Category: Illegal Immigrants, Page 6
Mass Exodus of Immigration Officials Could Delay Millions of Deportations
American Renaissance - Mar 11th 2025 5:16pm EDTEarlier this month, Kerry Doyle sat in a Boston-area courtroom to observe a routine deportation hearing — one of thousands of similar proceedings that take place in immigration courts across the country each day. It was the final step before Doyle, 59, would herself join the ranks of America’s roughly 700 immigration judges. She was […]
US Unveils New App for ‘Self-Deportations’
American Renaissance - Mar 11th 2025 4:22pm EDTThe Trump administration is repurposing a mobile application – originally created to facilitate asylum appointments – into a way for undocumented migrants already in the US to “self-deport”. The app, known as CBP Home, allows migrants to submit an “intent to depart”, which US Customs and Border Patrol says offers them a chance to leave […]
Trump Reforms Force Closure of More NGOs Resettling Refugees Across U.S.
American Renaissance - Mar 11th 2025 4:22pm EDTAnother non-governmental organization, which contracted with the federal government to resettle refugees across American communities, is having to close its doors after President Donald Trump froze the government’s refugee resettlement program. Immediately after taking office, Trump signed an executive order to indefinitely suspend the refugee resettlement program — ensuring that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars flowing […]
New Report Reveals Illegal Immigrant Population Hit New High During Biden-Era Crisis
American Renaissance - Mar 9th 2025 1:05pm EDTThe number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is estimated to have surged to more than 18 million after the Biden-era border crisis, according to a new research report by a hawkish immigration group, which also found an 11% increase in less than two years. The report was produced by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), […]
Frustration Grows Inside the White House Over Pace of Deportations
American Renaissance - Mar 6th 2025 2:30pm ESTJust about every week since taking office, President Trump has called Thomas D. Homan, the enforcer of his immigration agenda, looking for an update on mass deportations. How is it going at the border? What do the arrest numbers look like? Are sanctuary cities still standing in the way of the crackdown? Mr. Homan’s typical […]
U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft
American Renaissance - Mar 6th 2025 2:30pm ESTThe Trump administration has stopped using military aircraft to fly migrants who entered the U.S. illegally to Guantanamo Bay or other countries, defense officials said. President Trump has made a crackdown on illegal immigration a focus of his second term. But using military aircraft to transport some migrants to their home countries or to a […]
GOP Campaign Account Under Fire for Calling House Democrat ‘An Illegal Immigrant’
American Renaissance - Mar 6th 2025 2:30pm ESTThe official campaign account of House Republicans referred to Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) as “an illegal immigrant” on Wednesday {snip} On Tuesday night, Espaillat delivered the Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. {snip} {snip} The next day, the National Republican Congressional Committee tweeted a brief excerpt of the speech. “Democrats literally […]
Trump Immigration Detentions Slow Amid Rising ICE Frustration
American Renaissance - Mar 4th 2025 8:37pm ESTPresident Donald Trump’s immigration detentions ticked down after a fast start in his first few days in office. Detentions totaled 8,200 during the two weeks ending Feb. 22, according to federal data published last week. That compared with about 10,000 in the previous two-week period, which roughly corresponded with the beginning of the Trump administration. […]
Migrant Encounters at Southern Border Hit Lowest-Ever Mark, Down 94 Percent from Last February
American Renaissance - Mar 4th 2025 1:14pm ESTA social media post by the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Michael W. Banks, shows February apprehensions to be a record low for the Agency. Banks’s post reveals the startling impact of the Trump presidency on illegal migration to the United States in the 42 days since assuming office. “February proved our combined efforts […]
1Canada Curbed Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.
American Renaissance - Mar 3rd 2025 8:42pm EST{snip} Until recently, the border had been described by both nations as “unguarded,” a testament to their close friendship. But with the return of President Trump to the White House, it has become a flashpoint in the relationship between the two neighbors. Even before his inauguration, Mr. Trump accused Canada of allowing large numbers of […]
White House Touts Arrests of Violent Migrants, but Trump’s Crackdown Is Much Broader
American Renaissance - Feb 28th 2025 2:37pm ESTJust a few minutes after he had left home for work, Lucas Dos Santos Amaral was stopped by immigration officers near his home in Marlborough, Mass. The officers told him the name of someone they were looking for, and said the man looked like him. The Brazilian doesn’t have a criminal history or orders for […]
Trump Administration Rescinds Order to Halt Legal Aid for Unaccompanied Migrant Children
American Renaissance - Feb 25th 2025 2:34pm ESTThe Trump administration on Friday rescinded a stop-work order affecting federally funded legal services for unaccompanied migrant children. The Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit that has a federal contract to provide legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children, said in a statement to NBC News on Friday afternoon that it received notice that “it can […]
Single-Day Migrant Apprehension Numbers on Southwest Border Fall Below 200
American Renaissance - Feb 25th 2025 2:34pm ESTThe apprehension of migrants along the southwest border with Mexico fell to a historically low level on Friday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Agents encountered 199 migrants on Friday, compared to 4,393 one year earlier. Texas DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez posted a report on X showing that Border Patrol agents encountered […]
Texas Teams Up with ICE in Raid on State’s Largest Migrant Colony
American Renaissance - Feb 25th 2025 2:33pm ESTTexas Governor Greg Abbott announced Department of Public Safety troopers and special agents assisted federal law enforcement agents with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as they conducted immigration raids into the Colony Ridge Subdivision near Houston. Abbott announced the action in a social media post on X early Monday afternoon. {snip} Colony Ridge […]
Trump Administration to Replace Acting ICE Director
American Renaissance - Feb 24th 2025 6:26pm ESTThe acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was removed from his post, administration officials and other people familiar with the matter said, amid frustration in the Trump administration that deportations haven’t accelerated faster. {snip} President Trump hand-selected Vitello to lead ICE because, though he is a career government official, he worked […]
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
American Renaissance - Feb 24th 2025 6:26pm ESTThe Trump administration is ramping up plans to detain undocumented immigrants at military sites across the United States, a significant expansion of efforts by the White House to use wartime resources to make good on the president’s promised mass deportations. President Trump’s team is developing a deportation hub at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas, […]
California DA Warns Chilean Gang Burglaries Are Washington’s ‘Biggest Secret’
American Renaissance - Feb 24th 2025 6:26pm ESTChilean robbery gangs have been operating across the US for years — but ignored by the feds until they started targeting star athletes like Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, according to a California district attorney pushing for a legal change to crack down on them. “These Chileans have been coming here for years and everybody […]
Noem Makes Aggressive New Move to Ramp Up Arrests, Deportations of Illegal Immigrants
American Renaissance - Feb 23rd 2025 9:32am ESTDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem signed a memo this week deputizing up to 600 State Department officials as immigration officers, as part of a government-wide push to ramp up deportations and secure the border. Noem signed an order that deputized up to 600 special agents in the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service to […]
Trump Admin Halts $769 Million Contract to Left-Wing Group
American Renaissance - Feb 21st 2025 12:18pm ESTThe Trump administration this week ended funding for an immigrant legal group that says the immigration system is “intentionally designed” to exploit minorities and has called for disciplinary action against attorneys and judges who fail to use correct pronouns for illegal aliens during court proceedings. The Acacia Center for Justice said Tuesday that the Department of the […]
Trump Signs Executive Order Cutting Off All Taxpayer-Funded Benefits for Illegal Immigrants
American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2025 3:20pm ESTPresident Trump signed an executive order Wednesday night barring illegal immigrants from receiving federally funded benefits. “My Administration will uphold the rule of law, defend against the waste of hard-earned taxpayer resources, and protect benefits for American citizens in need, including individuals with disabilities and veterans,” read the text of Trump’s order. The president noted that the […]
Migrant Border Encounters Drop 38 Percent from Biden’s Last Full Month in Office
American Renaissance - Feb 20th 2025 3:20pm ESTThe apprehension of migrants illegally crossing the border from Mexico along the U.S. southwest border fell by nearly 38 percent in January as Donald Trump was sworn in as president. President Trump took the oath of office on January 20. During President Joe Biden’s last full month in office (December), Border Patrol agents encountered more […]
ICE Struggles to Boost Arrest Numbers Despite Infusion of Resources
American Renaissance - Feb 19th 2025 1:01pm ESTSince taking office, President Donald Trump has launched an all-of-government immigration crackdown with the urgency of a wartime effort, a mobilization comparable in scope to the responses to the 9/11 attacks and the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the rapid infusion of resources, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling to arrest higher numbers of immigrants […]
Border Czar Tom Homan Says Illegal Daily Encounters Down to 229 From 11,000
American Renaissance - Feb 18th 2025 2:32pm ESTBorder Czar Tom Homan reports that over the last 24 hours, there were only 229 illegal alien encounters along the Southwest border. That’s a drop from 11,000 per day under Joe Biden. “In the last 24 hours the US Border Patrol has encountered a total of 229 aliens across the entire southwest border,” Homan xweeted […]
Illegal Immigrant Arrests Skyrocket Under Trump Ice Compared to Biden Levels Last Year
American Renaissance - Feb 14th 2025 4:25pm ESTImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of illegal immigrants have soared under the Trump administration compared to the same period last year under the Biden administration, with some metrics doubling or even tripling. According to Department of Homeland Security data, obtained by Fox News Digital, there were 11,791 interior ICE arrests from Jan 20 to Feb […]
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Faces Hurdle: 4M Court Cases and Counting
American Renaissance - Feb 14th 2025 4:25pm ESTThe backlog of immigration court cases awaiting hearings has more than doubled since 2021, new data from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) showed Monday. Over 4 million cases were pending, as of January 16, compared to the 1.7 million at the end of September 2021. The wait list, plus a lack of immigration judges, potentially stand in the […]