border crisis

HUDSON: Biden broke our border ― House Republicans are fighting to fix it

June 22, 2024 Richard Hudson

Only in Washington can you break something and then take credit for pretending to fix it. That is exactly what we are seeing President Biden do with his broken border disaster that his dangerous immigration […]

Fed fact sheet: Greensboro facility for migrant kids still a ‘future site’

January 31, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The former American Hebrew Academy campus in Greensboro that is supposed to be housing, feeding and schooling unaccompanied migrant children is still empty, and a recent federal update on migrant resettlement still has no apparent […]

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Loan documents show Chinese ties to Greensboro facility slated to house migrant children

January 7, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The former Jewish school campus in Greensboro that is supposed to be housing unaccompanied minor migrant children has apparently changed hands. Real estate records on file with Guilford County show the $26 million […]

US border officials closing a remote Arizona crossing because of overwhelming migrant arrivals

December 8, 2023 Anita Snow, Associated Press

PHOENIX — So many migrants are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that U.S. officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who […]

The US is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally

September 28, 2023 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country — quickly making them eligible to work — as it grapples […]

Poll finds Americans disapprove of Biden’s border handling, economy

September 27, 2023 North State Journal Staff

A Washington Post-ABC poll recently asked Americans about their approval of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy and the U.S.-Mexico Border. Less than one-third of Americans approved of Biden’s handling of the two major […]

Court order allows Texas’ floating barrier on US-Mexico border to remain in place for now

September 14, 2023 The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court allowed Texas’ floating barrier on a section of the Rio Grande to stay in place for now after a judge called the buoys a threat to the safety of […]

Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings

July 14, 2023 Associated Press

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande in the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the […]

Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border surge

May 4, 2023 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions. Military personnel will do data […]

El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US

April 20, 2023 Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation. The three […]