President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will institute a border-related disaster declaration and use the U.S. military to carry out the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. For analysis of how such a military deployment might work in practice, NTD spoke with Eric Lionheart, a former combat controller for the U.S. military’s Special Forces.
Tackling illegal immigration is a key focus for President-elect Donald Trump, who is now appointing a team to carry out his mass deportation policy and his policies to secure the Southern border. The top immigration official chosen to date is former ICE Director Tom Homan. Since retiring from ICE in 2018, Homan has worked at […]
A former director of an immigration enforcement agency will join the second Trump administration as border czar, President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 10. Thomas Homan will be “in charge of our nation’s borders,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. The president-elect said that there is “nobody better at policing and controlling […]
Kelly Wright hosts a special edition of “America’s Hope,” focusing on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. He introduces Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who discusses his support for former President Donald Trump. Also, a panel of black men, Democrat and Republican, share their hope for America. Additionally, Os Guinness, described as a missionary to America, expresses […]
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Exactly one week before Election Day, Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump heavily emphasized border security to supporters during a campaign rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 29. Trump has made “securing the border” the principal argument of his 2024 presidential campaign, highlighting the influx of illegal immigrants into the United States, […]
Former President Donald Trump told Americans at an Oct. 13 campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, that he plans to address a shortage of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents by seeking to boost their pay. “After I win, I will be asking Congress immediately to approve a 10 percent raise—they haven’t had one in […]
A recent report by U.S. Immigration and Law Enforcement (ICE) revealed significant numbers of illegal immigrants with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket. That includes a high volume of illegal immigrants convicted of homicide and sexual assault. The numbers continue to rise on the southern border, but what has gone largely unnoticed is the record-breaking […]
In a recent speech to parliament, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier emphasized the need for stronger border control, citing the country’s struggle to manage immigration effectively. He pointed out that while over 100,000 deportation orders are issued each year, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants remain in France. The issue of immigration has gained heightened […]
The Biden administration said on Sept. 30 that it is making its asylum restrictions at the southern border stricter, as illegal immigration remains a source of scrutiny for the president’s policy agenda. Under the president’s proclamation issued in June, the federal government could restrict asylum requests after more than 2,500 illegal immigrants had been apprehended […]
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday for the first time since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, and for the first time since 2021. Harris will visit the border town of Douglas, in the key swing state of Arizona, located across the border from Agua Prieta, Mexico, the White […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is defending her shifts in policy by saying her values remain the same. “The most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,” Harris told CNN in her first interview since accepting the Democratic Party nomination to face former President Donald Trump […]
Border Patrol apprehended 56,408 illegal immigrants at the U.S. southern border in July, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Friday. An additional 47,700 inadmissible immigrants presented themselves at ports of entry, driving the total number of entrants without legal documentation at the southern border to 104,100. CBP said July marked the lowest monthly total […]
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 14 that a proposal that would make it a crime for migrants to cross the southern border and empower local police to make arrests near the state’s border with Mexico will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot. In issuing its ruling, the state’s highest court rejected a challenge […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s decision requiring Texas to relocate a 1,000-foot floating barrier in the Rio Grande, installed to prevent illegal border crossings. The Fifth Circuit found that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas had abused its discretion when it […]
The Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs holds a hearing on “Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform Performance and Costs” at 10 a.m. ET on July 24. Witnesses and testimonies: Moshe Schwartz Senior Fellow of Acquisition Policy at the National Defense Industrial Association Mackenzie Eaglen Senior Fellow at the American […]
The Supreme Court weighs in on a bankruptcy settlement from a pharmaceutical company. The presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden is underway. We take a look at how voters feel about the two candidates. Fires continue to burn in multiple states in the West. NTD’s David Lam has an update […]
Encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border have dropped by 40 percent over the past three weeks, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Since the Presidential Proclamation temporarily suspending the entry of some illegal immigrants was signed on June 3, Border Patrol’s seven-day encounter average has decreased to fewer than 2,400 encounters […]
The immigration court backlog at the Southern border is growing, as hundreds of new cases are added every day—with many of them involving minors. As the system becomes increasingly overwhelmed, however, only 56 percent of unaccompanied minors have legal counsel to represent them. For more insight into the situation at the border, NTD spoke to […]
A new program could eventually give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. We take a look at President Joe Biden’s announcement. Border Patrol arrested a homicide suspect from China. He is one of many illegal immigrants trying to cross the U.S.–Mexico border. A firefighter jumped through a moving ambulance to stop a thief. We have […]
Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. World leaders gathered at Omaha Beach for a commemoration. In just a matter of days, the Baltimore port channel is set to reopen, as last bits of debris are removed. Deportation of illegal immigrants begins, as the U.S.–Mexico border is now closed. Arizona is […]
