Tuesday, March 16, 2021

GAVEN NEWSON OF MEXIFORNIA - THE STATE THAT HANDS ILLEGALS $50 BILLION PER YEAR IN SOCIAL SERVICES TO KEEP THEM INVADING - BLAMES 'ANTI-IMMIGRANT' LEGALS FOR HIS RECALL

7 OUT OF 10 OF CALIFORNIA'S ILLEGALS RECEIVE WELFARE. 


Gavin Newsom Blames QAnon, ‘Anti-vaxxers,’ ‘Anti-Immigrant Trump Supporters’ for Recall

Gavin Newsom Sued by CA Churches
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California Governor Gavin Newsom attempted to deflect efforts to recall him by linking Monday to a website that blames “national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists and anti-immigrant Trump supporters” for the campaign.

Newsom linked Monday to the “Stop the Republican Recall” website, which declares on its opening page:

A partisan, Republican coalition of national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists and anti-immigrant Trump supporters.

According to the Los Angeles Times, they include “peddlers of Q-Anon doomsday conspiracies; ‘patriots’ readying for battle and one organization allied with the far-right extremist group, the Proud Boys.”

Instead of helping fight the pandemic, these partisan forces are pulling a page from the Trump playbook and attacking Californians.

Newsom’s opponents, however, include Democrats as well, such as left-wing billionaire mega-donor Chamath Palihapitiya, who appeared to launch his own campaign for governor earlier this year.

Newsom’s rivals have collected roughly 2 million signatures ahead of the March 17 deadline — some 500,000 more than needed, enough to defeat an attempt to have signatures disqualified.

The San Francisco Chronicle noted Monday that Newsom could adopt a “long-shot” strategy of convincing enough signatories to change their minds:

Once the recall campaign turns in its petitions, county election officials have until April 29 to count how many registered voters signed and report their numbers to the secretary of state’s office.

The state then has 10 days to tally the counties’ results. If the recall campaign has qualified, it starts the signature-withdrawal period, in which voters get 30 business days to let their local election officials know they’d like to remove their names from the petition. Voters are offered the chance regardless of whether the Newsom campaign tries to persuade them to do so.

Then counties have 10 more business days to report the number of rescinded signatures back to the secretary of state. Assuming the recall is still eligible, the state Department of Finance gets 30 business days to estimate how much the election will cost, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has another 30 days to review the estimate.

Only then is the recall certified, at which point Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis must call an election within 60 to 80 days. That timeline could push a vote all the way to November or December.

The extended schedule for a recall effort was adopted by the Democrat-dominated California legislature to protect State Sen. Josh Newman from a recall. He was ultimately recalled, but won election back to his old seat last year.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. His recent book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.



Joe Biden’s DHS Chief Says He Is Opening New Doors for Migrants

Migrants, most of whom are part of a recently arrived caravan, stand in line for breakfast at a migrant hostel as they wait to apply for asylum into the United States on February 08, 2019 in Piedras Negras, Mexico. The hostel is holding approximately 2,000 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and …
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President Joe Biden’s border chief announced his plans Tuesday to expand economic migration into the United States, on top of the roughly one million people per year set by Congress.

“For years, the asylum system has been badly in need of reengineering,” said the March 16 statement by DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He continued:

In addition to improving the process by which unaccompanied children are placed with family or sponsors, we will be issuing a new regulation shortly and taking other measures to implement the long-needed systemic reforms.  We will shorten from years to months the time it takes to adjudicate an asylum claim while ensuring procedural safeguards and enhancing access to counsel.

Mayorkas is a lawyer and also a strong supporter of the unpopular claim the United States is a “Nation of Immigrants,” not of Americans. So he can argue his immigration expansion plans complied with the nation’s complex and loopholed immigration law, major parts of which have been written by agency regulators and pro-migration judges. Mayorkas wrote:

We are keeping our borders secure, enforcing our laws, and staying true to our values and principles …

I came to this country as an infant, brought by parents who understood the hope and promise of America.  Today, young children are arriving at our border with that same hope.  We can do this.

Mayorkas is trying to widen various small doors on the border. For example, he is helping many more migrants win claims for asylum by allowing them to seek asylum from routine poverty, political corruption, and street crime commonplace in many countries outside the United States.

Mayorkas’ side-door immigration policy has been widely criticized, including by CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria. On March 14, he said:

The truth is the asylum system is out of control. The concept of asylum dates to the years after World War Two, when the United States created a separate path to legal status for those who feared religious, ethnic or political persecution, a noble idea born in the shadow of America’s refusal to take in Jews in the 1930s.

It was used sparingly for decades, mostly applying to cases of extreme discrimination.

But the vast majority of people entering the southern border are really traditional migrants fleeing poverty and violence. This is a sad situation, but it does not justify giving them special consideration above others around the world who seek to come to the United States for similar reasons, but go through the normal process.

Mayorkas is also trying to widen the small doorway created by the 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Congress passed the bill to help minors who were smuggled into the United States for crimes, such as prostitution.  But Mayorkas is now converting the 2008 anti-trafficking law to help illegal immigrants import their left-behind children:

DHS and HHS terminated a 2018 agreement that had a chilling effect on potential sponsors – typically a parent or close relative – from coming forward to care for an unaccompanied child placed in an HHS shelter. In its place, DHS and HHS signed a new Memorandum of Agreement that promotes the safe and timely transfer of children. It keeps safeguards designed to ensure children are unified with properly vetted sponsors who can safely care for them while they await immigration proceedings.

Mayorkas is also using the 2008 law to expand the inflow of younger migrants, including many who take low-wage, high-abuse jobs in the United States to pay off their trafficking debts. For example, he has opened a Dallas facility to help provide legal paperwork to 3,000 young men every several weeks.

Mayorkas is also creating new ways to fly migrants in from other countries, regardless of national laws curbing chain migration, Mayorkas wrote:

We are restarting and expanding the Central American Minors program.  It creates a lawful pathway for children to come to the United States without having to take the dangerous journey. Under this expansion, children will be processed in their home countries and brought to the United States in a safe and orderly way.

The statement was focused on blue-collar migration from Central America — but Mayorkas is rolling back curbs on the inflow of foreign graduates into the white collar jobs needed by the sons and daughters of America’s professional class.

In his statement, Mayorkas showed he is also using Mexico’s reluctance to support deported poor migrants as an excuse to import the poor migrants:

Single adults from other countries are expelled by plane to their countries of origin if Mexico does not accept them … Families from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries are expelled to Mexico unless Mexico does not have the capacity to receive the families … When Mexico’s capacity is reached, we process the families and place them in immigration proceedings here in the United States.

But Mayorkas and his allies have sharply reduced diplomatic pressure on Mayorkas to protect the migrants — nearly all of whom travel through Mexico without asking for asylum in Mexico’s large economy.

Mayorkas is also allying with pro-migration international groups and private groups to help them deliver more wage-cutting, rent-raising migrants into Americans’ blue-collar labor market. He wrote:

We are developing additional legal and safe pathways for children and others to reach the United States.  While we are building a formal refugee program throughout the region, we are working with Mexico, the Northern Triangle countries, and international organizations to establish processing centers in those countries so that individuals can be screened through them and brought to the United States if they qualify for relief under our humanitarian laws and other authorities.

Mayorkas wants to provide lawyers so unskilled and poor economic migrants get elite help as they try to migrate into Americans’ jobs, housing, and schools.

The offer of lawyers will lengthen legal disputes and make it difficult for them to be deported. The lawyers will help migrants to stay in the United States for years, even if the asylum claims are weak — and so encourage yet more wage-deflating migration into Americans’ jobs.

“This is the roadmap going forward for a system that is safe, orderly, and fair,” said Mayorkas, who emphasized fairness for would-be migrants, not for older, sicker, minority, or less-productive Americans who need decent jobs and higher wages.

Throughout his statement, Mayorkas argues that his welcome policy is needed to help migrants plagued by poverty and disasters: “Poverty, high levels of violence, and corruption in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries have propelled migration to our southwest border for years.  The adverse conditions have continued to deteriorate.”

But the “extraction migration” policies pushed by Mayorkas and his progressives create poverty and disaster by extracting needed young men and women from Central America’s economies. Mayorkas’ political allies then use the extracted migrants as workers, consumers, and renters in the U.S. economy.

GOP officials are pushing back by spotlighting the chaos, suffering, and deaths caused by Mayorkas’s extraction-migration policies.

“We are a compassionate nation, but lawlessness is not compassion,” Rep. Micheal Cloud (R-TX) told reporters at a March 15 border press conference.

Aiding and abetting cartels is not compassion. Putting in policies that allow them to abuse women on the journey is not compassion. Allowing them to grow and be funded into a disabling force in these [Central American] nations that are trying to thrive and survive and create a thriving economy for their people is not compassion …

We have turned the people who’ve signed up to protect our border into the last mile delivery system of the cartel migrant human trafficking organization … We can fix this, we can secure our border, we can protect the lives of these people, and we can keep this nation strong and help push back the cartel influence in our nation and throughout Central and South America.

But Mayorkas is an immigration zealot who uses his powerful office to subordinate Americans’ needs and preferences to high pro-migration preferences, say his critics.

Attorney and child-refugee Mayorkas responds, “We will also not waver in our values and our principles as a Nation …  We are both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. That is one of our proudest traditions.”

Feds Bus Migrant Children into West Texas Town Under Cover of Darkness

Midland area mancamp. (File Photo: Getty Images)
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Reports from local news outlets in Midland, Texas, reveal busloads of migrant children being moved under the cover of darkness into a local holding facility. State and local officials received little or no advance notice of the federal government’s plans to move these migrant children into their community.

“On Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the federal government planned to move some children from the border to a holding facility in Midland,” CBS 7’s Joshua Skinner reported. “The migrants arrived in buses overnight.”

Breitbart Texas spoke to officials operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday regarding the movement of the unaccompanied migrants who had been apprehended by Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the Rio Grande.

The source with knowledge of the movement–but is not authorized to speak on the matter–told Breitbart the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials opened a new facility in Midland at what they described as an abandoned oil worker or “mancamp.” NewsWest9 identified the facility as the “Cotton Logistics Midland Mancamp.”

HHS officials are also reportedly eyeing locations in Dallas that could include the Dallas Convention Center.

Responding to an inquiry from Breitbart Texas, HHS officials responded:

As a result of the compelling need to minimize [unaccompanied children] presence at CBP facilities and to provide a much more suitable environment and improved conditions at [Office of Refugee Resettlement] facilities relative to CBP facilities, HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is opening an Emergency Intake Site in Midland, Texas on Sunday, March 14, 2021. The site in Midland, Texas offers hard-sided shelter space for the children.

The immediate need for the Emergency Intake Site is the result of the rapid increase in the pace of referrals of UC from DHS to ORR for care. The site will provide a safer and less over-crowded environment where children are cared for and processed as quickly as possible and either released to a sponsor or transferred to an ORR shelter for longer-term care.  The Emergency Intake Site is intended for use as a temporary measure.

The Emergency Intake Site will provide required standards of care for children such as providing clean and comfortable sleeping quarters, meals, toiletries, laundry, and access to medical services. A COVID-19 health screening protocol for all children will be implemented to follow CDC guidelines for preventing and controlling communicable diseases. Services will be provided by a combination of the American Red Cross, contractors, and federal staff – including teams from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

CBS7 reports the new shelter is located near FM 1788 and County Road 150 in Midland County.

Breitbart Texas reached out to the Office of the Texas Governor for information about the operation that led to moving the children into the facility during overnight hours. An official said the Biden Administration is not forthcoming with information regarding the border crisis and the movement of these migrant children. Abbott received information about the plans late on Saturday night.

On Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott told Fox News, “We got surprise news, at 9:30 last night,  from the federal HHS that they’re going to be sending some of these migrants to a holding facility in Midland.”

“If they’re going to be working with us, the governor of the State of Texas has to know what they’re doing,” Abbott continued. “How many of those people are going? Where are they going after that? What kind of COVID protocols are they using?”

Midland County Sheriff David Criner told the local CBS affiliate they are “closely monitoring the situation and the holding facility in Midland County for the safety and security of our citizens.”

HHS officials said they will continue to utilize “all available options to care for the children referred to us safely.” Some of the options include short-term and long-term solutions.

“In the short-term, we can ensure children do not spend more time in border patrol facilities than necessary by looking at all opportunities to increase our permanent/licensed network and use influx facilities when additional space is immediately needed,” HHS stated.
Additional shelter capacity will minimize the likelihood that children remain in Border Patrol stations longer than necessary and enhance child welfare for the vulnerable population of unaccompanied children.

HHS officials did not confirm or deny specific plans to utilize facilities in Dallas. Breitbart reached out to Dallas County and City of Dallas officials regarding any plans they may have to work with HHS officials to provide shelter space. An immediate response was not available.

The Associated Press reports a notification to Dallas City Council members reports the Dallas Convention Center will be used for up to 90 days beginning this week to house 15-17-year-old unaccompanied migrant children. Dallas officials described the site as a “decompression center.”

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas Sector.


CNN: 3200 Migrant Children Held by Border Patrol Exceeds Trump-Era Peak

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 26: A U.S. Border Patrol agent delivers a young asylum seeker and his family to a bus station on February 26, 2021 in Brownsville, Texas. U.S. immigration authorities are now releasing many asylum seeking families after detaining them while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The immigrant families …
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The Biden Administration shattered a Trump-era record with DHS officials holding 3,200 unaccompanied alien children in custody, CNN reports. The detention of these minors shatters the 2,600 children held at the peak of the 2019 migrant surge. Many are being held beyond the 72-hour limit in facilities designed to hold large groups of adults.

CNN reviewed leaked U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) internal documents dated March 8, showing Border Patrol officials held 3,200 unaccompanied migrant children in their facilities. The agents apprehended the children after they illegally crossed the border without a parent.

The children are being held in jail-like cells that are not designed for children, CNN reported. Border Patrol is unable to release the children to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) due to the overcrowding in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) long-term shelters. Many are being held long past the 72-hour court-imposed deadline to transfer the children out of Border Patrol custody.

The 3,200 children being held in Border Patrol cells more than doubles the number held less than one week ago, the article states.

Despite the urgent nature of a visit to the border by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that banned media coverage, President Joe Biden has not been briefed on the trip. Officials said the president is expected to be briefed in the coming days.

The 3,200 migrant children in Border Patrol custody shattered a record set during the Trump administration. As migrants surged across the border in 2019, the number of children held by Border Patrol without a parent peaked at 2,600, a former CBP officials told CNN.

The Biden Administration ended COVID protocols for unaccompanied minors last week when it ordered HHS shelters can open bed spaces up to pre-COVID levels.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.



Feds to House 3K Migrant Teens at Dallas Convention Center

Cots are staged for setup as Texas Army National Guardsmen set up a field hospital in response to the new coronavirus crisis at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Dallas. Dallas County has the most COVID-19 cases of any county in Texas, a key …
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Federal officials will utilize the Dallas Convention Center to house up to 3,000 unaccompanied migrant teens to respond to the overwhelming numbers crossing the border. Dallas officials notified city council members to the Department of Health and Human Services’ intent to utilize the convention center to house 15- to 17-year-old unaccompanied migrants for as much as 90 days.

The Associated Press reported from a leaked memo from Dallas officials to city council members saying the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center will start, later this week, housing migrant teen apprehended at the border. Officials described the temporary shelter as a “decompression center.”

The Washington Post cited two unnamed Department of Homeland Security officials who said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will operate the facility at the city’s convention center. The officials called it “an emergency measure the Biden administration is taking to alleviate extreme overcrowding at border facilities in South Texas,” the article states.

HHS officials did not specifically acknowledge plans to utilize the Dallas Convention Center in an email response to our inquiry.

HHS officials responded:

As a result of the compelling need to minimize [unaccompanied children] presence at CBP facilities and to provide a much more suitable environment and improved conditions at [Office of Refugee Resettlement] facilities relative to CBP facilities, HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is opening an Emergency Intake Site in Midland, Texas on Sunday, March 14, 2021. The site in Midland, Texas offers hard-sided shelter space for the children.

The immediate need for the Emergency Intake Site is the result of the rapid increase in the pace of referrals of UC from DHS to ORR for care. The site will provide a safer and less over-crowded environment where children are cared for and processed as quickly as possible and either released to a sponsor or transferred to an ORR shelter for longer-term care.  The Emergency Intake Site is intended for use as a temporary measure.

The Emergency Intake Site will provide required standards of care for children such as providing clean and comfortable sleeping quarters, meals, toiletries, laundry, and access to medical services. A COVID-19 health screening protocol for all children will be implemented to follow CDC guidelines for preventing and controlling communicable diseases. Services will be provided by a combination of the American Red Cross, contractors, and federal staff – including teams from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

The move to Dallas follows the secretive operation to move busloads of migrant teens to a former oil field workmans’ camp in Midland, Texas, on Saturday night, Breitbart Texas reported.

Breitbart Texas reached out to the Office of the Texas Governor for information about the operation that led to moving the children into the facility during overnight hours. An official said the Biden Administration is not forthcoming with information regarding the border crisis and the movement of these migrant children. Abbott received information about the plans late on Saturday night.

Breitbart Texas reached out to Breitbart reached out to Dallas County and City of Dallas officials regarding any plans they may have to work with HHS officials to provide shelter space.

Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax responded, “We are committed to working with our federal partners to accommodate the request to utilize our facilities. Collective action is necessary and we will do our best to support this humanitarian effort.”

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with a statement from Dallas City Manager T.C. Brodnax.

JOE BIDEN'S ENTIRE KLEPTOCRACY IS INFESTED WITH ADVOCATES FOR OPEN BORDERS. THAT HIS HOW THEY GOT THEIR GIGS!

The 4,300 migrants apprehended in March include single adults, families, human smugglers, and “aliens with extensive criminal histories, Skero said in the tweet.

“Biden Border Policies Breed Crime and Exploitation in Mexico, Fraud Here


By Andrew R. Arthur
Why has the Biden administration decided to implement seemingly ad-hoc policies on the Southwest border? I don't know, but it sounds like campaign rhetoric has run into smuggler reality. If the president wants to end the fraud, and the exploitation of would-be migrants, however, he had better shift gears quick

THE LAWLESS LIFE OF A SHADY LAWYER: THE CASE AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS, SOCIOPATH LAWYER

https://kamala-harris-sociopath.blogspot.com/2020/10/kamala-harris-laws-of-lawless-bribes.html

A known MS-13 Gang member, living illegally in the United

 States, was arrested but went unprosecuted by then-San

 Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris’ office months

 before he murdered a California family.


“However, I would like to encourage my fellow Democrats to

 approach Senator Harris with a healthy dose of skepticism. As

 a prosecutor and California State Attorney General, Harris

 has engaged in blatantly unethical behavior for her profession

 and embraced positions that actively hurt her constituents.”

                                                             JESSER HOROWITZ


"This is how they will destroy America from within.  The leftist billionaires who orchestrate these plans are wealthy. Those tasked with representing us in Congress will never be exposed to the cost of the invasion of millions of migrants.  They have nothing but contempt for those of us who must endure the consequences of our communities being intruded upon by gang members, drug dealers and human traffickers.  These people have no intention of becoming Americans; like the Democrats who welcome them, they have contempt for us." PATRICIA McCARTHY

EXCLUSIVE: 7-Man Sheriff’s Department Faces Rise in Armed Human Smuggling near West Texas Border

A rancher's game-cam captures a group of migrants marching through his ranch to avoid a Border Patrol checkpoint. (Photos: Kinney County Sheriff's Office)
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Far from Washington, D.C., Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe and his deputies see the effects of the recent surge in illegal immigration following the reversals of Trump era executive policies. Daily, his department fields phone calls from Texas ranchers frustrated with the increase in migrant traffic and the related damage to their properties.

Sheriff Coe is no stranger to immigration issues. Prior to being elected sheriff four years ago, Coe spent 31 years as a Border Patrol agent and supervisor at the Brackettville Station in the seat of Kinney County. He is intricately familiar with the crossings along the Rio Grande in his remote West Texas county. Coe says 70 percent of the work performed by his six deputies is related to illegal immigration. The department experienced a steady increase in immigration-related calls for service from ranchers since January.

Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe

Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe

Mostly, the calls deal with property damage or home burglaries. His deputies, closely monitoring remote Farm to Market (FM) roads, handle organized human smugglers who frequently lead them on high-speed pursuits–often ending in tragedy.

“The immigration situation right now keeps me from providing services to my constituents that they pay for with their tax dollars,” Sheriff Coe said in an interview with Breitbart Texas. “In good conscience, I cannot let the smugglers have our highways. It’s too dangerous for the public.”

A rancher's game-cam captures a group of migrants marching through his ranch to avoid a Border Patrol checkpoint. (Photo: Kinney County Sheriff's Office)

A rancher’s game-cam captures a group of migrants marching through his ranch to avoid a Border Patrol checkpoint. (Photo: Kinney County Sheriff’s Office)

“Our roadways are remote, radio systems don’t work well, and our deputies, Highway Patrol, and Border Patrol agents need to keep each other safe,” he explained.

This year, he noticed an increase in human smuggling cases where smugglers are carrying firearms. More so than in other years, his deputies have drawn fire. Vehicle pursuits, often exceeding 100 miles per hour, can also lead to migrants dying as a result of the carelessness of the smugglers, the sheriff explained. He recounted one accident in 2020 where two migrants died when a smuggler led authorities on a pursuit through rough back roads.

Coe works to reduce the pursuits by ensuring smugglers face prosecution and enhanced penalties. When federal authorities cannot prosecute, the sheriff utilizes his department’s resources to file state charges. As a result, vehicle pursuits are down, Coe says. This year, his department has seen only nine pursuits, a steep decline from previous years.

(Photo: Kinney County Sheriff's Office)

(Photo: Kinney County Sheriff’s Office)

Sheriff Coe’s deputies are stretched thin as they attempt to provide law enforcement coverage to a county that covers more than 1,300 square miles. When available, the deputies also perform overtime funded by the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Stonegarden to monitor a stretch of the Rio Grande running through Kinney County. The deputies alert Border Patrol agents to illegal crossings and provide intelligence.

Coe also works closely with sheriffs in the surrounding area. COVID-19 concerns impacted normal operational meetings Texas sheriffs would normally carry out in person. Law enforcement partners learned to collaborate remotely. “We look forward to starting up the coalition of Texas border sheriffs once again,” The sheriff expressed. “Our collaboration is key to keeping our residents safe.”

As Border Patrol agents are being pulled away from normal line duties, Sheriff Coe is receiving more calls from local ranchers about migrant foot traffic. As the Border Patrol dedicates more resources to processing and caring for asylum seekers and unaccompanied children, fewer are able to work the remote ranches.

Fence damage caused by migrants marching through ranches in Kinney County, Texas. (Photo: Kinney County Sheriff's Office)

Fence damage caused by migrants marching through ranches in Kinney County, Texas. (Photo: Kinney County Sheriff’s Office)

In addition to raising cattle, many local ranchers also host game hunts to supplement their incomes. Several ranchers provide footage from game cameras. According to Coe, the ranchers report a spike in burglaries and damaged fences caused by migrants or smuggling vehicles trying to avoid authorities. As a result, the ranchers bear the liability of livestock roaming onto highways.

This problem is also one that concerns the sheriff. “We’re stretched thin, but we have to respond to these events. We’ve worked with surrounding counties on these crimes and recovered stolen property within days by not giving up.”

Sheriff Coe is also working with state and federal representatives to seek a solution to the situation. He says he is in it for the duration.

“Congressman Tony Gonzalez (D-TX) and State Representative Eddie Morales (D-Eagle Pass) have both contacted me to hear my concerns,” the sheriff said. “They seem extremely interested in our situation. I can only hope they work towards a solution.”

Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas Sector.

Illegal Alien Charged with 4 Murders Looks to Evade Death Penalty with ‘Intellectually Disabled’ Label

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An illegal alien charged with murdering four Americans is looking to evade the death penalty by classifying himself as “intellectually disabled.”

Wilbur Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, a 20-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was charged with murdering 56-year-old Connie Koontz, 74-year-old Sophia Renken, 81-year-old Gerald David, and his 80-year-old wife, Sharon David, in January 2019 when prosecutors said he was attempting to steal money from his victims to buy more meth.

Now, Martinez-Guzman’s attorneys seek to classify him as “intellectually disabled” so he can evade the death penalty. The attorneys have appealed their case to Nevada’s Supreme Court, claiming that they need more time to gather evidence that their client is intellectually disabled.

The Associated Press reports:

Nevada’s Supreme Court wants to hear directly from lawyers on both sides in a death penalty dispute over how much more time public defenders should have to try to prove a Salvadoran immigrant is intellectually disabled and can’t be executed if convicted of four 2019 Nevada killings. [Emphasis added]

Deputy Defender John Reese Petty said in their most recent Supreme Court filings the motion hasn’t been filed yet because they’ve been unable to gather necessary evidence in Guzman’s native El Salvador due largely to COVID-19 travel restrictions. [Emphasis added]

A clinical psychologist concluded in an evaluation that’s been sealed in district court that Martinez-Guzman’s general intellectual and cognitive test scores fell well below levels needed to satisfy key elements of Nevada’s execution exemption, the defense said. [Emphasis added]

Previously, a Nevada judge said Martinez-Guzman’s attorneys had until April 20 to prove he is intellectually disabled. They claim they need more time to travel to El Salvador and gather evidence to prove their case.

Among those allegedly murdered by Martinez-Guzman was Connie Koontz, a mother, whose mother’s 80th birthday was the following day. Koontz, herself, was set to turn 57 five days after her murder.

Also allegedly murdered was 74-year-old Sophia Renken, as well as Gerald and Sharon David, who were both beloved members of the South Reno community. Gerald was president of the Reno Rodeo Association in 2006, and Sharon was a member of the group.

Martinez-Guzman’s trial is set to begin on September 20.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here


EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Numbers Show Migrant ‘Got-Aways’ Soar as Border Apprehensions Hit 15-Year High

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehend a group of 61 migrant family members in September. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Tucson Sector)
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A U.S. Border Patrol source reports the number of migrant “got-away’s” tallied by the agency surpassed 118,000 for this fiscal year. In less than six months, the “got-away” number is nearly double that for all of Fiscal Year 2020.  Last year, 69,000 illegal immigrants managed to avoid apprehension by the Border Patrol. Sources report the sharpest increase began in January as President Joe Biden took office.

This particular metric is usually not released by Department of Homeland Security officials. The numbers are achieved by counting illegal immigrants who ultimately escape Border Patrol apprehension after being observed by aircraft platforms and camera systems. In addition, Border Patrol agents using traditional “sign-cutting” techniques identify footprints crossing the border and count those that elude apprehension.

“That’s where it gets tricky,” says a Border Patrol agent with knowledge of the data who is not authorized to speak in the issue. “On a small trail, dozens can walk all over each other’s footprints, so you just do your best. Often, they’ll glue carpet to the soles of their shoes making detection even harder.”

The source reports that for these reasons, the got-away count is usually lower than reality. How much so is debatable as the latter method of counting is not scientific.

The spike in got-aways comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported the highest number of migrant apprehension totals since 2006.

Despite the current administration’s refusal to call the immigration situation on the border a crisis, the recent surges are concerning. Many believe the impetus for the surges in illegal entries is being fueled by the promise of amnesty legislation. The administration’s new policies regarding lax interior enforcement and a reduction in removals are also believed to be contributing to the surge in activity along the border.

During a recent press engagement, Texas Governor Greg Abbott elaborated on his views about the border surge, “Because of the volume of people coming across the border, the Border Patrol that makes the arrest, they have to engage quite literally in babysitting. And while they’re doing babysitting, that provides an opportunity for the cartels to be able to bring other people across the border illegally.”.

Recent reports concerning the reduced patrols being conducted by the Border Patrol are likely contributing to the surge in the got-away count. The humanitarian needs of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the border have impacted the Border Patrol’s ability to cover many remote areas. This situation is likely to worsen as the crisis develops.

Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.  Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas Sector.



64K Migrants Apprehended in Texas-Based Border Sectors in Feb. — Up 27 Percent from Jan.

Border Patrol agents apprehended 59 migrants packed inside a travel trailer near Mission, Texas. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Rio Grande Valley Sector)
Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Rio Grande Valley Sector
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Border Patrol agents assigned to the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 64,000 migrants in February. This represents an increase of more than 27 percent from the previous month.

Agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Del Rio, Big Bend, and El Paso Sectors apprehended 63,734 migrants in February, according to the Southwest Border Land Encounters Report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday. This represents an increase of 13,619 migrants over the January report. Note: The El Paso Sector includes apprehensions in New Mexico.


100K Migrants Apprehended Last Month — Highest Feb. Total Since 2006

A Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent chases a group of migrant in an unsecured section of the Arizona border. (File Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Jerry Glaser)
File Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Jerry Glaser
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Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 100,000 migrants in February who illegally crossed the Mexico-U.S. Border between ports of entry. The apprehensions reveal a jump of 26 percent from January and 170 percent from one year ago.

Border Patrol agents apprehended 98,974 migrants in February who illegally crossed the border in February, according to the Southwest Land Border Encounters Report released on Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. This represents a massive increase from the 78,323 apprehended in January and an even larger jump from February 2020 when agents apprehended only 36,687. The February 2021 apprehensions are the largest February report since 2006 when agents apprehended 125,046.

These apprehensions occurred during President Joe Biden’s first full month in office and follows his cancellation of border wall systems construction and many of the Trump-era policies that ended catch and release.

“The border is not open,” CBP Senior Officials Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy Miller said in his opening remarks in Wednesday’s unveiling of the Southwest Border Encounters report for February. He said their administration is building an “orderly process” and that people should not believe the human smugglers who are encouraging the current spike in illegal border crossings.

“The United States is continuing to strictly enforce our existing immigration laws and border security measures,” Mr. Miller continued. “Those who attempt to cross the border without going through ports of entry should understand that they are putting themselves and their families in danger, especially during the pandemic.”

Most concerning in these apprehend is the number of Unaccompanied Alien Children smuggled across the border and apprehended by Border Patrol agents. In January, agents apprehended 5,871 unaccompanied minors, official reports indicate. In February, that number climbed to 9,297, the CBP report states. This represents a single-month increase of 58 percent and a 166 percent jump from last February’s 3,490.

Miller said more than 3,000 of the unaccompanied minors are under the age of 12. The remaining minors are between 13 and 17 years of age.

The apprehension of 18,945 Family Unit Aliens in February also jumped from the previous month’s total of 7,490 and the 7,117 apprehended in February 2020.

The increased apprehensions in February represent the tenth straight month of increases in apprehensions. The previous low point came in April 2020 when apprehensions fell to 17,104.

More information regarding articles about the CBP’s previous Southwest Border reports can be found by clicking here.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

The Texas sectors account for 65 percent of all migrant border apprehensions, the report indicates.

The Rio Grande Valley Sector is clearly the epicenter of the current border crisis with nearly 28,000 migrants (nearly 29 percent) being apprehended out of the total apprehensions of 96,974. The apprehensions in the RGV Sector jumped 63,7 percent from January’s 17,056.

The El Paso Sector is next with 13,181 apprehensions — up 24 percent from January. The Big Bend Sector experienced an increase of 16 percent over the previous month. The Del Rio and Laredo Sectors both reported a slight decrease in apprehensions — 0.7 and 1.7 percent respectively.

By demographic category, the five Texas-based sectors apprehended 41,467 single adults, 7,056 unaccompanied alien children, and 15,211 family unit aliens.

In the Rio Grande Valley Sector alone, Border Patrol agents apprehended 10,489 unaccompanied minors representing more than 55 percent of the 18,945 minors apprehended in all nine southwest border sectors.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Troy Miller, senior official performing the duties of the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported more than 3,000 of the unaccompanied minors apprehended nationally are under the age of 12. The remaining minors are between 13 and 17 years of age.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

4300 Migrants Apprehended over One Week in Central Texas Border Sector

Kenny County, Texas, Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 16 migrants in two human smuggling interdictions in March. (Photo: Kinney County Sheriff's Office)
Photo: Kinney County Sheriff's Office

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 4,300 migrants who illegally crossed the central Texas border from Mexico in the past seven days. The arrest of these migrants includes migrants with extensive criminal histories and human smugglers.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweeted that his agents apprehended more than 4,300 migrants during the first seven days of March.

Skero said 2,000 of those migrants were arrested over the weekend. These apprehensions indicate an ever increasing number of migrant apprehensions in this sector. If the rate of apprehensions stays the same for the entire month of March, agents will apprehend more than 19,000 migrants this month.

In January, the most recent month where statistics are available, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended 11,073 migrants including 8,834 single adults, 1,731 family unit aliens, and 508 unaccompanied alien children, according to the January Southwest Land Border Encounters report published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in February. If the rate of apprehensions holds up, or does not increase, this would represent an increase of 71 percent in the past two months. February apprehension numbers are expected to be released later on Wednesday.

The 4,300 migrants apprehended in March include single adults, families, human smugglers, and “aliens with extensive criminal histories, Skero said in the tweet.

Over the weekend, deputies with the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office, located in the Del Rio Sector, arrested two smugglers and turned 16 migrants over to Border Patrol agents following in two separate incidents over the weekend.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.


Run (From) The Hills: Newsom Dismisses California’s Mass Business Exodus

As companies flee the state, Democrat claims 'there's literally no better place to do business'

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Following an exodus of at least $375 billion worth of businesses from California in the last two years, Democratic governor Gavin Newsom claimed "there's literally no better place to do business" than the Golden State.

Newsom—who has faced criticism over job-killing labor laws and stringent coronavirus lockdowns—fired back during his Tuesday evening State of the State address. The Democrat touted California's "special mix of audacity, human capital, and creativity" to argue that the state is the most business friendly in the country. According to a California Policy Center report, however, more than 40 large corporations have left the Golden State in the last two years alone. The figure includes at least 10 public companies worth a combined $375 billion.

Newsom's address served in large part as a response to an ongoing recall effort that has amassed nearly 2 million signatures. Critics contend that Newsom's high tax rates and strict lockdown orders have chased away both small and large businesses in recent months. In addition, an ongoing housing shortage—the price of an average home in the Bay Area is more than $1 million—means many residents can't afford to live in the state. California experienced a net population loss in 2020 for the first time in 170 years, Census Bureau data show.

Pacific Research Institute senior fellow Wayne Winegarden called it "ridiculous" for Newsom to boast about California's business climate. He said that while the state has enjoyed "historical business success," it's now "nowhere near business friendly" thanks to "punishing" regulations.

"Right now, the policies are driving people and businesses from the state as fast as possible," Winegarden said. "Manufacturers have to deal with some of the highest energy costs in the country. You also have zoning regulations that add costs, an 8.8 percent corporate income tax—you're losing almost a third of your profits just by being located in California."

Newsom's office did not return a request for comment.

Software giant Oracle, real estate investment trust Digital Realty, and technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise moved their headquarters to Texas in recent months. The three corporations pulled in a combined $70 billion in revenue in 2020, employing thousands of people in the process. Digital Realty CEO William Stein attributed the move to the Lone Star State's "affordable cost of living" and "supportive business climate." 

A number of prominent investors and business owners have also taken their tax dollars elsewhere as of late. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk confirmed a move to Texas in December, saying that while California "used to be the center of aerospace manufacturing," his companies "are the last two left." The trend has even found its way into conservative media—Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire announced a move from Los Angeles to Nashville in October due to high housing costs and homelessness.

But Winegarden noted that California's harsh regulatory environment isn't just driving out big businesses and star CEOs. He argued that the state's laws are "much more burdensome on small businesses than their larger competitors." Professional service workers, he added, are increasingly relocating to states where they can earn a higher net income with lower costs of living.

California's business woes have not stopped President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats from attempting to mirror some of the state's most unpopular policies on a national level. The PRO Act—which passed the House on Wednesday—would nationalize California Assembly Bill 5. The controversial labor law limits businesses' ability to designate workers as independent contractors, a regulation that experts say burdens unemployed workers looking to take on temporary jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has pledged to sign the PRO Act should it pass the Senate.

"High tax, anti-worker legislation is making California unlivable for everyone except the wealthy and even many wealthy people are heading for the door," Rep. Mike Garcia (R., Calif.) wrote in a recent Fox News opinion piece. "The American people deserve better—and we must fight to protect them from what California has become."

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