned themselves in on Wednesday in El …

Sharp drop in illegal border crossings continues in February
1 year, 9 months ago

Sharp drop in illegal border crossings continues in February

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings along the Southwest border that started in January after the Biden administration announced stricter immigration measures continued into February, the administration announced Wednesday. The data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection paints a picture of who is attempting to enter the country at a time of intense political controversy …

Hundreds of migrants attempt to storm the US-Mexico border
1 year, 9 months ago

Hundreds of migrants attempt to storm the US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children running towards the border, shouting “to the USA.” Mexico: Hundreds of people tried to storm the US-Mexico border on Sunday, after a rumor that migrants would be allowed to cross into the United States. Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children …

US braces for 14,000 migrants per day, proposes draft rule to cut down number of migrants
2 years ago

US braces for 14,000 migrants per day, proposes draft rule to cut down number of migrants

Firstpost  

The first week of December alone saw around 9,000 migrants cross the southern border to enter the US. The draft rules would apply to families and adults who enter the US illegally as well as those who arrive at legal ports without previous authorisation The Joe Biden administration is anticipating the crossing of about 14,000 migrants per day from the …

Migrants from three countries are driving the spike in encounters at the southern border, swamping a backlogged immigration system
2 years, 2 months ago

Migrants from three countries are driving the spike in encounters at the southern border, swamping a backlogged immigration system

CNN  

CNN — A 4-year-old girl wipes her mother’s tears inside a migrant respite center in El Paso, Texas. She says those are the risks women take to flee “dictatorship and much poverty” in her home country, where people have no “freedom of expression.” The Castros were among the more than 580,000 migrants who were apprehended at the US southern border …

17 Indian Citizens Among Group of 100 Migrants Apprehended While Illegally Crossing into US
2 years, 3 months ago

17 Indian Citizens Among Group of 100 Migrants Apprehended While Illegally Crossing into US

News 18  

Seventeen Indian citizens were among a group of 100 migrants apprehended while illegally climbing over a fence into the US at a border post in California, authorities said. The San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents from the Imperial Beach Station apprehended at around 2 am on Tuesday morning the group of 100 migrants, consisting of citizens from Africa, Asia, and …

Leaked video shows illegal migrants landing at Westchester airport
2 years, 10 months ago

Leaked video shows illegal migrants landing at Westchester airport

Daily Mail  

Leaked footage shows dozens of illegal migrants landing at a Westchester airport on a secret charter flight in the dead of night, just one of the dozens of such resettlements carried out by the Biden administration last year. The bodycam footage, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, shows migrants being flown …

Border Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails show
3 years, 3 months ago

Border Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails show

CNN  

CNN — As far back as June, Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, began asking management for additional resources to more rapidly process migrants, but their calls for increased resources appear to have gone unmet until recent days when thousands and thousands of migrants were forced to wait under a bridge near the US-Mexico border. The uptick earlier this …

US seeing ‘unprecedented’ migration at border with Mexico
3 years, 4 months ago

US seeing ‘unprecedented’ migration at border with Mexico

Al Jazeera  

The United States is encountering “unprecedented” numbers of people trying to illegally cross the US-Mexico border, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “We are encountering an unprecedented number of migrants in between the ports of entry at our southern border,” Mayorkas said. Mayorkas and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan had met senior Mexican government officials in Mexico …

Migration surged at US-Mexico border in March, data shows
3 years, 8 months ago

Migration surged at US-Mexico border in March, data shows

Al Jazeera  

Authorities caught more than 171,000 migrants trying to enter the US last month, the most in at least 15 years. More than 171,000 migrants were caught trying to cross into the United States from Mexico in March, new border patrol data shows. The data offers an alarming new measure of the scope of the humanitarian challenge confronting President Joe Biden …

Some migrants are being released into US without paperwork
3 years, 8 months ago

Some migrants are being released into US without paperwork

Al Jazeera  

The United States is seeing an uptick in the number of migrants making their way to the US-Mexico border. US authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all – a new move that has left some migrants confused. The increasing number of migrants has put …

With migrant arrests on the US-Mexico border rising, Joe Biden's administration has been left scrambling for solutions
3 years, 8 months ago

With migrant arrests on the US-Mexico border rising, Joe Biden's administration has been left scrambling for solutions

ABC  

Orbelina de Leon Lopez has never recovered from losing her daughter to a Guatemalan gang. A crisis on America's border They arrived in early March, at Mexico's northern border, but Ms de Leon Lopez and her daughters still needed help to cross into the United States. According to the Pew Research Centre, last month's arrests at the border were "far …

Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden
3 years, 9 months ago

Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden

LA Times  

As dusk closed in on the Texas border with Mexico, Melania Rivera and her 3-year-old twin boys climbed up the banks of the Rio Grande, at last setting foot in the United States. “A lot of them think that now that Trump is gone, if they arrive with children it will be easy to cross into the United States,” said …

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades
3 years, 9 months ago

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades

Hindustan Times  

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades A surge of migrants on the Southwest border between the US and Mexico has the Biden administration on the defensive. A surge of migrants on the US southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it's …

Migrant families keep arriving as officials say they fear the '39,000 not apprehended' this year
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrant families keep arriving as officials say they fear the '39,000 not apprehended' this year

Daily Mail  

Migrant families were continuing to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, as one of Joe Biden's senior officials admitted that his more tolerant approach was likely encouraging many to try and enter, and border patrol officials spoke of their concerns about the large numbers slipping through the net. A group of migrants from Guatemala are seen in Texas on …

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