Cartels

Twenty-six U.S. governors, all Republican, announced the creation of a Border Strike Force to “disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations” on April 19.

Mexico has disbanded a select anti-narcotics unit that for a quarter of a century worked hand-in-hand with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to tackle organized crime, two sources said, in a major blow to bilateral security cooperation.

The Biden administration has resumed its secret charter flights of underage migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Westchester, New York.

Human smugglers reportedly now looking to teens to do their dirty work of making the trip across the border with illegal migrants.

The Biden administration has allowed a more than eleven-fold increase in the number of illegal immigrant offenders let out of Texas prisons and into the general U.S. population, despite federal immigration law requiring ICE to take convicts into custody after serving their time, usually in advance of deportation.

The CDC has said it plans to rescind Title 42 on May 23.

The border crisis has reached a point where a growing chorus in Texas is pushing for the state to take matters into its own hands.

The latest poll from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) of 77 battleground congressional districts across the country showed that the Democrats face headwinds with voters as they are being held responsible for record-high inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, and out-of-control spending.

Meanwhile, dozens of illegal aliens nearby seen freely crossing into the U.S.

Mexican border city Nuevo Laredo is scene of a massive gun battle among three rival cartels on Sunday evening, causing the U.S. consulate to be temporarily closed.