A crackdown at the southern border means human smugglers may be rewriting their playbook, exploiting the glistening waters of the sweeping, increasingly dangerous Caribbean Sea. Law enforcement officials say they intercepted 30 Chinese nationals on boats off Florida's coast in August. All suspected of being undocumented.And in January, police say roughly two dozen Chinese migrants actually made it to land before they were caught in an upscale Miami area neighborhood >> to the ground. >> Another man earlier ...

Trump says he secured the border. Nobody's coming into our country now. We have the border totally stopped.We're here in Texas to see what those changes look like on the ground. We've got the most controlled border we've ever had in the history and in my lifetime in the Border Patrol. And we're going to continue getting there.In Eagle Pass, Texas during the Biden administration, more than 2,000 migrants crossed into the US in a single day. But now, under President Trump's policies, officers encounter just 2 ...

Border Security - Illegal US-Mexico border crossings reached a 50-year low [1]

[Music] This night vision video of a hot air balloon landing in a Lithuanian field, escalating tensions in a region already on the brink, even shutting down an airport over the weekend. But it's not carrying any passengers. Instead, large boxes of smuggled cigarettes, according to Lithuanian border officials.They say Bellar Russian smugglers have been sending balloons with contraband into Lithuania for years, but 18,000 packs of cigarettes have been confiscated just over the weekend. Saturday night, the bal ...

Britain is desperately trying to suppress channel migration. The boat migrants show like nobody else the porosity of its borders. A new policy and a new home secretary could change that https://t.co/oYsuhoscOH ...

Approval Ratings - Trump's job approval rating stands at 43% among all adults [1] - Approval for Trump's handling of inflation and the cost of living is at 39% [2] - Trump's job approval on border security and immigration is 47%, while deportations receive 43% approval [3] Political Landscape - The Democratic Party is currently more unpopular than the Republican Party, a shift from Trump's first term [4][5]

Many swing voters are glad that the border is secure, but appalled by enforcement agents shoving grandmas into vans. Democrats see an opening https://t.co/4R9bAhspb3 ...

So, we are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we uh encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally. Now, if you look at the structure that's behind me, it's tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under.And today, we are also going to be painting it black. Uh that that is specifically at the request of the president who unders ...

Border Security & Drug Enforcement - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is actively combating cartels by intercepting smuggling tunnels along the US-Mexico border [1][2] - Intercepting tunnels significantly impacts cartels, potentially costing them a year's worth of labor and drug trafficking profits [3] - CBP discovered a nearly 3,000 foot long tunnel, 50 feet underground, intended for illicit activities [6] Human Smuggling Concerns - Human smugglers are exploiting the underground tunnels, potentially advertising safe passage for profit [4][5] - Videos suggest migrants, including adults and children, are attempting to enter the US through tunnels, with some messages written in Chinese [4] - The authenticity of the videos showing human smuggling is unverified by NBC News and CBP [5] Tunnel Characteristics & Methods - Smugglers design tunnels with features like ventilation systems (bounce house blower) and metal rails for transporting large quantities of drugs [3] - Tunnels can be large enough to walk through [4] - Cartels aim for tunnels to emerge in warehouses within the US [6]

From @WSJopinion: It’s more important than ever for Democrats to have a credible plan to secure the border, fix what’s broken in the immigration system, and regain the trust of the American people. They may not get another chance, writes @neeratanden. https://t.co/v3mKAArg59 ...