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Poor Texas Border County Refuses Help; Criminal Aliens Rejoice

Bob Dane — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:23:09 +0000

Starr County, one of the poorest in Texas, has turned down state financial assistance to help stanch the surge of illegal aliens crossing the Rio Grande. Refusing to declare a border emergency, County Judge Eloy Vera worries instead that jailing criminal migrants would cost Starr millions of dollars in federal contracts. “We only have 270 [...]

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Greyhound to Border Patrol: Show Us Your Papers

Bob Dane — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:12:22 +0000

Bowing to illegal-alien advocates, Greyhound says it will no longer allow Border Patrol agents to conduct immigration checks on its buses without a warrant. Coincidental or not, Greyhound’s policy reversal came three weeks after a leaked memo in which now-retired Border Patrol chief Carla Provost opined that warrants are required for such checks. There’s also [...]

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Why a Judge Blocking Changes to the Flores Settlement Agreement is Worse Than You Think

Matthew Tragesser — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:53:29 +0000

A federal judge’s move to block the Trump administration from detaining illegal alien family units for longer than a 20-day period received a considerable amount of praise from the mainstream media, but their reporting omitted describing the consequences of this erratic decision. It is clear from the exponential increase in asylum claims in recent years [...]

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California to Allow Criminal Aliens to Refuse Interviews with ICE

FAIR Staff — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:26:08 +0000

This week, the California State Legislature is considering a measure to allow criminal aliens in law enforcement custody to refuse any interview with federal immigration. By giving criminal aliens the ability to opt out of a meeting with ICE, Assembly Bill 2792 (AB 2792) essentially allows even the most dangerous criminal aliens to be released [...]

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Dimmit County Rejects “Hotel Like” Immigration Detention Facility

FAIR Staff — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:30:44 +0000

On Monday, Dimmit County, Texas, Commissioners unanimously rejected a bid by Stratton Oilfield Systems for a detention center that would have housed unlawful border crossers in “hotel- like” conditions at a preexisting oil field work camp. More than 100 people attended the Commissioners’ meeting to express their opposition. The public comment portion of the meeting [...]

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Virus Outbreaks Highlight Troubling Health Risks of Illegal Immigration

Spencer Raley — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:01:43 +0000

An illegal immigrant at Arizona’s Eloy Detention center is at the center of an ongoing measles outbreak, according to state health officials. The detainee contracted the illness before his arrest and assignment to Eloy, where 11 inmates and staff are infected and is under complete quarantine to prevent the virus from spreading outside the facility. [...]

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