The New York Times reported on Friday that eight illegals, including one small child, were found dead in the St. Lawrence River along the northern border of the United States.
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.
The report is "not able to fully capture a sudden and dramatic increase in illegal immigration of the kind the country began experiencing starting in 2021."
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, is hoping to send illegal migrants to college for free, with taxpayers footing the bill that could cost around $1.2 million in the first year.
A federal judge in Florida has blocked President Biden's policy of releasing many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border rather than detaining them, stating that it violates U.S. immigration law.
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers and hospitals billions of dollars in medical costs every year, the Federation for American Immigration Reform pointed out.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration by increasing penalties for human smuggling, strengthening statutes for the detention of illegal aliens, requiring universal use of E-Verify, enhancing penalties for document falsification, and prohibiting the issuance of ID cards to people not lawfully in the country.