Turkish migrant Ugur has said he paid a Mexican cartel to take him to the border with the US, in hopes of making it to Los Angeles to work for DoorDash. Speaking to Fox News, the 33-year-old said he had paid $6,500 to the group and fled Turkey due to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Latest figures from Customs and Border Protection showed that in the month of February the agency encountered 189,922 at the southern border
6,997 migrants from 70 countries arrested by US Border Patrol in San Diego sector. The area saw more apprehensions than anywhere else in the nation last week. Some went to the airport to sleep in bathrooms in lieu of any migrant shelter
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
Donald Trump is losing support as President Joe Biden is gaining with just under seven months to go until the 2024 Election, according to polls.Biden has extended his lead over Trump from one point in March (39 percent to 38 percent) to four points in April (41 percent to 37 percent), according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey of 833 registered voters.The dip in support for Trump continues a trend throughout the year, with a January Reuters/Ipsos poll showing that the former president leading...
The rust-colored barrier soars into the cloudless blue sky, a solid and almost impassable marker of the border between Mexico and the United States. But then it stops, when the rough, hilly terrain becomes a mountain, or a large boulder blocks the way. These are the spots well known by human smugglers, who bring migrants in vans, show them the gaps, tell them to head north and to call 911 if they can’t find US Border Patrol officers to hand themselves in. A few months ago, sometimes hundreds of...
SAN ANTONIO — An Afghan migrant on the terrorist watchlist spent nearly a year inside the U.S. after he was apprehended and released by Border Patrol agents last year, U.S. officials told NBC News. The man was arrested in February and then released last month again by an immigration judge who was not told he was a national security threat. Mohammad Kharwin, 48, was freed on bond as he awaited an immigration hearing in Texas, scheduled for 2025, U.S. officials said. There were no restrictions on...
Change to civil code will bring Japan into line with other G7 countries, amid concerns existing law inflicts psychological harm on childrenDivorced couples in Japan will for the first time be able to negotiate joint custody of their children after parliament voted this week for changes to laws permitting only sole custody.Under Japan’s civil code, couples must decide which parent will take custody of their children when their marriage ends – a requirement that critics say causes children...
The number of migrants arrested at the southern border has plummeted in recent weeks to the lowest levels seen in President Joe Biden’s three years in office, easing for the moment a crisis that has touched every part of the United States. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) divulged during a House Appropriations Committee hearing this week […]
Councils will have to consider cost-cutting, merging with other schools and shutting, think tank says
A Coventry council report warned of the effects of soaring demand for school places
Another (now dropped) parliamentary candidate claimed that London is a "third world s hole" because there are "no whites running" the city.
Texas county at center of border fight overwhelmed by migrant deaths (Third column, 5th story, link)