The Biden Administration’s recent release of policies laying out enforcement priorities and ending worksite enforcement have, in practice if not law, accomplished the Squad’s goal of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On the policy front, this means the one agency in the Federal government with the mission of locating and removing illegal aliens is … Continued
By Eric Ruark
Since President Biden assumed office on January 20, 2021, his administration has taken deliberate actions to facilitate illegal immigration into the United States – including assisting smugglers to complete human trafficking operations – and to end the enforcement of immigration law in the interior of the country. As long as jobs and taxpayer-funded government benefits … Continued
By Eric Ruark
Since President Biden assumed office on January 20, 2021, his administration has taken deliberate actions to facilitate illegal immigration into the United States – including assisting smugglers to complete human trafficking operations – and to end the enforcement of immigration law in the interior of the country. As long as jobs and taxpayer-funded government benefits … Continued
The Democratic Party approved its Party Platform during its national convention this week, and while some Democrats complained that it didn’t go far enough in embracing a more open-borders agenda, there’s not much to like for supporters of reduced immigration. THE BAD – Increased legal immigration, mass amnesty, and less enforcement One line on the … Continued
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to tour the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colo., owned and operated by The GEO Group. This facility has been at the center of the immigration-enforcement debate ever since protesters replaced the facility’s American flag with a Mexican flag and defaced a Blue Lives Matter flag earlier … Continued
By Eric Ruark
Last week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided seven chicken processing plants in Mississippi and took 680 people into custody. Two of the plant operators soon followed with statements claiming they had been using E-Verify and had no idea they were hiring illegal workers and, therefore, had no culpability for having hired so many. Peco … Continued
From time to time, our NumbersUSA activists share with us the letters they receive from Members of Congress in response to a message they sent from their Action Board. In recent weeks, lawmakers, especially Democrats, have been telling our activists that the number of border apprehensions is down compared to past years, so there’s no crisis … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
A record number of migrants traveling with children have been apprehended at the border with a month to go in the fiscal year. Alfredo Corchado and Diane Solis of the Dallas Morning News report that the “renewed surge in Central American family migration is overwhelming private shelters and U.S. immigration holding centers.” Eric Olson of … Continued
Unfortunately, the legislation being considered by Congress in response to concerns about overly-long prison sentences for Americans has been crafted to primarily benefit criminal aliens. (Those are not Americans but citizens of other countries who have been imprisoned for committing serious crimes in the U.S.) That’s the conclusion of our legislative affairs team after several … Continued
