WASHINGTONTIMES — Illegal immigrants from Central America are surging across the U.S.-Mexico border because they believe they can take advantage of American immigration policy and gain at least a tentative foothold in the country, according to an internal Border Patrol intelligence memo. The immigrants come seeking “permisos,” which apparently are the “notices to appear,” the […]
Central America Newspapers Tout Open US Door for Illegal Minors
June 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
NEWSMAX — Newspapers in El Salvador and Honduras are promoting policies by the Obama administration that defer deportation to minors brought to the United States as children by their parents — known as “Dreamers” — and those that are housing illegal children at military bases in the South and West. “Almost all agree that a […]
Overrun By Immigrants, Border Agents Doing Paperwork Instead Of Patrolling
June 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
CBSNEWS — “It’s certainly a critical situation,” says Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) “Because if you’re just looking at the lower Rio Grande Valley we’re getting about 1,200 people a day. Over 70 percent of them are not from Mexico but from other places and 300 to 400 of them are young people coming in without […]
Youths Facing Deportation to Be Given Legal Counsel
June 10, 2014 By 2 Comments
NYTIMES — The Obama administration said Friday that it was starting a program to provide lawyers for children facing deportation as it scrambles to deal with the soaring number of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the border from Mexico. Under the plan, the federal government will issue $2 million in grants to enroll about 100 lawyers […]
Planes carrying 130 undocumented immigrants land in El Paso
June 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
ELPASOTIMES — Two planes carrying undocumented families apprehended in South Texas arrived in El Paso Saturday, officials said. Ramiro Cordero, spokesman for the Border Patrol El Paso sector, said two flights carrying 130 people landed in El Paso. He said the immigrants would be processed at different locations in the El Paso sector. Monsignor Arturo […]
Child Migrants Strain Makeshift Arizona Shelter
June 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
NYTIMES — PHOENIX — Immigration officials overwhelmed by a flood of women and children from Central America who illegally crossed the border from Mexico are moving hundreds of unaccompanied boys and girls this weekend to a makeshift detention center in Nogales, Ariz. The move is the latest effort by the Obama administration to cope with […]
