Lawmakers are meeting Thursday, March 23, to discuss how China and other countries are helping to funnel fentanyl and other drugs across U.S. borders. They are also detailing how new tactics used by the U.S. government to confiscate fentanyl are working. The Drug Enforcement Administration has said China remains the primary source of fentanyl trafficked…

President Biden is heading to Canada Thursday, March 23, to address the country’s Parliament. It is his first trip there as president, and according to the White House, he plans to discuss a number of issues with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The list includes: Efforts to make the supply chain more resilient. Combating climate…

Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback went viral in September 2021. Some who viewed the images accused the agents of whipping migrants who were crossing the Del Rio sector of the border. After a 10-month investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the accusations were proven false. The narrative of…

Customs and Border Protection agents stopped hundreds of Venezuelan migrants from entering the U.S. on Sunday, Mar. 12, after they tried to run across an international bridge in El Paso, Texas. Agents used concertina wire, concrete barricades and shields to stop the immigrants from pushing through to America. The immigrants said they tried to cross…

More than 1,000 migrants pushed back border authorities on Sunday, Mar. 12 at the Santa Fe International Bridge in El Paso, Texas. They were trying to cross the dividing line between Mexico and the United States. Migrants were seen pushing back police, pushing through orange barricades, and jumping through razor barbed wire. Young children were…

The U.S. Labor Department has introduced new measures to crack down on child labor. The measures follow an increase in children found working at U.S. companies last year. According to the Labor Department, more than 3,800 children were found to be illegally employed at more than 800 companies. Within a five year span, the number…

A government program that provides social services to undocumented migrants is in the middle of a tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats. Senate Republicans are looking to cut the program, but House Democrats are looking to add more funding. The Case Management Pilot Program offers a variety of services free for an eligible 300,000 migrants. The…

Democrats are not happy with the Biden administration’s new proposed asylum rule that is set to take effect once Title 42 ends. The rule would make certain individuals ineligible for asylum, including those who fail to apply before arriving in the United States. The rule is being proposed by the Departments of Justice and Homeland…

San Francisco is well known for its status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. But that may change as the city faces a two-fold crisis. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has requested a waiver to the sanctuary city designation so she can arrest two non-citizens suspected of violent crime. The two have fled…

The Department of Homeland Security released a new use of force policy to align itself with an executive order President Biden signed in May. It provides new guidelines on when to use force, deadly force, bans chokeholds and increases training. “Our ability to secure the homeland rests on public trust, which is built by accountability,…