The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General found that some of the $110 million from the 'American Rescue Plan' for immigrants at the southern border was misused by nonprofits.
Two suspected undocumented immigrants suffocated to death aboard a freight train and 10 others in need of medical care were taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospital on Friday in south Texas, police said.
Border Patrol released Chinese citizens to a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Brownsville, Texas, after being given "NTAs (notices to appear) because there are so many crossing and no more space to house them,” said Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins.
Local authorities and state governments in the northeast U.S. are asking the federal government for more help as they deal with an influx of illegal immigrants crossing from Canada into the U.S.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz contradicts DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' assertion that the government has "operational control" of the southern border.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials report the apprehension of a large migrant group who crossed the border near Lukeville, Arizona, on Monday. The group of 235 migrants consisted of citizens of 14 different nations and included children.