Gen Info: 2022-23 Activity Prev. “Monthly” (BORDERS-1b)

2022/02/21--https //www newsmax com/newsfront/migrants-southern-border-biden- january/2022/02/17/id/1057341/ Excerpt: A new court document filed in Texas v. Biden reveals that of the 153,941 people who attempted to enter the United States illegally at the southern border in January, nearly 30% were released into the country. Of the approximately 75,000 migrants who were taken into custody, roughly 46,000 were released into the U.S. on parole or after being placed in immigration court proceedings. Rather than return people to Mexico, federal law enforcement released tens of thousands of migrants into the U.S., despite a pandemic public health protocol requiring they be returned to Mexico and a mandate that noncitizens entering the U.S. at ports of entry be fully vaccinated, the Washington Examiner reported. MSN per WGHP-Greensboro-Fox 8 Greensboro 2022/02/18--Twice as many migrants crossed border illegally last month than January 2021, data shows. Fernie Ortiz https //www msn com/en-us/news/us/twice-as-many-migrants-crossed-border-illegally-last-month-than- january-2021-data-shows/ar-AAU3fXn?ocid=uxbndlbing 2022/02/18--https://myfox8.com/news/twice-as-many-migrants-crossed-border-illegally-last-month-than- january-2021-data-shows/ EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The number of times border officials encountered migrants fell from December to January, but it is nearly twice as much as the previous year. Kera News dot org 2022/02/18 Backlog of immigration cases continues to climb under Biden administration. Julian Aguilar 2022/02/18--https //www keranews org/texas-news/2022-02-18/backlog-of-cases-in-immigration-continues- to-climb-under-biden-administration San Diego Tribune 2022/02/18 Border agency chief faces challenges from within, outside. Ben Fox, Anita Snow, Eliott Spagat https //www sandiegouniontribune com/news/california/story/2022-02-17/border-agency-chief-faces- challenges-from-within-and-outside Excerpt: Magnus might seem like an unconventional pick. When he was the police chief in Tucson, Arizona, he rejected federal grants to collaborate on border security with the agency he now leads and kept a distance from Border Patrol leaders in a region where thousands of agents are assigned. …Unsurprisingly for anyone who’s been tracking migration along the United States’ southern border, the recent showdown happened in Yuma, Arizona, where encounters with migrants illegally crossing into the country from Mexico jumped more than 20-fold in December from a year earlier. …“There’s a lot of frustration,” said Rafael Rivera, president o f the National Border Patrol Council Local 2595, a union that represents agents in the patrol’s Yuma sector, which has seen a huge increase in such migrants. “They feel like there’s no consequences, that we have an open border.” Townhall 2022/02/21 Crisis: More Migrants Released into U.S. Last Month Than Were Deported In All of Fiscal Year 2021 https //townhall com/tipsheet/guybenson/2022/02/21/border-crisis-january-2022-encounters-nearly- doubled-over-january-2021-levels-n2603540 Washington Examiner 2022/02/18 Border Patrol agents warned of assassination attempts by Mexican cartels. Anna Giaritelli https //www washingtonexaminer com/policy/border-patrol-agents-warned-of-assassination-attempts-by- mexican-cartels January 2022 CBS News - January activity, article written in February 2022/02/18 Number of migrants processed along southern border dropped by 14% in January. Camilo Montoya-Galvez https //www cbsnews com/news/immigration-border-numbers-migrants-january-2022/ Cronkite News 2022/01/03 CBP agents in Nogales rely on technology in race against Mexican drug cartels. By Payton Muse 2022/01/03--https //cronkitenews azpbs org/2022/01/03/cbp-agents-nogales-technology-against-mexican- drug-cartels/ Postmillenial 2022/01/27 More than TWO MILLION illegal migrants were found at the US southern border in 2021. In 2021, the first year of Biden's presidency, there has been a massive surge in encounters with illegal migrants along the southern US border, totaling over two million, according to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency.James Anthony https //thepostmillennial com/more-two-million-illegal-migrants Weatherford Democrat 2022/01/31 Texas launches ninth border lawsuit against Biden Administration. Ali Linan https //wwwweatherforddemocrat com/texas/texas-launches-ninth-border-lawsuit-against-biden- administration/article_eaecb6d4-c4e0-504d-a422-276fc895f3bf html Texas is once again suing the Biden Administration for a program geared toward undocumented individuals, the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. The lawsuit, which includes seven other states, claims the Biden Administration’s Central American Minors Refugee and Parole Program is unconstitutional and an abuse of power. The program allows for certain undocumented individuals who are in the U.S. the ability to secure protected status. Then, they can petition the government to bring in extended family members from Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala. Updates: 2023/06/11; 2023/01/03 new page Borders 2b started, this one is now 2a; 2022/08/22 July and August articles added; 2022/05/08 removed excess bold; 2022/02/21 added Jan-Feb 2022; 2021/12/22 updates-Frontera-on DHS/Border wall-2021/12/21; 2021/09/14 added CPB-2021/07/16 to July 2021 section; 2021/06/28 Front Page Mag dot com-2021/05/14; and DHS dot gov-2021/04/27; 2021/06/27 editing, added the 2021 months; 2021/04/24 Lawsuit section moved to its own Borders section “Lawsuits”; 2021/04/11 Borders-Articles-2021 section started, expanded from single former original Borders page.

Jan 2023 Drones-Texas gov. warns [also in Borders-10/Drones] KTSA 2023/01/23 Gov Abbott: Mexican drug cartels using drones on daily basis along southern border. By Christian Blood https //www ktsa com/gov-abbott-mexican-drug-cartels-using-drones- on-daily-basis-along-southern-border/ Arizona (also in Borders-2b Arizona) Excessive Allowance of Immigrants-Biden Jan 2023 Announced policy 30k a month 360k year 4 countries Agricultural Contamination 2022 Borders Articles by Month December 2022 Fox News 2022/12/22 Arizona border officers find more than 700,000 fentanyl pills hidden in train arriving from Mexico Border officers in Arizona have seized hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills in the last few days https //www foxnews com/us/arizona-border-officers-find-more-than- fentanyl-pills-hidden-train-arriving-mexico 1010 WCSI 2022/12/30 Arizona border agents seize 1.2 million fentanyl pills https //1010wcsi com/fox-news/arizona-border-agents-seize-1-2-million- fentanyl- pills/#:~:text=December%2030%2C%202022%20Port%20of%20Nogales% 2C%20Arizona%20border,a%20breakdown%20of%20the%20drug%20acq uisition%20on%20Thursday CNN 2022/12/27 Supreme Court says Trump-era border restriction will remain in effect while legal challenges play out. By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, https //www cnn com/2022/12/27/politics/supreme-court-title-42/index html#:~:text=Updated%206%3A56%20PM%20EST%2C%20Tue%20Decem ber%2027%2C%202022,borders%20at%20least%20for%20the%20next%2 0several%20months. 2022/12/22 Arizona to remove makeshift border wall as part of a lawsuit, court filing says Priscilla Alvarez By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Updated 1:04 PM EST, Thu December 22, 2022 https //www cnn com/2022/12/22/us/border-wall-shipping-container- arizona-lawsuit/index html November 2022 CNN 2022/11/12 US Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigns. Priscilla Alvarez https //www cnn com/2022/11/12/politics/cbp-magnus-resignation-dhs- mayorkas/index.html#:~:text=US%20Border%20Patrol%2C%20a%20divisi on%20of%20Customs%20and,This%20story%20has%20been%20updated %20with%20additional%20developments US Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigns President Joe Biden has accepted the resignation of US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Christopher Magnus, the White House said Saturday. Biden thanked Magnus for “nearly forty years of service,” according to a statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and added that he “wishes him well.” Magnus had been asked to resign by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. He submitted his resignation to Biden on Saturday, which is effective immediately. Magnus has been criticized internally for being out of touch with the agency and publicly for the handling of the US-Mexico border. During his tenure, officials have told CNN they believed Magnus seemed disengaged and wasn’t joining some internal meetings at a critical time for the agency. The resignation comes after Magnus had said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times on Friday that he planned to stay at the agency. https //www cnn com/2022/11/12/politics/cbp-magnus-resignation-dhs- mayorkas/index.html#:~:text=US%20Border%20Patrol%2C%20a%20divisi on%20of%20Customs%20and,This%20story%20has%20been%20updated %20with%20additional%20developments CBP 2022/11/14 CBP Releases October 2022 Monthly Operational Update In October 2022 alone, CBP processed more than 2.9 million entry summaries valued at more than $365 billion, identifying estimated duties of nearly $7.9 billion to be collected by the U.S. government. In October, trade via the ocean environment accounted for more than 33.62% of the total import value, followed by air, truck, and rail. https //www cbp gov/newsroom/national-media...[october 22 op update] The Federalist 2022/11/15 October’s Border Arrests Are The Third Highest In U.S. History. By Sophia Corso https //thefederalist com/2022/11/15/octobers-border-arrests-are-the- third-highest-in-u-s-history/ Despite a general lack of concern among Democrats and corporate media, the U.S.-Mexico border continues to spiral out of control, setting new records for illegal border crossings nearly every month now. In October, more than 230,000 illegal immigrants were arrested along the southwest border, the third-highest monthly total in U.S. history, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Only May and April of this year have been worse than October, with 235,785 and 241,136 arrests, respectively October 2022 CBP dot gov [note from PF: There is language here too sympathetic of fleeing migrants] 2022/11/14 CBP Releases October 2022 Monthly Operational Update https //www cbp gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases- october-2022-monthly-operational-update New York Post 2022/08/30 More migrants coming through Mexico from far-flung countries: analysis. By Mark Moore https //nypost com/2022/08/30/migrants-from-far-flung-countries- leading-us-border-surge/ September 2022 CBP 2022/10/21 CBP Releases September 2022 Monthly Operational Update https //www cbp gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases- september-2022-monthly-operational-update August 2022 Border Report 2022/08/15 Arizona won’t wait for feds, starts filling border wall gaps. By: Bob Christie https //wwwborderreport com/immigration/the-border-wall/arizona- wont-wait-for-feds-starts-filling-border-wall-gaps/ Fox News 2022/08/15 US southern border saw nearly 200,000 migrant encounters in July as border crisis rolls on: The ongoing migrant crisis, now in its second year, has overwhelmed agents and border communities. Brooke Singman, Adam Shaw. https //www foxnews com/politics/us-southern-border-nearly-200000- migrant-encounters-july-border-crisis-rolls Houston Chronicle 2022/08/16 Border wall delayed after 2 containers topple. Anita Snow https //www houstonchronicle com/news/article/Arizona-s-border-wall- delayed-after-2-containers-17378271.php New York Post 2022/08/18 Makeshift Arizona border wall falls over, Gov. Doug Ducey suspects foul play By Callie Patteson https //nypost com/2022/08/18/makeshift-arizona-border-wall-falls-over- doug-ducey-suspects-foul-play/ July 2022 Fairus 2022/08/19 Blip in July Border Stats Highlights a Disturbing “New Normal” https //www fairus org/blog/2022/08/19/blip-july-border-stats-highlights- disturbing-new-normal June 2022 CNN 2022/06/10 Federal judge in Texas throws out Biden administration immigration enforcement guidelines Priscilla Alvarez https //www cnn com/2022/06/10/politics/immigration-enforcement- guidelines-biden-thrown-out-federal-judge/index.html May 2022 CBS 2022/05/17 U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions dropped slightly in April, but remained at 22-year high BY CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ 2022/05/17--https //www cbsnews com/news/us-border-patrol- apprehensions-dip-april-but-still-22-year-high/ Newsweek 2022/05/17 Gator Aid: Are Giant Reptiles Being Used to Police U.S.- Mexico Border? Martin M Barillas, Zenger News 2022/05/17--https //www newsweek com/gator-aid-are-giant-reptiles- being-used-police-us-mexico-border-1707553 New York Post 2022/05/17 Migrant encounters hit new high in April, nearly 97K removed under Title 42 By Callie Patteson 2022/05/17--https //nypost com/2022/05/17/migrant-encounters-hit-new- high-in-april-nearly-97k-removed/ April 2022 Washington Post 2022 April-May What’s going on at the border and why is it becoming a midterm issue? IAnalysis by Amber Phillips Staff writer Updated May 1, 2022 at 11:02 a.m. EDT|Published April 25, 2022 at 5:03 p.m. EDT https //www washingtonpost com/politics/2022/04/25/us-mexico- border-crossings/ Crossings and attempted crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border are at record levels, and climbing. It’s becoming a campaign issue, as Republicans accuse President Biden of being too lenient at the border, and liberal Democrats accuse Biden of being too tough. Many observers also worry that crowded border conditions are fast becoming a humanitarian problem. March 2022 Forfeiture dot gov U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION POSTED ON MARCH 06, 2022 (lots of ritzy handbags) 19 USC 1607*: Seizure; value $500,000 or less, prohibited merchandise, transporting conveyances Text contains those laws in effect on March 5, 2022 From Title 19-CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 4-TARIFF ACT OF 1930 Part V-Enforcement Provisions https //www forfeiture gov/pdf/CBP/OfficialNotification pdf U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION - Notice is hereby given as required by *19 U.S.C. § 1607 and 19 C.F.R. 162.45 of the seizure and intent to forfeit and sell, or otherwise dispose of according to law, the property described below which is determined to be used in or related to a violation of United States law. February 2022 Daily Caller 2022/02/01 Reporter Breaks Down Story Behind TSA Allowing Illegal Migrants To Use Arrest Warrants As ID https //dailycaller com/2022/02/01/tsa-illegal-migrant-travel-united- states-arrest-warrant-id/ Corruption by Cops 2022/02/19 Arizona CBP Officers Arrest Mexican National With $85K Worth Of Fentanyl Pills https //corruptionbycops com/2022/02/19/arizona-cbp-officers-arrest- mexican-national-with-85k-worth-of-fentanyl-pills-3/ Excerpt: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills. The suspect was arrested by agents working the I-19 Checkpoint, John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of CBP’s Tucson Sector, said Monday. The checkpoint is near the Arizona-Mexico border. News Max 2022/02/21 Court Filing Shows 46,000 Migrants Released Into US in January