Immigration & Border

114 articles in the Immigration & Border category.

Blanche Files Misconduct Complaint Against Seven Minnesota Judges Over Times Interview
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderOctober 3, 2026

Blanche Files Misconduct Complaint Against Seven Minnesota Judges Over Times Interview

By Tommy Flynn

Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that the Justice Department has filed a judicial-misconduct complaint with the Eighth Circuit against seven Minnesota federal judges over their participation in a New York Times interview about the Trump administration’s immigration...

 President Joe Biden receives an operational briefing from U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration Customs Enforcement at the Brownsville Border Patrol Station on February 29, 2024. -- Image: The White House
Immigration & BorderUS NewsOctober 2, 2026

HHS Memo Lists Six Fraud Patterns in Biden Unaccompanied-Child Releases

By Tommy Flynn

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a memorandum identifying six forms of fraud in the Unaccompanied Alien Children program as it operated under the Biden administration, and said some of that fraud put children into homes where they were abused or,...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsOctober 1, 2026

Second Judge Blocks $100,000 H-1B Fee as Vance Says He Would End the Program

By Tommy Flynn

A second federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling that the agencies imposed it without the notice-and-comment process required by law. The same day, Vice President JD Vance said he would support eliminating the program. U.S....

 An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 30, 2026

ICE Announces Weekend Arrests of Murderers, Child Predators, and Drug Traffickers

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested illegal aliens with convictions for murder, child sexual assault, child abuse, and drug trafficking over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officers...

The Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 29, 2026

Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume Third-Country Deportations Pending December Arguments

By Tommy Flynn

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Massachusetts judge’s order and allowed the Trump administration to keep deporting illegal aliens to countries other than their homelands while the justices take up the full case in December. The unsigned order overrode a First Circuit...

Screenshot of the migrant caravan from video posted on the @AnthonyAguero X page.
Immigration & BorderUS NewsSeptember 28, 2026

“Faith and Hope” Caravan Enters Mexico; DHS Posts “Our Time Has Come” as Group Turns North

By Tommy Flynn

A caravan calling itself Fe y Esperanza — Faith and Hope — has entered southern Mexico and resumed walking north after two days in Tapachula, Chiapas. The group left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20, crossed Guatemala, and entered Mexico on Sept. 24–25 over the Rodolfo...

Rubio Imposes Visa Ban on Birth-Tourism Operators, “Fixers,” and Facilitators
Immigration & BorderUS NewsSeptember 24, 2026

Rubio Imposes Visa Ban on Birth-Tourism Operators, “Fixers,” and Facilitators

By Tommy Flynn

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday a new visa-restriction policy aimed at the commercial networks that sell U.S. births as a path to citizenship. The rule uses Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which lets the secretary find a foreign...

Map of South Africa
US NewsImmigration & BorderSeptember 23, 2026

Trump Administration Tells Congress It Will Admit 17,500 Primarily Afrikaner Refugees in FY 2027

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration informed Congress on Tuesday that it intends to admit up to 17,500 refugees in fiscal year 2027, with the slots going “primarily” to Afrikaners from South Africa. The State Department notice, obtained by multiple outlets, states that white South Africans...

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National SecurityImmigration & BorderSeptember 22, 2026

U.S. Assessment: Cartels Import Ukraine Drone Tactics, Complicating Trump’s Drug War

By Tommy Flynn

Latin American drug cartels are making “alarming” advances with explosive drones, and the shift is being fueled by fighters returning from the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a U.S. assessment described to The Washington Post on Tuesday. A U.S. official familiar with the...

A Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) crew member serves as a lookout, June 29, 2024, during a safety and security patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits. -- Image: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Kevin Wong
Immigration & BorderNational SecuritySeptember 22, 2026

CBP Intercepts Key Largo Smuggling Boat Carrying 13 Chinese Nationals

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and the Coast Guard intercepted a 27-foot cuddy cabin near Angelfish Creek, Florida, and apprehended 23 people, including 13 Chinese nationals, the agencies said. A CBP multi-role enforcement aircraft on an Operation...

 An ICE officer oversees an immigration enforcement operation.
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderSeptember 21, 2026

ICE Officer Shoots Venezuelan National in North Austin; Mayor Calls Agency “Rogue” as Protesters Clash With Police

By Tommy Flynn

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a man once in the torso Sunday afternoon in North Austin during a federal operation, city officials said. Austin-Travis County EMS was notified at about 12:56 p.m. in the 8000 block of Anderson Square, near U.S. 183. Paramedics...

Texas National Guard and state law-enforcement personnel pose with the Texas flag in brush near Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Feb. 22, 2024, during Operation Lone Star deployments along the Rio Grande.
Immigration & BorderUS NewsSeptember 21, 2026

DHS Sends Texas $7.5 Billion to Repay Biden-Era Border Costs

By Tommy Flynn

Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed the Department of Homeland Security will send Texas $7.5 billion to repay border-security costs the state carried during the Biden administration. The money comes from the State Border...