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Friday, March 28, 2014, 4:36 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A Texas TV station reports the Border Patrol is releasing women and children that recently entered the United States illegally if they are considered no threat to national security.
Monday, November 25, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Rep. Paul Gosar, who represents a district in Arizona much impacted by
illegal immigration, has challenged Facebook founder and CEO Mark
Zuckerberg to tour the border after he called immigration reform "one of
the biggest civil rights issues of our time" and called for immigration
Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new Rasmussen poll shows that American voters do not believe that the federal government will secure the borders if a law is passed forcing them to do so.
Friday, October 4, 2013, 9:07 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, the union that represents the nation's Border Patrol agents, Shawn Moran, has told Breitbart News that agents are being ordered to stand down and end any pursuit of drug smugglers, human smugglers, and illegal aliens.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 11:43 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) issued a press release yesterday urging Republican House leadership to forgo plans to provide amnesty for the 11 million illegal aliens in the United States.
Friday, April 5, 2013, 9:19 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A story in the Los Angeles Times reports that a sophisticated airborne radar system being used along the border has found that more individuals trying to cross the border illegally elude Border Patrol agents than what has been traditionally thought. According to the story, between Oct.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 10:36 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new report from the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute at the University of Southern California finds that illegal migration from Mexico to the United States is back on the rise after a decline during the economic recession that started in 2008.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 3:36 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Over the nine-month period ending June 30, 2012, the number of unaccompanied illegal-alien minors in U.S. detention centers increased almost 50 percent. Most of the growth came from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, according to a report by the Women's Refugee Commission.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 12:58 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Border Patrol Agents traveling on horseback near the U.S.-Mexico border were attacked by unknown assailants early today. One Agent was shot to death and another wounded with non-life-threatening injuries. A third escaped injury.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 7:30 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Conservation and Economic Growth Act,
H.R.2578, that included a section to allow the Border Patrol to fully
operate on federally-owned lands with 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico
border. The Border Patrol section was originally part of Rep. Rob
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 9:37 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
For the second straight year, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) offered an
amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act that
would set aside money to build cell phone towers on the Southwest
border with Mexico. And for the second straight year, the amendment
Friday, May 11, 2012, 10:29 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Muriel Watson, who helped focus nationwide attention on our porous Southern border long before groups like NumbersUSA existed, passed away last week in San Diego. Muriel demonstrated that citizens can have a major impact on their communities if they are willing to lead.
Monday, March 12, 2012, 12:44 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The various federal agencies that deal with border security and immigration issues are still not on the same page, according to a report by the Office of the Inspector General. The report concludes that agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 1:07 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Government Accountability Office released a new report, stating that between 2006-2010, illegal aliens started 40% if the human-ignited wildfires along the U.S. - Mexico border.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 1:33 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Despite Pres. Obama's claim last week that our nation's borders are secure, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has asked Congress for $30 million to keep 1,200 National Guard troops on the border. The troops were first assigned to the border last year at Pres.
Monday, May 16, 2011, 3:23 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) criticized Pres. Obama's immigration speech on the House floor last week. Rep. Walsh said Pres. Obama isn't taking border security seriously, and instead, chose to joke about building a moat with alligators.
Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Richard Stana, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), said on Thursday that DHS and the Border Patrol can only stop illegal entries along 129 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile-long U.S. - Mexico border.
Monday, February 7, 2011, 2:37 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
During the past year, untold thousands of illegal aliens have crossed into Texas from Mexico. And immigration officials don't know why. Even more troubling, they are often released to disappear into America.
Monday, January 17, 2011, 8:17 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
After spending more than $1 billion, the Department of Homeland Security is ending a program to build a virtual fence along the Southwest border with Mexico.
Friday, December 31, 2010, 12:34 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano is visiting Afghanistan with a contingent of border security and customs officials to advise their Afghan counterparts on border control, according to a DHS press release.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 11:47 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A Border Patrol agent was shot and killed late Tuesday in Southern Arizona, according to the Associated Press. The U.S. Border Patrol confirmed that four suspects are in custody. Another is being sought.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 2:44 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) is offering a new border security bill that would send 10,000 National Guard troops to the border. The bill would require the President to send the troops if a border governor requests them instead of leaving the decision to the President's discretion.
Monday, August 23, 2010, 9:07 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Two Texas bridges, or "grade control structures" as the International Boundary and Water Commission likes to call them, that cross the Rio Grande are unguarded and allow for easy illegal immigration into the United States
Updated Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 4:09 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on Tuesday morning that the Department has deployed its "Secure Communities" program to all 25 counties located on the Southwest border with Mexico.
Monday, August 9, 2010, 4:59 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The pro-amnesty, open-borders coalition 'Reform Immigration for America' is activating its membership and urging them to oppose the $600 million border security bill passed by the Senate last week.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 11:40 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Pres. Obama officially asked Congress on Tuesday for $600 million of emergency funding to be used to hire 1,000 border patrol agents, acquire two drones and take other steps to increase border security. In his 2011 budget released this past February, Pres.
Thursday, May 27, 2010, 11:26 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Three border security amendments were defeated on Thursday morning after failing to reach the necessary 60 votes. Originally, five border security amendments were offered the Emergency Spending bill now being considered in the Senate, but amendments offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Sen.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has announced that the Obama Administration will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border. Pres. Obama also plans to request $500 million from Congress to increase border security.
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Arizona Cattlemen's Association is preparing a list of border recommendations after Arizona rancher Robert Krentz was killed on his property a few weeks ago. The group is calling for the presence of National Guard troops among other things.
Updated Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:57 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
In response to the killing of Arizona Ranger Robert Frentz, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has ordered the National Guard to help patrol the border. Reports from New Mexico say that the troops will assist Border Patrol by setting up surveillance in the war against drug smugglers.
Updated Monday, March 29, 2010, 6:28 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Longtime Arizona Rancher Rob Krentz was found shot to death on his property late Saturday night. Officials have not concluded that the suspect was an illegal alien, but his brother Phil Krentz said that the last time he spoke to Rob, he said he was responding to an injured illegal alien.
Updated Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 2:42 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The number of people caught trying to enter the country fell by more than 23 percent last year according to new federal data. The struggling economy and hurting job market continue to be major causes, but the administration is also trying to point towards beefed up border security.
Updated Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking the Department of Homeland Security for further clarification on recent reports that the agency plans to reduce the number of border patrol agents along the Southern border.
Updated Monday, September 28, 2009, 5:06 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A number of media organizations are reporting that the Department of Homeland Security will move 384 Border Patrol agents from the Southwest border to the U.S.-Canada border.
Updated Friday, May 1, 2009, 2:18 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new Washington Post-ABC Poll reveals that 74% of Americans think the United States is not doing enough to prevent illegal crossings at the borders. The poll was conducted in connection with Pres.
Updated Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 1:47 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new partnership between the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency and Army Reservists is aimed at filing the anticipated 11,000 open jobs at the border protection agency this year.
Updated Monday, March 9, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Increased enforcement and the declining U.S. economy have contributed to the lowest levels of border arrests since the 1970s according to Border Patrol Statistics. From October 2008 through February 2009, agents arrested 195,000 trying to cross the Mexican/U.S.
Updated Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:36 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Apprehensions decreased by 67 percent in southern Luna County in New Mexico thanks to the construction of a border fence and increased resources. Also, the completion of a pedestrian fence in Santa Teresa has allowed for the re-deployment of agents to other areas.
Updated Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:03 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that America's refusal to secure our borders has fueled a marked increase in the level of gang violence.
Updated Monday, August 11, 2008, 12:06 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Border Patrol has assigned more agents per mile to the San Diego sector as compared to other sectors that have historically been busier spots for illegal crossings.
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 10:24 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Obama administration has issued new exemptions to federal immigration law for asylum and refugee seekers that could allow individuals with ties to terrorists into the United States.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A change in the way ICE counts Border Patrol apprehensions has allowed the Obama Adminstration to claim they are deporting a record number of illegal aliens
Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 1:38 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The unions that represent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Citizenship and Immigration Service employees have voiced their opposition to H.R.3141, the Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 11:28 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new investigative report from the Arizona Republic has found that the Department of Homeland Security has refused to consider academic analysis of the situation along the Southwest border with Mexico and has refused to move forward with proposed analysis that would provide the agency with much nee
Friday, March 22, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Obama Administration admitted on Thursday that it resisted efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to create a way to measure border security because it was concerned the measurement would be used to block immigration reform that provides an amnesty to the nation's 11-19 million illegal a
Sunday, October 21, 2012, 9:06 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Student visa holder Quazi Nafis was arrested last week for trying to
blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City with what he
thought was a 1,000-pound bomb. Nafis is not the first to use
easily-acquired student visas to gain legal entry to, and plot attacks
against, the United States.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 12:27 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Kimberly Dvorak from The Examiner reports that the Obama Administration ignored multiple warnings by Border Patrol Agents and local police that said a wilderness reserve plan would result in national security breaches and deaths.
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 9:29 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
New data from the federal government show a significant decrease in apprehensions for federal immigration violations, dropping to a 40-year low. The report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics shows apprehensions at just over half a million in 2010 down from 1.8 million in 2000.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 8:53 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will consider the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, H.R.2578 - a compilation bill that includes Rep. Rob Bishop's (R-Utah) National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
in its entirety. Rep. Bishop's measure would allow Border Patrol to
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7:53 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
On Wednesday, the House passed two border security measures with
little resistance. Both, the Secure Border Act (H.R.1299) and the Jamie Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act (H.R.915), were passed
under suspension of the rules, meaning there would be no debate and no
Monday, March 26, 2012, 10:04 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 60% of likely voters think that when it comes to the issue of immigration reform, gaining control of the border is more important than legalizing the status of illegal workers who are already in the country.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 2:27 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the United States and will present it to Congress within weeks, a DHS top official said today during a Congressional hearing.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 7:53 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Two border security amendments offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to the 2012 DHS spending bill were passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 11:43 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new poll conducted by Rasmussen in the days following Pres. Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso, Texas last week finds that the overwhelming majority of Americans disagree with the President's assessment of our Southwest border with Mexico.
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 11:08 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that less than half of the 2,000-mile border with Mexico is "operationally controlled" by the Border Patrol.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:47 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new report by the Government Accountability Office states that individuals using public lands along the border face an increasing risk of crossing paths with armed individuals who are involved in illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 1:50 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Mexico, which often criticizes the American government for putting up barriers which restrict the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. - Mexico border is building a fence of its own along its southern border with Guatemala.
Updated Thursday, August 26, 2010, 7:09 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Border Patrol's increased efforts along the U.S. - Mexico land border are forcing more and more would-be illegal aliens to sea in their efforts to come to the United States
Friday, August 13, 2010, 7:51 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Senate reconvened on Thursday to unanimously consent to a the $600 million border spending bill that provides funding for more border agents and unmanned surveillance drones.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 2:33 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The House of Representatives passed a proposal first passed by the Senate last week that provides $600 million in emergency spending for security along the Southwest border.
Friday, August 6, 2010, 9:55 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Senate unanimously approved $600 million of additional funding to support border operations on Thursday night just before adjourning for a month-long summer recess.
Thursday, May 27, 2010, 4:22 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A new CNN Poll reflects a shifting mood among Americans and the issue of illegal immigration. While support for Arizona's new immigration enforcement law remains strong, support for securing the border is also on the rise.
Updated Monday, April 12, 2010, 2:35 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
A Wall Street Journal article from guest columnist Leo Banks (Tuscon Weekly) captures the fear for personal safety among residents of the Southwest border.
Updated Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 3:56 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Much focus in recent weeks has been placed on the security of the Southwest border, but the Northern border with Canada also faces illegal crossings. Since the January earthquake in Haiti, 114 Haitians have been apprehended trying to illegally enter the United States through Vermont.
Updated Friday, April 2, 2010, 3:53 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The family of slain Arizona rancher Robert Krentz released a statement yesterday, and for the first time, officially alleged that he was murdered by an illegal alien, although the statement does not go into details of their allegation.
Updated Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 6:20 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Pres. Barack Obama's newly proposed 2011 budget would reduce the number of 180 Border Patrol agents along the Southwest border and cut the funding for the "virtual fence." Homeland Security plans to cut the jobs through attrition, and it would result in increased pay for the remaining agents.
Updated Thursday, November 12, 2009, 4:30 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it's finalizing plans to collect information from foreign visitors exiting the country through the nation's airports. DHS plans to collect fingerprints or eye scans as foreigners leave.
Updated Monday, October 5, 2009, 8:04 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Border Patrol officials report that at least 261 Chinese nationals were arrested this year trying to cross the border illegally in Arizona's Tucson Border Sector This represents a ten-fold increase over the average of 32 caught there during each of the last four years.
Updated Friday, July 10, 2009, 12:45 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
On July 8, the Senate adopted an amendment offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) that requires the completion of 700-miles of fencing along the southwest border. The amendment passed by a 54-to-44 roll call vote.
Updated Thursday, April 23, 2009, 11:44 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said she plans to move forward with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative that will require U.S. citizens to have a passport or other U.S. approved documents before crossing the border. Currently, U.S. citizens just need proof of ID.
Updated Friday, March 13, 2009, 2:43 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
Drug gang violence in Mexico that has been leaking over the U.S./Mexican border has caused Pres. Obama to consider deploying troops there to contain it. Texas Gov. Rick Perry made an urgent call earlier in the week to add 1,000 more troops to deal with the growing violence.
Updated Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 8:08 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The federal government has completed 500 miles of the 670-mile planned fence along the Southwest border. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff expects another 100 miles to be completed by the time Barack Obama takes office on January 20.
Updated Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 8:08 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
New numbers suggest that individuals are being deterred from crossing into the United States illegally. Chief Patrol Agent Robert Gilbert credits his agency's hard work and wise planning.
Updated Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 5:28 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Interior Department has knocked a hole in the Homeland Security Department’s plan to slow illegal crossings into Arizona through the construction of a "virtual fence," the Associated Press reports.
Updated Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:53 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
The Los Angeles Times reports today that the Department of Homeland Security is making a significantly higher number of arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border under a joint DHS-Justice Department progr
The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment.
The Border Patrol now feels it has enough of a handle to begin imposing more serious consequences on almost everyone it catches, from areas including Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to San Diego. The “Consequence Delivery System” — a key part of the Border Patrol’s new national strategy to be announced within weeks — relies largely on tools that have been rolled out over the last decade on parts of the border and expanded. It divides border crossers into seven categories, ranging from first-time offenders to people with criminal records.
Stepping up the immigration enforcement bidding war, House Republicans last week asked President Obama to extend the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border past June 30, when their mission is slated to end.
Last year Congress passed a bill boosting the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents, but the 10 Republicans, all members of the Homeland Security Committee, said the new agents have not been fully hired and trained yet, so the National Guard troops should remain.
"We request the National Guard remain on the Southwest border until the Department of Homeland Security can fully take control of the mission and hire and train sufficient personnel to replace the 1,200 National Guard troops who have served honorably in this mission," they said in their letter.
The top-ranking House Republican on border issues is pushing the Obama administration to extend the National Guard’s presence along the U.S.-Mexico border and possibly deploy the U.S. Army to help stymie violence from the drug cartels.
Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the chairwoman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on border and maritime security, told The Hill that it would be a 'serious mistake' if the White House failed to re-authorize the deployment of National Guard troops to the border region beyond their end date on June 30.
Salinas said the one-year National Guard mission is a stopgap measure to give U.S. Customs and Border Protection time to hire more agents. But worsening cartel violence in Mexico and several high-profile killings on the U.S. side have raised calls for more National Guardsmen along the border, even though illegal immigration and crime in the region have declined.
Border-state legislators from both parties - particularly after the Dec. 14 killing of a Border Patrol agent just north of Nogales - say they view the U.S. military presence as a long-term necessity, despite rules that mostly limit the Guardsmen to watching the fence line and prevent them from making arrests or seizing drugs.
Texas taxpayers spent at least $250 million last year in state prison and health care costs for illegal immigrants, but figuring out the precise cost will be difficult, state officials testified on Wednesday.
The House State Affairs Committee solicited information about services and benefits provided to noncitizens – a preliminary review in preparation for a legislative session certain to see a push for tougher immigration laws similar to those enacted in Arizona.
Richard Stana, the Government Accounting Office’s (GAO) Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues, testified before a congressional subcommittee on July 22 that “alien smuggling along the southwest border is an increasing threat to the security of the United States and Mexico as well as to the safety of both law enforcement and smuggled aliens.”
As if fighting terrorism weren't complicated enough, the United States has a new national security threat to worry about: grizzly bears.
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee say that environmental laws protecting grizzlies and other wild animals along rural portions of the U.S.-Canada border have handcuffed U.S. Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security agents, potentially making it easier for would-be terrorists to slip into the country.
The 14-year-old boy tied a few mattresses and a bedstead to the family truck. He went back into his single-story yellow house for the cat, and chained up the gate. Then he drove off with his family, which was abandoning home, jobs, school and country.
All because the drug smugglers told them to.
Hundreds of families are fleeing the cotton-farming towns of the Juarez Valley, a stretch of border 50 miles east of Ciudad Juarez. In a new strategy, Mexican drug cartels seeking to minimize interference with their operations are using terror to empty the entire area.
The killings last month in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez of two U.S. citizens, including an employee at the city's U.S. Consulate, along with the slaying of an Arizona rancher, have fueled concerns among U.S. officials that Americans are becoming fair game for Mexican drug gangs seeking control of smuggling routes into the United States.
Support Tougher Enforcement - Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 64% of
Likely U.S. Voters feel that when it comes to immigration reform,
gaining control of the border is more important that legalizing the
status of undocumented workers already living in this country.
Support Tougher Enforcement - Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it is halting funding of the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, but 59% of Americans believe the United States should continue to build that fence.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 26% of adults disagree and think the building of the fence should be stopped. Fifteen percent (15%) more are not sure.