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Mexico Has More Consulates in U.S. Than Any Foreign County and Are Helping Illegal Mexican Aliens

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Mexico has many more Consulates in U.S. than any other foreign country.

There is evidence that personnel in these Consulates are aiding and abetting demonstrators against ICE including providing resources for Mexican illegal aliens such as legal services. We also know the corrupt Mexican govt still see many western states (CA, TX, AZ, NM, CO) as rightful territories of Mexico.

The Mexican government assistance to illegal Mexican aliens is documented in a new book by Peter Schweizer entitled the “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon”

WATCH: “Invisible Coup” author Peter Schweizer on immigration

Helping the rioters against ICE and DHS are criminal acts including obstruction of justice.  Despite their so called diplomatic immunity, Mexican consulate employees should be deported abd there consulates should be shut down.  We know they, along with many NGOs helped with the illegal alien invasion of US during Biden autopen regime and are still helping them now that they are here.

Mexican Consulates In The USA:

1. Mexican Embassy (District Of Colombia)
2. Mexican Consulate in Illinois (Chicago)
3. Mexican Consulate in New York (NYC)
4. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Houston)
5. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Presidio)
6. Mexican Consulate in Massachusetts (Boston)
7. Mexican Consulate in North Carolina (Raleigh)
8. Mexican Consulate in Utah
9. Mexican Consulate in Minnesota – Minneapolis
10. Mexican Consulate in Washington State (Seattle)
11. Mexican Consulate in California (San Francisco)
12. Mexican Consulate in California (San Diego)
13. Mexican Consulate in California (San Bernardino)
14. Mexican Consulate in California (Sacramento)
15. Mexican Consulate in Florida (Miami)
16. Mexican Consulate in Florida (Orlando)
17. Mexican Consulate in Georgia (Atlanta)
18. Mexican Consulate in New Mexico (Albuquerque)
19. Mexican Consulate in California (Los Angeles)
20. Mexican Consulate in California (Oxnard)
21. Mexican Consulate in Alaska (Anchorage)
22. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Austin)
23. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Laredo)
24. Mexican Consulate in Texas (San Antonio)
25. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Brownsville)
26. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Dallas)
27. Mexican Consulate in Texas (McAllen)
28. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Del Rio)
29. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Eagle Pass)
30. Mexican Consulate in Texas (Presidio)
31. Mexican Consulate In California (Calexico)
32. Mexican Consulate In Idaho
33. Mexican Consulate In Oregon(Portland)
34. Mexican Consulate In Arizona (Nogales)
35. Mexican Consulate In Arizona (Yuma)
36. Mexican Consulate In Arizona (Tucson)
37. Mexican Consulate In Arizona (Phoenix)
38. Mexican Consulate In Nebraska (Omaha)
39. Mexican Consulate In Louisiana (New Orleans)
40. Mexican Consulate In Colorado (Dallas)
41. Mexican Consulate In Michigan (Detroit)
42. Mexican Consulate In Arizona (Phoenix)
43. Mexican Consulate In Indiana (Indianapolis)
44. Mexican Consulate In Missouri (Kansas City)
45. Mexican Consulate In Nevada (Las Vegas)
46. Mexican Consulate In Arkansas (Little Rock)
47. Mexican Consulate in Pennsylvania (Philidelphia)
48. Mexican Consulate in Utah (Salt Lake City)
49. Mexican Consulte in Puerto Rico (San Juan)
50. Mexican Consulate to UN-Permanent- (NYC)
51. USA Mexican Embassy (District Of Colombia) Address – 1911 Pennsylvania Ave. 20006 EE.UU Washington District of Columbia Phone – 202-728-1600 Email Address – mexembusa@sre.gob.mx

For more info including all cities where Mexican Consulates are located and conatact information.

Mexico using ‘weaponized immigration’ to undermine US sovereignty, author of new book alleges

Investigative author Peter Schweizer claims Mexico’s government is using consulates, education programs and migrant outreach to exert political influence inside the United States.

Investigative author Peter Schweizer alleges the Mexican government is operating a coordinated influence effort inside the United States, using diplomatic missions, education programs and migrant outreach initiatives in ways he argues go far beyond traditional diplomacy.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Schweizer said his forthcoming book, “The Invisible Coup,” available Tuesday, documents what he describes as “weaponized immigration,” a strategy he claims Mexican officials view as a means to exert political leverage inside the U.S.

“Foreign powers are using migration as a weapon to undermine American sovereignty,” Schweizer said. “Mexico is a clear example of this.”

Schweizer pointed to Mexico’s expansive diplomatic footprint in the United States, noting that the country operates 53 consulates nationwide — far more than most U.S. allies.

“Those consular officials have been tied up in organizing political activity in the United States, which is a clear violation of their diplomatic status,” said Schweizer, investigative journalist and co-founder, alongside former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, of the conservative think tank Government Accountability Institute (GAI).

Schweizer alleged that Mexican consular officials have supported or encouraged anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests in the U.S., pointing to what he described as instances in which officials praised or took credit for community mobilization following immigration enforcement actions.

Mexican consulates routinely provide legal assistance and outreach to migrant communities after ICE raids, which Mexican officials characterize as consular protection duties, though critics argue the efforts blur the line between assistance and political activism.

Schweizer also cited the role of Mexico’s so-called “migrant legislators” — elected Mexican officials who reside in the United States and represent Mexicans living abroad — as evidence of cross-border political engagement. While those officials do not hold U.S. office, some have participated in advocacy events in the United States, raising questions among critics about the scope of foreign political activity on American soil.

Schweizer further claimed the Mexican government is actively discouraging assimilation among migrants living in the U.S., pointing to government-produced Spanish-language textbooks distributed to American school districts.

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Trump Weighs U.S. Action in 5 Other Nations Following Capture of Maduro

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President Donald Trump did not rule out U.S. operations against other nations following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.

Talking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, Trump suggested the U.S. is keeping a close eye on Colombia, Greenland, Cuba, Mexico, and Iran, and might even consider conducting military operations in some of the nations.

“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States,” Trump said, referring to Colombian President Gustavo Petro. “And he’s not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you,” Trump added before a reporter pressed him to clarify his comments.

“It sounds good to me,” Trump said when asked if there might be a U.S. operation in Colombia.

Similar to Venezuela, the criminal cartels operate in Colombia and traffic drugs into the U.S., often through Mexico.

While Trump spoke with greater appreciation for President of Mexico Claudia Scheinbaum, telling reporters she is “a terrific person,” he also said she is “a little afraid” to allow U.S. troops into her country to address cartel activity.

“Mexico has to get their act together because they [the cartels] are pouring through Mexico, and we’re going to have to do something. We’d love Mexico to do it. They’re capable of doing it, but unfortunately, their cartels are very strong in Mexico,” Trump said.

“The cartels are running Mexico,” the president added.

Following the U.S. capture of Maduro, whom Trump has labeled a “dictator,” the president was asked if he would consider taking action against Miguel Díaz-Canel, the current communist ruler of Cuba. Venezuela has a longstanding relationship with Cuba.

“Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall,” Trump said. “Cuba now has no income. They got all of their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil. They’re not getting any of it.”

The U.S. is currently running Venezuela, according to Trump, and Delcy Rodríguez, the nation’s vice president, is acting as the de facto leader of the nation.

Trump also answered questions regarding possible U.S. action in Iran and Greenland.

“We’ll take a look, we’re watching it very closely,” Trump said when asked about the anti-regime protests currently taking place in Iran.

“If they start killing people like they have in the past, I think they’re going to get hit very hard by the United States,” Trump said.

The president was less eager to discuss Greenland, but after being pressed on the issue, Trump told reporters the U.S. needs Greenland because of a “national security situation.”

“It’s so strategic,” Trump said. “Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not going to be able to do it, I can tell you.”

Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO ally of the U.S. Trump told reporters that no immediate action will be taken in Greenland, adding that he would like to discuss the matter more in “about two months.”

AUTHOR

Virginia Allen

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Biden Repeatedly Ignored Warnings About Border Crisis, Feared Backlash From Left, Insiders Say

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President Joe Biden reportedly ignored early warnings from advisors that his immigration platform could create a border crisis and dragged his feet on solutions as crossings reached historical levels.

Before Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, experts were already cautioning his transition team that his immigration positions would likely stir chaos at the Mexico border, according to administration insiders who spoke to the New York Times. Biden and his team rebuffed these warnings, concerned they would lose Latino support and underestimating how much Americans would care about the issue.

“A potential surge could create chaos and a humanitarian crisis, overwhelm processing capacities, and imperil the agenda of the new administration,” read a memo created by several aides before the 2020 presidential election, which was obtained by the NYT.

That memo proved prophetic after Biden immediately got to work on dismantling the border enforcement apparatus established by the first Trump administration and overseeing the largest spike in illegal immigration.

Biden undertook a total of 296 executive actions on immigration in the first year of his presidency, according to an analysis by the Migration Policy Institute. Of these executive actions, 89 reversed or began the process of reversing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

The Democrat scrubbed major initiatives undertaken by the first Trump administration, such as ending border wall construction, the shutdown of the Remain in Mexico program and ending the COVID-era Title 42 health order that quickly expelled migrants.

Those actions quickly paved the way for a flood of illegal migrants descending into the country.

There were roughly 8.5 million southern border encounters during Biden’s time in the White House, with fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024 being the worst years for migrant crossings in history. These numbers not only overwhelmed federal immigration officials and border states, but also became a problem for local officials in the interior of the country, forcing leaders in New York City, Denver and elsewhere to get tougher on illegal migrants.

As the situation at the border continued to escalate, the Biden administration reportedly kept rebuffing proposals to stem the situation out of political fears.

“They were a little too sensitive to criticisms from the left,” Cecilia Muñoz, who oversaw domestic and economic policy for the Biden transition team, said to the NYT.

The crisis dramatically changed Americans’ outlook on immigration enforcement, with polls at the time showing illegal immigration to be a top concern for Americans and more voters believing Trump would better handle the issue than Biden. A February 2024 YouGov survey found a mere 31% of Americans believing Biden to be the better candidate to fix the border, compared to 45% for Trump.

By the summer of 2024, a majority of Latino voters supported mass deportation of illegal migrants, smashing the Biden administration’s assumption that hawkish border policies would alienate the constituency.

In the waning days of their administration, both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — who eventually became the Democratic presidential nominee — campaigned heavily in favor of a Senate border bill that, they argued, would’ve solved the border crisis. While Biden blamed Trump for not supporting the bill, insiders say the Biden White House initially wanted nothing to do with the legislation.

Democrat Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy and GOP Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, the bipartisan pair of lawmakers behind the Senate border bill, said the Biden White House refused to get involved when negotiations first began to gain momentum, according to the NYT.

“We don’t want our fingerprints on these negotiations,” Lankford recalled the White House saying to him, according to the NYT. It was reportedly only after border crossings continued to surge did Biden’s team finally get on board. However, by that time Trump had firmly established himself as the Republican presidential nominee and made clear he did not support the bill, tanking any chance of GOP support.

By the summer of 2024, Biden finally issued an executive order that restricted the number of border crossings, a move that ultimately helped drive down the border crisis, but came too late for an electorate that had already decided Trump was the better candidate on immigration enforcement.

The Biden administration “had no strategy, because they had no goal,” Scott Shuchart, who joined the Biden White House in 2022 as a senior adviser at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the NYT.

“All they had was wishing the problem would go away so that they could focus on the things they cared about,” Shuchart continued.

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Jason Hopkins

Immigration Reporter

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EXCLUSIVE: Cartels Use Flying Machines For Crime At Border. Republican Senator Wants To Stop It

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Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is introducing a bill to combat an increase in drone activity from Mexican cartels on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Daily Caller has learned.

The Border Drone Assessment Act, which Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is co-sponsoring, would require the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to conduct a threat assessment on unmanned aircraft activity at the nation’s borders, according to a review by the Caller.

That threat assessment would include a detailed report on who specifically is operating the drones, what threat they pose to US national security, what data they may be collecting and how they use it.

The bill would require the Under Secretary to submit a detailed report to Congress including a description of the tactics used by the drone operators, a description of current U.S. capabilities to countermand the drones and a description current policies in place to protect the privacy and civil liberties of people who legally operate drones near the border.

“When American airspace is violated by cartels and bad actors, America should be able to defend itself. We need a clear strategy to counter unmanned aircraft systems that cartels use and that threaten border security,” Senator Lankford told the Caller.

The U.S. military has noticed an increase in cartel-operated drones in recent years, though they had yet to actively engage them as of April.

That could be changing, as the Department of Defense (DoD) recently indicated they may soon be deploying aerial countermeasures to combat the cartels’ use of drones. The DoD is “preparing the path for employment of [counter-small uncrewed aerial system or CsUAS] activities along the border,” acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs Mark Ditlevson told Defense Scoop in April.

“As we address these threats and consider using our own drone technology, we must prioritize Americans’ privacy and maintain transparency about the threats along our border,” Lankford concluded.

“Drone technology is rapidly evolving, and in the wrong hands, it can pose risks to our national security,” Sen. Kelly told the Caller.

“With this bill, we’re working to stay ahead of that threat, keeping Arizona families and our country safe,” Kelly concluded.

Lankford previously introduced the Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act in 2023 to require various federal agencies to collaborate “for a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities and protections at certain facilities at or near a U.S. international border.”

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Robert McGreevy

Reporter.

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Inside JD Vance’s Tone-Setting Trip To The Southern Border

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EAGLE PASS, Texas – As the vice president’s motorcade zipped by a long stretch of border wall Tuesday, the barrier quickly turned from solid structure to a patchwork of old train cars and razor wire.

The motorcade turned into Shelby Park, an area Gov. Greg Abbott seized so officials could put up razor wire and barriers to help deter crossings coming from the Rio Grande. Standing in the middle of the park at a podium, the location quickly became symbolic of how the administration is addressing the border crisis.

“I think the president’s hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. And, of course, that’s the physical structure, the border wall itself,” the vice president said in response to the Daily Caller’s question about how much of the border needs to be walled off before President Donald Trump leaves office.

Just about six weeks into the administration, Vance was at the border and he didn’t go alone. Vance spent the entire day trip with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. They did an aerial tour of the American side of the border in a Black Hawk, visited border facilities and met with lawmakers, border patrol agents and other leaders.

At Eagle Pass, Texas, which was once a hub of illegal immigrants crossing the border, he touted the administration’s progress at mitigating the migration crisis.

“I will say that the most heartening message that I take away from my visit here at the Texas border is the number of border patrol agents who have come up to me and said, ‘thank you,’” Vance told reporters.

“Or said, ‘Because of this, we’ve cut the number of border crossings from 1,500 a day to 30 a day.’ Or the people who have come up and said, ‘we’ve seen a reduction of 85% of the number of people who are dying at the American southern border,’ and every single day that we continue to keep this border safe, that means less migrant crime, that means less fentanyl coming into our communities,” Vance continued at his press conference.

About five months earlier, Vance’s predecessor stopped at the southern border while making a run for the White House. Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign planned a stop to visit a section of the border in Douglas, Arizona, where she gave remarks and called for a solution to the border crisis. It was her first trip to a section of the southern border in three years, after Biden gave her the job of addressing the “root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.” 

At the time, an analysis by The New York Times found that under the Biden administration, the level of net migration into the country was the largest in the country’s history. The 2024 U.S. fiscal year was the second worst in history for illegal immigration.

Since taking office, Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, like a national emergency declaration allowing him to divert more military resources to the U.S.-Mexico border and another to resume border wall construction. Other executive orders included a designation of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a pause on refugee admissions and an end to birthright citizenship for individuals born on U.S. soil to illegal migrant parents.

There were 101,790 migrant encounters at the southern border in September, the final month of fiscal year 2024, according to data released Tuesday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The Trump administration has touted figures trying to show how its actions in roughly the first month have dramatically impacted the border crisis. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the administration marked the lowest single-day apprehension number in over 15 years, with 200 migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 22. Trump also announced that during his first few weeks in office there were 8,326 migrant apprehensions at the border.

To build on this, Vance repeatedly referenced a line from Trump’s joint congressional address the night before.

“As you saw, the president said yesterday, I think it’s maybe the most important part of his speech, is that we didn’t need new laws to secure the border. We needed a new president, and thank God we have that,” Vance said to a group of Texas and border patrol leaders Wednesday.

“I’ve heard already from a number of the folks that I’ve talked to in border patrol, that all we needed to do was empower these guys to do their job,” he continued.

The trip was not just about celebrating. After taking an aerial tour of the border, the trio of administration officials visited Eagle Pass Border Patrol Station to participate in a roundtable with a variety of leaders, including Abbott, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the mayor of Eagle Pass, the chief of Border Patrol and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, to discuss further how they could get the border under control.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Vance acknowledged that the administration had more work to do.

“First of all, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we have seen pretty significant decreases in deportations and apprehensions and arrests. But we have to remember that President Biden gutted the entire immigration enforcement regime of this country. We are trying to rebuild so that we actually empower people to enforce the immigration laws,” the vice president told reporters.

He also hinted that Trump has more announcements coming on how the administration will secure the southern border, a topic that is sometimes overlooked as the media focuses on Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. “I don’t want to get ahead of any public announcements, but one of the ways that we wanted to make sure that we’re enforcing our border is that we make it easier for people who are here illegally to go back home of their own accord,” Vance explained.

“We don’t want to have to go around and arrest every person, but we will enforce the American people’s immigration laws if you’re here illegally, the message from our administration is, you should go back home,” Vance added. “If you want to come to the United States, apply through the proper channels, that’s an important thing that we’re doing.”

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Reagan Reese

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Trump Forced Mexico’s Hand On Immigration — The Reforms Are Already Working

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Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico –

Tijuana, nestled on the border between Mexico and California, regularly ranks among the most dangerous cities in the world.

It had the sixth highest murder rate of any city on the globe in 2024, with over 91 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, according to Statista.

The U.S. State Department has issued travel advisories for Mexico’s state of Baja California as recently as September 2024, warning “travelers should remain on main highways and avoid remote locations.”

“Transnational criminal organizations compete in the border area to establish narco-trafficking and human smuggling routes,” the advisory cautioned, adding that “violent crime and gang activity are common.”

However, the city looks very different in Feb. 2025 than it did in January.

The change is, at least in part, thanks to Operación Frontera Norte, or Operation Northern Border. The sweeping operation is a result of an edict from recently elected Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who ordered 10,000 Mexican National Guard troops to the border at the behest of President Donald Trump.

Trump threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico if Sheinbaum did not take action to stop the flow of fentanyl and migrants into the U.S. The U.S. is Mexico’s largest trading partner, with exports to the U.S. accounting for about 30% of Mexico’s annual GDP.

Citizens noticed the impacts of Operación Frontera Norte immediately. At numerous ports of entry, including a well-traveled point between Tijuana and San Diego, Mexican officials are now searching vehicles before they make it to American authorities on the border.

One Mexican citizen who commutes to his job in California at Amazon every day said the upgraded scrutiny has added an hour to his commute.

These searches by the Mexican National Guard are the first time in over three decades that Mexico is conducting vehicle searches before cars get to the border, Director of the Mexican National Guard in Baja California General Hector Jimenez Baez, told the Daily Caller.

The changes were evident not just at official border checkpoints, but in numerous places on the border that don’t have a port of entry or a physical wall. One such place was high up in the Nido de las Aguilas mountain range.

An unwalled section of the border in the mountain range is roughly a 45 minute drive up steep and rocky terrain from downtown Tijuana. Smugglers would often make the trek through a densely populated and compact series of villages and open-air markets to ferry migrants across the open gap in the wall.

Around 120 people crossed through that previously unmanned border section per day, though U.S. Customs and Border Patrol apprehended the majority of them on the other side, the Mexican National Guard told the Caller. Now, following Operation Northern Border, the Mexican National Guard is operating the location 24/7. Nobody has attempted a crossing since the operation kicked off on Feb. 5, the Mexican National Guard told the Caller.

Another area where crossings were previously popular was a section of the border nestled against the Lakeside Sportsman Club, a California shooting range. A small portion of the crossing zone was covered by a metal sheet and barbed wire, but there are numerous open areas of the border where migrants can easily cross into California and walk just ten minutes to a nearby freeway, the National Guard told the Caller.

Groups as large as 100 at a time crossed at the junction. The area was littered with discarded clothes and shoes — high heels and sneakers — which smugglers encourage migrants to discard so they’re harder to spot. Smugglers frequently tell female migrants to wear high heels during the trek to the southern border, the Guard told the Caller, to prevent them from running away from the smugglers, who often sexually abuse them.

The Mexican National Guard is posted at the deep desert crossing 24/7 and, just like the Nido de las Aguilas mountain range location, nobody has attempted a crossing there since Feb. 4.

Paramount to the continued success of the operation — which may be in question as Trump’s pause on implementing the Mexico tariffs expired Tuesday — is ongoing cooperation between Mexican authorities and American officials, General Baez told the Caller.

An underreported element of that cooperation, Baez said, is the flow of American weapons into Mexico.

Since October, Mexican authorities have seized 6,582 illegal weapons and over a million cartridges, 70 percent of which came from the U.S., General Baez told the Caller. The weapons, Baez said, are a major source of power for the country’s cartels, who are largely responsible for the cross-border drug trade.

“If they don’t have weapons, they cannot kill people, and the homicides will decrease, and we won’t have an insecurity situation,” Baez told the Caller.

Whether or not the cooperation continues is now up in the air. Sheinbaum is likely to announce a series of retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. in response to Trump’s, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

But the numbers show that the reforms that stemmed from the increased cooperation are already working. Trump announced a record-low 8,236 border apprehensions by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in February.

“We share values, we share families, we share jobs,” General Baez said of American and Mexican cooperation.

“We have problems, of course we have problems,” he continued, “but it will be solved with cooperation and communication to make a stronger relationship between the countries. In every single camp — military, police and commercial ,” the general concluded.

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Robert McGreevy

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The Gulf of America Floods America’s Gulf

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The conqueror always draws the map. And when President Donald Trump issued among his first executive orders a directive to rename what was formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it was more than simply a naming preference. It was a signal to the world that he was not a man afraid to upset the status quo, even when it came to changing the world’s maps. Without firing a shot, Trump conquered the Gulf of Mexico.

The changing of place names is nothing new. When the biblical Joshua conquered Kiriath-arba, he renamed it Hebron, which you can still find today in a place called Judea, which some now call “the West Bank” but was known long before that as Judea. The Democratic Republic of Congo became Zaire for a few decades, until it became the Democratic Republic of Congo again after another regime change. St. Petersburg, Russia was renamed Leningrad, U.S.S.R for a long minute until it once again became St. Petersburg, Russia. Closer to home, Colonel Sanders’s Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain became officially known as “KFC” in 1991 — the year we frowned upon fried foods. One of these is not like the other, but you get the picture. Circumstances change, and names change along with them.

Most married women in the United States (79%) still adopt their husband’s last name, and civilization somehow adapts. But because of its geographic significance, and more likely because it is Trump, not everyone is happy with the Gulf of America. Most notably, the Associated Press — the nonprofit entity that calls itself “the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats” — has come out in opposition Trump’s name change:

“The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press will refer to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen. As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to all audiences.”

This is not insignificant. The “AP Stylebook” is indeed the standard style guide to which most news outlets look to write news copy. From everything to how to handle the Oxford comma (you should handle it!), to whether or not to use “canceled” or “cancelled” (use “canceled” in American publications), the AP sets the standards. If you’ve ever wondered why news outlets use the standard abbreviations for states (e.g., “Tenn.” for Tennessee) instead of the postal abbreviations (“TN”), the AP is the reason. Most news organizations will have their own house style that will supersede the AP on certain items, but by and large, the AP is the defining framework for most news copy out there.

However much the AP gives the appearance of being principled when it comes to name changes, it hasn’t exactly borne that out in practice. The AP has led the way in the pronoun wars, and the way in which it has led is nowhere near the way language has operated “for more than 400 years.” For example, in 2017, the AP issued guidance saying, “Not all people fall under one of two categories for sex or gender, according to leading medical organizations, so avoid references to both, either, or opposite sexes or genders as a way to encompass all people.” That same year, the AP approved the pronoun “they” for singular usage. The AP has also long championed the use of preferred pronouns in place of pronouns that correspond to biology.

Put up against that background, the AP’s bucking against the Gulf of America seems awfully arbitrary. As veteran journalist Mark Hemingway aptly pointed out on X, “News organizations will call a man a woman no questions asked, but ‘Gulf of America’ is a bridge too far?” Hemingway wasn’t alone in noticing the double standard. Georgia Congressman Mike Collins (R) quipped, “Stop deadnaming the Gulf of America.”

But it may be difficult for the Associated Press and its fellow Gulf of Mexico protestors to hold the line. Remember Rand McNally, who published all those paper maps and atlases we used to carry around? They’re playing a wait-and-see game:

“Rand McNally will await final legal and public review through the Secretary of the Interior’s office, as required in President Trump’s Executive Order, before making any adjustments to our Atlases and maps regarding the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.”

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m betting they fall in line with the change. Big Tech has a bigger footprint than the AP or paper map companies, and following the federal government, both Google Maps and Apple Maps have both incorporated the gulf’s name change.

While Mexico (the country, not the gulf) is now threatening to sue Google for updating its map, much of the opposition has gotten lost in the flooded zone of Trump’s flurry of executive actions. After all, who has time for the Gulf of America when paper straws are under assault?

The Gulf of America’s abrupt name change is symbolic of Trump’s larger sweeping out of America’s cupboard. It’s a political chess move that has no easy escape except to just go with it. Will a future administration restore it to the Gulf of Mexico? Perhaps, but not without having to own the fact that they’d be giving away America.

Name changes are tough, but conquerors aren’t strangers to new names. As Scripture tells us in Revelation 2:17, those who persist in Christ will also get new names:

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.” (ESV)

The Gulf of America is only a body of water, and a name change won’t bridge the gulf between Americans. But it may wake America up to the fact that the tide has indeed changed, and we as a nation will have to change along with it. Only names written in stone don’t get changed. Now that we’ve changed the name of the gulf, let’s strive toward the stone.

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Jared Bridges

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Mexico Concerned Trump May Order Military Strikes On Cartels

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As tensions continue to rise between the United States and Mexico over drug trafficking and cartel violence, Mexican officials have expressed deep concerns regarding the potential of a military strike ordered by former President Donald Trump against drug cartels operating within their borders.  

This apprehension reflects both the ongoing security crisis in Mexico and the complex relationship between the two neighboring countries.

BACKGROUND

Mexico has long struggled with the influence and power of drug cartels, which have become deeply entrenched in various aspects of society. These criminal organizations are responsible for significant violence, including turf wars, kidnappings, and the trafficking of illegal drugs into the United States. The situation has deteriorated in recent years, with record levels of homicides attributed to cartel-related activities.

Trump has made combating drug trafficking a cornerstone for his future administration, often using strong rhetoric that included the possibility of using military force against cartels. His approach to border security and drug enforcement was characterized by a willingness to take aggressive measures, which has left Mexican officials wary of the implications such policies could have on their sovereignty and public safety.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Since Trump began to plan his run for the presidency in 2024, his statements regarding drug cartels have reignited fears in Mexico. The prospect of a military strike is particularly alarming for Mexican leaders, who worry that such actions could escalate violence and undermine efforts to stabilize the country. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has emphasized the need for cooperation and dialogue rather than unilateral military interventions.

DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS

The potential for military action raises significant diplomatic concerns. Mexico has long valued its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and any unilateral action by the U.S. would be viewed as an infringement on these principles. This could strain relations between the two nations, which have historically relied on cooperation to address shared challenges, including drug trafficking and immigration.

Moreover, the Mexican government has been working to strengthen its law enforcement capabilities and address corruption within its own ranks. A military strike from the U.S. could undermine these efforts and damage the trust that is necessary for effective collaboration in tackling organized crime.

PUBLIC SENTIMENT

Public sentiment in Mexico regarding U.S. intervention is mixed. While many citizens are frustrated with the ongoing violence and the perceived inability of the government to control the situation, there is also a strong desire for solutions that respect the country’s sovereignty. The idea of U.S. military action is often met with skepticism and fears of further violence and instability.

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Mexican President Announces She’s Stopping All Migrant Caravans After Trump’s Tariff Threat

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces she is stopping the migrant caravans from arriving at the U.S. southern border after Trump’s tariff threat.

The announcement came only 12 hours after President-Elect Trump’s announcing a 25% tariff on Mexican imports.

Migrant Caravans Not Reaching Border, Claudia Sheinbaum Says After Trump Threats

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s renewed threats of steep tariffs this week, asserting that migrant caravans are no longer reaching the U.S.-Mexico border.

Her remarks underscored growing tensions as Trump plans to tighten immigration policies and impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports. Trump declared that the tariffs would remain in place “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

“Caravans of migrants no longer reach the border,” Sheinbaum said on Tuesday while presenting a letter she plans to send to Trump in the coming days. She also emphasized Mexico’s efforts to curb the flow of drugs, including the synthetic opioid fentanyl, while noting that it remains “a public health and consumption problem within your country’s society.”

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s transition team for comment on Tuesday.

As Trump prepares for his second inauguration, his harsh rhetoric on migration has resurfaced, coinciding with a caravan of approximately 1,500 migrants from Central and South America heading toward the U.S. border before his proposed policies take effect.

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Marxist President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Not Happy with U.S. Congressional Immigration Laws

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The newly elected Marxist President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum is bashing U.S. Congressional immigration laws by stating that “Immigrants that entered the United States illegally should not be viewed as “criminals” but she did also state she has a ‘plan” for when our superb and strong leader, President elect Trump removes these illegal criminal immigration violators from United States soil and starts the process to restore law and order on our borders and restore U.S. sovereignty.

It’s important to remember that most of the illegal immigrants in the United States are from Mexico so Marxist President Claudia Sheinbaum better be ready for a massive repatriation of Mexicans back to where they belong – home back in Mexico. They are welcome back if they follow due process and qualify for the benefit.

Now Marxists always play the victim when things don’t go their way so it’s no surprise this new Mexican President is not going to call her fellow Mexicans “criminals” for breaking U.S. Immigration laws. Now let’s take a look at Mexican immigration laws and what would happen if 15 million gringos like myself from the United States all decided to move to Mexico illegally.

If I decided to enter Mexico illegally and get then I get captured by the Mexican police I would not be given a stipend, a free credit card with $2,000 on it a free hotel in Mexico City and free healthcare, My consequences would be a massive fine, and deportation after some jail time of of up to two years, Also If any Mexicans helped me enter Mexico illegally they too would be jailed and fined and convicted as a felon. Under Mexican law illegal immigration is considered a felony.

So you have to laugh at the hypocrisy of these Marxists like President Claudia Sheinbaum who despises fossil fuels and free market capitalism just as much as she despises our brave and honorable border patrol officers. When people like her attack US Congressional law and turn Mexican illegal immigrants into victims you have to chuckle at her low IQ mindset.

My wife is a legal green card holder from Venezuela and she went through a very strict vetting process to enter the USA which took over two years. For this reason I spent over 2 years myself living part time in Colombia legally and learning fluent Spanish while waiting for her visa approval. I too was vetted by the Colombian government in order to live legally part time in Bogota. Every country has strict immigration laws and borders are strictly controlled but not the United States during the Biden / Harris reign of intentional incompetence. Things are about to change though.

My legal Venezuelan green card holder wife and I look forward to the massive deportation of all these criminal illegal aliens that broke our sovereignty and our territorial integrity by illegally entering our republic. Perhaps if we applied the same laws here in the United States and enforced them like they do Mexico and other countries in South and Central America this illegal immigrant problem never would have occurred here.

Let’s get the buses gassed up the planes ready for boarding and send the bill for this massive deportation process to the President of Mexico. Cheers,

Copy to: Mexican Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma Barragan in Washington D.C. and the Mexican Director of the Organization of American States (OAS).

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Decades Of Data Stands Behind Trump’s Claims About Illegal Immigration And ‘Black Jobs,’ Experts Say

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Corporate media outlets recently locked arms to dispel Donald Trump’s assertion that illegal immigration hurts “black jobs,” yet experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the former president is right about the problem being all too real.

Trump said during a Q&A with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) that “coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs,” according to Politico, with the remarks igniting a bevy of critiques from corporate media outlets, with one going as far to say that “black jobs” don’t exist and others leaning on experts to characterize the assertion as “not true.” However, the reality is that immigration has a depressive effect on wages and employment, with experts pointing out how illegal immigration has disproportionately affected industries and localities where black Americans frequently work.

Immigration has been a driver of black unemployment for “over 200 years,” Andre Barnes, Historically Black Colleges and Universities engagement director at NumbersUSA, told the DCNF.

“During the First World War there was a halt to immigration, and all of a sudden, factories in the North could not get enough people to work, so where did they go for their labor supply? Black Americans.” Barnes told the DCNF. “We had the 1924 Immigration Act, and it reduced immigration from 700,000 to less than 200,000 per year, and the level stayed at less than 200,000 per year for over four years. And what did we see during that time period? You saw an increase in black employment. We saw an increase in black economic power.”

In response to those who doubt immigration’s effects on black employment, Barnes gave the example of a Smithfield Foods slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, North Carolina, which lost 1,500 immigrant workers after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid, according to The New York Times in 2008. After the raids, the factory saw its proportion of black workers go from 20% to 60%.

“When we’re talking about black jobs, we’re talking about these situations here,” Barnes said. “We’re talking about the meat packing jobs that are disappearing between the 90s and the early 2010s that went from majority black to majority Hispanic. That’s what people need to talk about when they’re talking about black jobs.”

In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had over 2 million encounters at the southern border, according to CBP data. Since President Joe Biden took office, there have been 1.7 million known “gotaways” that evaded border patrol, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Most illegal immigrants originate from Mexico, according to Pew Research data in July. Those illegal immigrants make up large shares of multiple low-skill sectors, including agriculture, construction and manufacturing, according to Pew Research in 2020.

E.J. Antoni, a research fellow at the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at the Heritage Foundation, told the DCNF that since black workers are a large part of the low-skill labor force, the arrival of mostly low-skill immigrant workers means black Americans face pressure on their wages and employment.

“When President Trump says illegals are taking away black jobs, I don’t see any [other] way to interpret that than they are competing with black Americans who have those jobs,” Antoni said. “And because of the increased competition, they are losing those jobs. A disproportionate amount of black people have unskilled jobs, it has nothing to do with skin color.”

Immigration depresses wages and employment, particularly in the black community, due to the increase in labor supply, according to a 2010 study from the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights. It found that since the black community is “disproportionately employed in the low-skill labor market,” the effects of immigration affect black Americans more than other groups.

Gordon Hanson, urban policy professor at Harvard University and co-author on a 2006 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study on immigration and black employment, told the DCNF that while immigration affects labor markets, we’ve learned more since 2006 on its effects to certain demographics and what industries and places in America are most vulnerable.

“We’ve learned that immigration’s impact on labor markets depends much more on your occupation and where you live than on your demographic characteristics, such as your race or ethnicity,” Hanson told the DCNF. “If there are groups in the labor market, be it workers who are black, Hispanic, or others, who live in places where the local economy has declined or who have education or experience levels that leave them exposed to adverse events in the broader economy (such as globalization or technological change), then these groups are likely to be affected disproportionately by any such negative changes. But the impacts on these workers aren’t about their race or ethnicity. They are about the segment of the labor market that these workers happen to occupy.”

When the amount of workers increased by 10% from immigration, wages for black workers decreased by 4%, employment by 3.5% and black incarceration increased by 0.8%, according to the NBER in 2006. For white men, there was a 4.1% decrease in wages, but only a 1.6% decrease in employment and a 0.1% increase in white incarceration.

The Biden administration began in June to restrict new asylum requests at the southern border if the daily average over a week exceeds 2,500. However, jobs growth touted by the administration highly depends on immigrant labor, as foreign-born workers got drastically more jobs overall than native born Americans.

“Illegal immigration disproportionately affects black workers, including other minority workers, and we need to do everything to protect them from their jobs from being taken away,” Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told the DCNF, saying that around 1.1 million jobs went to foreign-born workers as native-born Americans saw a 943,000 job decrease over the past year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

“Black unemployment continues to be higher than when President Trump was in office, ” Leavitt said. “And real wages for black Americans are lower under Biden-Harris. That is why President Trump has promised the largest deportation operation in American history since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kamala Harris will give amnesty and citizenship to all 15 million illegal aliens and make permanent the assault on black American jobs.”

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Wallace White

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NGO Camp in Mexico Urging Illegals to Vote for Biden

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These are fliers at an NGO camp in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for Biden.

The camp has ties to both DHS Secretary Mayorkas and George Soros.

This is why the Democrats have thrown open our borders to millions of unvetted illegals. Fair elections would vanquish the Democrat party.

Flyers distributed at NGO in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for President Biden

The flyers reads:

“Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. We need another four years of his term to stay open.”

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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National Guardsman Shoots Migrant Who Allegedly Stabbed Two Others

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A National Guard soldier fired at a migrant who stabbed two individuals at the Texas-Mexico border, according to a document obtained by NewsNation.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon along the Rio Grande River in El Paso’s Lower Valley, NewsNation reported. A member of the Indiana National Guard — deployed to the area as part of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star – witnessed an individual stab a fellow migrant and fired their weapon in response, according to the outlet.

The stabbing reportedly took place on the U.S. side of the river.

“Early on the afternoon of 14 April, a National Guard service member assigned to Operation Lone Star discharged a weapon in a border-related incident. The incident is under investigation,” the Texas Military Department said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday.

The individual crossed back onto the Mexican side of the border after being shot at, NewsNation reported. The document did not make clear if the attacker was struck by the shot.

Investigators later determined that two individuals were stabbed during the incident, according to NewsNation. A local fire and rescue crew responded shortly after and treated both migrants for “superficial wounds” that were not deemed to be life-threatening.

“More information will be made available as the investigation progresses,” the Texas Military Department continued in their statement.

The Texas Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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JASON HOPKINS

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Illegal Migrant Encounters At The Southern Border Surpass 547,000 In Less Than Three Months

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Border Patrol encounters of migrants crossing the southern border illegally surpassed 547,000 less than three months into fiscal year 2024, according to preliminary internal data obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The number of encounters, which reached 547,593 on Thursday morning, is higher than the number of encounters recorded in the first three months of any fiscal year before President Joe Biden took office, according to federal data going back to 1999. Between October and December 2022, Border Patrol recorded 634,832 encounters of illegal migrants, according to federal data.

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Border Patrol recorded 153,613 encounters during the first three months of fiscal year 2019, and 101,779 encounters during that same time period in fiscal year 2020, according to federal data. It recorded 209,342 encounters between October and December in fiscal year 2021 and 496,730 encounters those same months in fiscal year 2022.

As of early Thursday, Border Patrol had more than 24,000 illegal migrants in custody nationwide, according to the data, which showed that three sectors of the southern border, Del Rio, Rio Grande Valley and Tucson, exceeded holding capacity. On Wednesday, Border Patrol had released 8,388 illegal migrants into the country.

The Del Rio sector of Texas, which encompasses Eagle Pass, exceeded 190% capacity, according to the data.

Border Patrol had more than 23,000 migrants in custody as of Tuesday evening after releasing more than 6,000 others from custody and into the country.

“The encounter levels we are currently seeing across the southwest border are presenting a serious challenge to the men and women of CBP. To meet this challenge, we are using all available resources to ensure the safety and security of our agents and officers, and the migrants who are often misled and victimized by the transnational criminal organizations,” Troy A. Miller, senior official performing the duties of the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said in a statement to the DCNF on Wednesday.

“These smugglers are recklessly putting migrants into harm’s way: in remote locations across the border, onto the tops of trains, or into the waters of the Rio Grande River,” Miller added. “We continue to go after the smugglers and are implementing new measures to impose consequences on transportation companies including bus and van lines used by smuggling organizations and nefarious actors to move migrants through northern Mexico and to our southwest border. CBP and our federal partners need additional funding from Congress so that we can continue to effectuate consequences for those who do not use the established pathways.”

CBP closed several ports of entry and railways in San Ysidro, California, Lukeville, Arizona and El Paso and Eagle Pass, Texas, allowing 100 Office of Field Operations employees as well as law enforcement personnel from other agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons, to help Border Patrol, an agency spokesperson told the DCNF.

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JENNIE TAER

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Shot Between The Eyes’ — Border Patrol Chiefs Testify On Cartel Violence Against Border-Crossers

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Several Border Patrol sector chiefs testified to Congress in recent months that migrants who cross the southern border without the help of human smugglers are often retaliated against by the cartels in Mexico, according to a transcript of closed-door testimony exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Border Patrol chief of the Laredo sector, Joel Martinez, for example, testified in June to the House Homeland Security Committee that in one instance, migrants who chose to not use the cartels were shot in between the eyes and had half their head blown off. Border Patrol agents along the southern border have seen a record increase in recent years, recording more than 2.2 million encounters of migrants crossing illegally in fiscal year 2022 and more than 2 million in fiscal year 2023, according to federal data.

“For starters, if you go down the river without their permission—every section of river has a boss that owns that particular part of the river. If you go down there without their permission, they can either beat you or hit you with, like, a paddle, and they’ve been known to shoot people, you name it. That’s how they—they rule through intimidation, so that’s a very common practice,” Martinez testified.

“The other day, we had two people wash up to our shores, and they had no identification on them, but we’re thinking they were migrants that went down there without permission. One of them had his head halfway blown off, and the other one was shot between the eyes,” Martinez added.

Republicans on Capitol Hill have blamed the Biden administration and its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the sharp rise in illegal crossings. Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reintroduced articles of impeachment against Mayorkas for a third time at the end of November, citing the crisis at the southern border.

House Homeland Committee Chairman Mark Green has been investigating Mayorkas because he’s allegedly been derelict of his duty in handling the southern border.

“Thanks to Secretary Mayorkas’ policies, criminal cartels now exercise unprecedented control of the Southwest border. They have taken advantage of his refusal to enforce the immigration laws passed by Congress, strategically overwhelming Border Patrol agents with illegal crossings in one area so they can push record numbers of people and deadly drugs across in another,” Green said in a statement to the DCNF.

“It’s no wonder that the former chief of the Border Patrol told Congress earlier this year that the cartels ‘control the border today’ because of illegal immigration ‘to a level that they’ve never had.’ And let’s not lose sight of the fact that the consequences have been disastrous not just for American citizens suffering from fentanyl poisonings and families shattered by illegal alien crime—the migrants themselves are suffering and dying in record numbers,” Green said.

The cartels control the traffic crossing the southern border into the U.S., making it extremely difficult to traverse the area without soliciting their help, the chiefs testified. Crossing without them often comes with a cost.

“The organizations that own those lanes get paid for every thing and person that crosses in that area. So they are afforded a payment for everything that goes through, and they don’t want to lose that payment. And so we have run into individuals who have been robbed or beaten when they’ve tried to make it through without contacting one of the people in charge of that area,” Chief Patrol Agent for the San Diego Sector Aaron Heitke testified to the committee on May 9.

Chief Patrol Agent for the El Centro Sector Gregory Bovino testified on July 12 that while it’s “uncommon,” crossing without the help of cartels would result in “consequences” for migrants.

“The transnational criminal organizations would apply a consequence to an individual that tried to cross without going through them,” Chief Patrol Agent for the El Paso Sector Anthony “Scott” Good testified on June 29.

Chief Patrol Agent for the Tucson Sector John Modlin testified on July 26 that agents in the area have come across migrants who have been “beaten” for trying to cross the southern border without paying the cartels.

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JENNIE TAER

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