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Texas House approves new funding for border wall, makes illegal entry a state crime

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Already passed in the House, measures head to Gov. Abbott for his signature

(The Center Square) – The Texas House passed historic border bills previously passed by the Senate and in line with Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for the third special session.

After contentious debate in the House, HB 4 was passed about 4 a.m. Thursday. The bill for the first time in state history makes illegal entry into Texas a state crime and allows Texas law enforcement to implement arrest and removal procedures, including transporting illegal foreign nationals to a port of entry.

If the person who entered Texas illegally fails to comply, they face being arrested with a second-degree felony charge, which carries a prison sentence of 2-20 years.

Filed by Republican Rep. David Spiller, it’s the companion bill of SB 11, filed by Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, which passed the Senate roughly two weeks ago.

According to the bill language, it prohibits “illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is…

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Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs

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But seizures of weapons, gang apprehensions significantly down

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – If the current trajectory continues, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations agents are on track this fiscal year to arrest the greatest number of illegal foreign nationals with criminal convictions in recorded history.

By contrast, Border Patrol apprehensions of gang members and weapons seizures are down significantly, and a former border chief tells The Center Square those numbers are down because far fewer agents are in the field – between ports of entries – to make such seizures and apprehensions.

The majority of people with criminal convictions who are being apprehended and arrested are being caught at ports of entry, according to CBP enforcement data, where OFO agents work. Fiscal year to date, OFO agents encountered more than 15,000 people with criminal convictions, up from roughly 6,500 in

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Images Show Men Armed with Rifles, Body Armor Crossing Southern Border

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The incident took place in Texas, but the men were not found

(FOX) – Fox News has obtained images that show suspected cartel gunmen coming across the U.S. southern border in Texas toting body armor and rifles – the latest instance of armed men believed to be cartel members at the border.

Law enforcement sources tell Fox that the three men were spotted on Saturday evening by cameras in the Fronton area and were seen carrying rifles and wearing body armor as they move through the brush.

Border Patrol agents, including the agency’s BORTAC tactical unit, were deployed to the area but found nothing. It is the same area where law enforcement arrested five suspected members of the Northeast Cartel in June.

The latest incident came just days after Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) drone operators in Eagle Pass spotted an armed smuggler in Eagle Pass carrying a long gun and guiding a group of illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande.

In that instance the man made it back to Mexico, authorities…

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CBP Apprehended Nearly 40,000 Border Crossers in First Ten Days of August

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(The Gateway Pundit) – Border Patrol captured 39,324 illegal aliens during this time frame who were crossing outside legal ports of entry — an average of 5,708 apprehensions per day.

According to a report from Breitbart News, the Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported more than 10,000 apprehensions each.

“The Tucson and Rio Grande Valley Sectors reported 10,867 and 10,465 migrant apprehensions, respectively. The five Texas-based border sectors accounted for 23,119 of the 39,324 migrant apprehensions,” Breitbart reports.

If this rate continues, nearly 200,000 illegal aliens could be caught at the border this month, an estimated 177,000 migrants.

The Wall Street Journal reports that over 130,000 illegal aliens were apprehended at the southern border in July, a third more than were caught in…

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Almost HALF A MILLION Illegal Aliens in U.S. Colleges.

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(National Pulse) – Almost half a million illegal migrants are enrolled in American colleges and other higher education facilities, comprising two percent of the total student population, according to a new report by the American Immigration Council.

The majority of the migrants studying arrived in the United States as children or teenagers as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program introduced by the Obama administration, which prohibited a large number of children – known as “Dreamers” – from being deported from the US.

A whopping 75 percent of the students reside in just four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. The report explains that illegal migrants “represent a heterogeneous population in higher education,” with 46 percent being Hispanic, 27 percent being Asian-American Pacific Islanders, around 14 percent black, and ten percent of them being white.

The total number of illegal migrant students…

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Operation Lone Star Is Working. It’s the Feds Who Are Failing!

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Biden admin making moves at border amid looming migrant traffic shifts, increases

Border numbers are moving back up once again

(FOX) – The Biden administration is taking a number of actions in response to what appears to be the beginnings of an increase – as well as a shift – in migrant traffic at the southern border.

Numbers of overall migrant encounters at the southern border itself went down after the highs seen before the end of Title 42 in early May, confounding some predictions. There were over 200,000 encounters in May and that dropped to around 144,000 in June.

However, as the Biden administration touted that decrease in numbers as a sign that its post-Title 42 strategy is working, numbers have reportedly been increasing. The Washington Post reported last week that initial numbers show a 30% increase in July.

Additionally, there are signs of a shift in traffic from Texas to Arizona. CBS News reported that the Tucson Sector has seen a 134% increase from June, in a region that sees blistering heat and extreme conditions.

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Saturday that the agency has been working to address “large numbers of migrants” crossing into the desert area near Ajo — a typically desolate and quiet…

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CDC Says Immigration may be Fueling Florida’s Leprosy Surge. Ya Think?

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(National Consevative) – Leprosy was virtually non-existent in the USA for many decades. The tiny number of cases were generally attributed to zoonotic transmission from armadillos in the Southwestern USA.

However, in the early 1980s, cases of leprosy were identified among immigrant men in New York City. These were believed to have been non-autochthonous, meaning they acquired the infection somewhere else before moving to New York City. Then in 2000, New York City had its first case of an autochthonous (locally acquired) leprosy infection.

Now, Central Florida is reporting a surge in new leprosy infections. These are not believed to be the result of zoonotic transmission from armadillos but from person-to-person transmission within the United States.

A new paper in the August 2023 issue of Emerging Infection Diseases, published on the CDC website, suggests mass immigration is fueling a rise in new autochthonous leprosy…

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