The Record Number of Chinese Illegal Migrants Arrested at the Border in the Last Six Months as Entries Spike by 7,000% in Three Years

Number of Chinese nationals who crossed the border illegally in FY 2024 already surpassed the total number apprehended in the entire prior year

Border Patrol detained 24,296 Chinese nationals at the borders since October

DHS Sec. Mayorkas told Congress one flight of Chinese migrants was sent back to Beijing so far – and more are to come… (Continue to full article)

Biden Spikes Immigrant Population to 51.4 Million

The data shows one in six people, or 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, arrived via the federal government’s myriad official and unofficial migration paths.

Since Biden took office in January 2021, the foreign-born population has grown by 6.4 million — larger than the individual populations of 33 states.

If current trends continue, the foreign-born population will reach nearly 60 million and 17.5 percent [one in six] of the U.S. population by the end of a second Biden term — both figures would be without any precedent in American history.

The U.S. population consists of 280 million native-born Americans and 51 million immigrants… (Continue to full article)

NYC Council Asks State’s Highest Court to Allow Non-Citizens

…to Vote in Local Elections

The New York City Council asked the state’s highest court to strike down a pair of rulings in a move that would pave the way for non-citizen immigrants to vote in city elections.

The controversial election change, passed by the City Council in late 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, would have allowed 800,000 noncitizens with green cards to vote but was struck down as unconstitutional last month by an appellate court.

Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law…. (Continue to full article)

Migrants Who Overpowered National Guard May Be Allowed Into US

After federal agents spent four hours Thursday detaining and moving migrants following an attempted southern border breach in El Paso, Texas, the undocumented persons are going through processing for possible entry into the U.S.

Texas continues to be an epicenter of the national immigration debate. It has engaged in litigation while state officials vow to continue enforcing Texas policies and tactics to deter a record-setting 2.4 million migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2023—up from approximately 1.7 million in 2021.

There are consequences to crossing the border illegally, and CBP continues to enforce United States immigration laws. Individuals and families without a legal basis to remain in the U.S. are subject to removal and are subject to a minimum five-year bar on reapplying for admission and potential criminal prosecution if they subsequently reenter without authorization… (Continue to full article)

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Calls Southern Border a “National Security Threat,” Citing 140,000 Migrants Who Evaded Capture

In an exclusive interview with CBS News, U.S. Border Patrol chief Jason Owens called the situation at the southern border a “national security threat,” expressing concern about tens of thousands of migrants who have evaded apprehension and entered the country surreptitiously over the past five months.

Owens said Border Patrol is “closing in” on recording one million apprehensions of migrants in between ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2024 fiscal year, which started in October. For the third consecutive year, his agency is on track to record two million apprehensions by the time the fiscal year ends at the end of September, Owens added.

That number is a large number, but what’s keeping me up at night is the 140,000 known got-aways… (Continue to full article)