by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2019 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Army Corps of Engineers have awarded three contracts to build up to 65 miles of border wall along the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) region in Texas. Construction on the new wall sections will begin in early 2020 in Hidalgo, Starr, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2019 Though unaccompanied minor children are entering the U.S. in numbers beyond what the Border Patrol can handle, there “has never been a shortage” of food or healthcare items for the children, the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) law enforcement operations told Congress on July 25. Pushing back […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2019 A Democratic member of Congress dispatched staffers to Mexico to advise migrants on how to exploit a loophole in the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy, a report said. Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas sent members of her staff to the border town of Ciudad Juárez to find migrants […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2019 Video footage from the Del Rio Sector in Texas shows migrants, some in designer clothes, toting luggage and backpacks with their children in tow pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border. “#USBP Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 2 large groups of over 100 in 2 days,” Customs and Border […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 The hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the U.S. since September include more than 1 percent of the entire populations of Honduras and Guatemala, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “The current migration flows, especially of vulnerable families and children, from Central America through Mexico, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2019 The crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has reached a “breaking point” amid an “unprecedented” surge in immigrants, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said on March 27. CBP officials are on pace to manage over 100,000 migrants this month, McAleenan said. The crisis has reportedly led to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 An overwhelming increase in the number of illegals rushing the U.S.-Mexico border has brought the U.S. immigration system to “the breaking point,” according to U.S. Border and Customs Protection (CBP). The United States has detained more immigrants traveling in family groups at the southern border in the last five […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2019 Lawmakers in D.C. continue to haggle over how much, if any, funding will go toward President Donald Trump’s border wall. Meanwhile, on the ground at the U.S.-Mexico border, the wall is already being built. “We’ve actually started a big, big portion of the wall today at a very important […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2019 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Jan. 31 that its officers had seized 254 pounds of fentanyl in Nogales/Mariposa port of entry in Arizona. The amount discovered in what was the largest fentanyl seizure ever recorded was enough to kill 115 million people, according to investigators in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2019 The grim discovery of the skeletons of 127 dead migrants in southern Arizona in 2018 and reports of a significant increase in OTMs (other than Mexicans) crossing the U.S. southern border contradict the major media’s and Democrats’ assertion that the illegal immigration situation is a “manufactured crisis.” The Trump […]