Border Watch Immigration News

Classic hypocrisy: Rep. Andy Harris, a Trump loyalist and Freedom Caucus chair, pushes aggressive immigration enforcement yet lobbies for max H-2B...

Border Report bids farewell to El Paso and San Diego correspondents Salvador Rivera and Julian Resendiz after 6-7 years of frontline immigration...

Historical welcome frays: For 50+ years, Minnesota offered safety to war refugees from Vietnam-era Asians to East Africans, gaining a workforce in...

Key takeaways from Supreme Court oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara:

• Court heard challenge on April 1 to Trump's EO denying birthright citizenship...

Detention health emergency: Andriy Shepitsen, 46, denied psych meds for bipolar/depression/ADHD despite suicidal ideation; no electrolytes or IV...

High-profile crackdown: ICE detained Qassem Soleimani's niece Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiney in LA; they're awaiting...

Massive H-1B fraud exposed: 10 Indians created fake companies and job offers to secure visas for ineligible nationals, misrepresenting roles,...

• GOP Rift Exposed: Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Andy Harris defends hiking H-2B cap to 65,000 for 2026, key for MD seafood labor—not immigration, he...

Immigration enforcement is undermining disaster readiness:

• ICE deportations target essential workers who comprise 25-40% of recovery teams for...

Key impacts of new USCIS rules on foreign workers' employment authorization:

• Automatic renewals scrapped entirely
• Filings on/after Oct 30, 2025 lose automatic extensions
• Ends seamless work permit continuity for EAD holders

Sky-high arrests under Stephen Miller's aggressive tactics: Miami ICE office nabbed 41,000 immigrants since Jan 2025.

• Statewide 287(g) mandates...

Key USCIS updates for skilled immigration:

• Significant forward movement in employment-based categories
• USCIS continues accepting employment-based...

Rising policy reversals hit undocumented students hard: at least 22 states + DC still offer in-state tuition, but Texas and others are rolling back...

• Manuel's ordeal: Chased loose dog, case dismissed, then tailed and detained by ICE post-court; released after 2 months via rare habeas petition.
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Congress returns to a 55-day DHS shutdown – longest ever – starving core funding for ICE, Border Patrol, and more.

• ICE & CBP unaffected so far,...

Persecuted migrants in the US face a self-deportation dilemma, unsure how to leave. Linked to Trump, ICE, Mullin, and Latinos.

Migrant encounters surged 25% in March to 8,268, highest since September's 8,368, but far below 2024's 128,895.

• Rio Grande Valley leads: 1,783...

National security crackdown intensifies on Iranian regime-linked residents:

• Hashemi family (son of 1979 embassy spokeswoman Masoumeh Ebtekar):...

National Review exposes conservative pushback on bipartisan immigration 'reform':

• Amnesty Cloaked: Grants legal residence to millions of illegal...

EOIR overhaul accelerates: Trump admin fired two judges (Patel, Froes) for rejecting deportation of pro-Palestine students Ozturk and Mahdawi.

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