77 congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Biden denouncing his immigration policy. They wrote the president’s immigrant parole program and other proposed asylum rules break the law and penalize people trying to exercise their right to asylum. “Now anyone who tells you that the only way to secure our border is to punish asylum…

Several people were injured when a winter storm brought tornadoes, flooding and even snow to Texas and other states along the Gulf Coast. Forecasters had issued a rare tornado emergency for the Houston area. Substantial damage was reported in some of the Houston suburbs, but there were no reports of injuries. Suburban damage included: Pasadena:…

New York City’s mayor pays the border a visit; China is revising its COVID death toll; and more classified documents were found at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware. These stories and more highlight your daily rundown for Monday morning, Jan. 16, 2023.  More documents discovered over the weekend Six new pages of classified documents…

The Border Patrol opened a 153,000-square-foot facility in El Paso, Texas, that will have the capacity to hold 1,000 migrants. Customs and Border Protection said the facility’s primary purpose is to safely and expeditiously process individuals in Border Patrol custody. The new center is weatherproof, climate controlled and will also provide space for eating, sleeping…

As President Biden visited the Texas border town of El Paso last Sunday, the Republican governor of the Lone Star State, Greg Abbott, accused the president of “avoiding sites where mass immigration occurs” and arriving “two years too late.” Others in the GOP are employing a more diplomatic tone. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is leading…

The Border Patrol is scheduled to begin construction on new sections of the border wall in Southern Arizona this week. The project will fill in four gaps along the Colorado River where Arizona, California and Mexico meet. Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, installed shipping containers in this area. In December, he agreed to stop…

President Joe Biden is in Mexico; thousands of nurses in New York are on strike; and the House has a newly elected speaker. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.  Day one agenda for Speaker McCarthy Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be leading the floor in the…

President Biden is set to go to the border this weekend, and El Paso is cleaning up its streets ahead of the president’s visit. This story and more highlight the midday rundown for Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Cleanup in El Paso ahead of Biden visit New images depict major changes seen in El Paso, Texas,…

President Biden announced his administration is expanding an immigrant parole program for immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti. Effective immediately, citizens from those countries who cross the border illegally or arrive at a port of entry unannounced will be deported to Mexico, which has agreed to accept returns of 30,000 people per month. Under…

The Border Patrol shut down a highway checkpoint in the El Paso sector as the number of illegal crossings in the area skyrockets. Photos sent to Straight Arrow News by a source in El Paso show a checkpoint in New Mexico blocked off and unstaffed. The Border Patrol El Paso sector denied the shutdown was…