Finland to close entire Russian border after migrant surge ☞ BBC
“Col Pitkaniitty said border guards had noticed clear evidence of Russian officials helping migrants cross into Finland, such as instances where Russian border points were closed after people crossed to prevent them returning.”
Munro: DHS Chief Mayorkas Warns Agents Not to Misgender Border Crossers, but Ask Their Preferred Pronouns ☞ Breitbart
“DO NOT:
Use “he, him, she, her” pronouns until you have more information about, or provided by, the individual.”
NYC Forced to Make Huge Cuts in Education, Police Budgets Due to Illegal Immigrant Crisis ☞ RedState
“NYT reports NYC Mayor Eric Adams has announced that due to the financial impact of ongoing migrant arrivals, the city will have to make budget cuts that will reduce NYPD officers to below 30,000 & slash the Education Department by $1 billion, amongst other cuts. He warns more cuts will be necessary unless the city receives more federal money to help with migrant arrivals. “
Mexico says it “rejects” Texas proposal to deport undocumented immigrants ☞ The Texas Tribune
“The Government of Mexico reiterates its rejection of any measure that contemplates the involuntary return of migrants without respect for due process.”
It added that Mexico, “recognizes the sovereign right of any country to decide the public policies that should be implemented in its territory,” but Mexico also has a right to defend the estimated 10 million people of Mexican origin in Texas and “establish its own immigration policies in its territory.”
Massachusetts – MIT Declined to Expel Anti-Israel Students Because They Would Have Been Deported ☞ Legal Insurrection
“I can’t think of a better example of saying the quiet part out loud than @MIT admitting that they won’t expel Antisemitic students because they will lose their student visas and be deported. How many other colleges are protecting dangerous people who don’t belong in America?”
Fed-up migrants who trekked thousands of miles to US already heading home ☞ New York Post
“The American Dream doesn’t exist anymore. There’s nothing here for us … We just want to be home. If we’re going to be sleeping in the streets here, we’d rather be sleeping in the streets over there.”
Trump Plans Sweeping Deportation of Illegal Aliens if Elected in 2024 ☞ RedState
“No matter who the GOP’s nominee will be, and no matter who (almost certainly) the Democrats choose to replace the doddering, befuddled Joe Biden as their candidate, illegal immigration and the southern border will be major issues in next year’s campaign. President Trump staked out this ground in 2016. It worked in his favor then. There’s little reason to think it won’t work in his favor in 2024.”
Migrant caravan heading through Mexico to US grows in numbers ☞ BBC
“Its organiser says around 7,000 people now make up this migrant caravan, up from 5,000 just days ago.”
“The number of people apprehended at the US’s southern border exceeded 2 million both in the 2022 and the 2023 fiscal years.”
Los Angeles – Workers protest alleged use of migrants to replace them during strike ☞ KTLA
“Some of those workers were among the migrants bused from Texas to California by Gov. Greg Abbott”
Texas AG sues federal government over cut concertina wire ☞ WFAA – Dallas
“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, claiming that the Border Patrol illegally destroyed state property when its agents cut through concertina wire on the banks of the Rio Grande to ‘assist’ migrants to ‘illegally cross’ the border.”