JOE BIDEN ASKS THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS - HOW MAY I SERVE YOU BETTER TODAY? - An illegal alien has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to burn six people alive by trapping them in a Robertsdale, Alabama, house that was on fire.

 

DEPORT MAYORKAS BACK TO CUBA AND DROP OFF JOE AT GITMO!

AZ official's dire prediction on Cartels as border container wall is dismantled.

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NARCOMEX ON, OVER AND UNDER AMERICA'S UNDEFENDED BORDERS

Watters: Sinaloa, Mexico, has become a battlefield

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The omnibus spending bill, which President Biden signed into law as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, designates only $60 million to hire 125 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. But it lavishes $410 million towards border security for Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman. And it appropriates enough money to hire or contract for 87,000 new IRS agents!

Joe Biden’s DHS Detains Fewer than 0.2% of All Illegal Aliens Living Across U.S.

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President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is detaining fewer than 0.2 percent of illegal aliens living across the United States, an agency report reveals.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) year-end report shows that DHS is holding just 26,299 illegal aliens in its custody — more than 18,500 of which are recently arrived border crossers arrested by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, while the remaining 7,780 are illegal aliens who were arrested by ICE agents.

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Of those illegal aliens detained by DHS, more than 8,000 have final deportation orders, while 18,250 have not yet been ordered deported from the U.S. by a federal immigration judge.

The tiny population of illegal aliens detained by DHS is less than 0.2 percent of the nation’s entire illegal alien population, which the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates to be roughly 15.5 million as of last year.

If based on Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) 2018 analysis, estimating that there are at least 22 million illegal aliens living in American communities, Biden’s DHS is detaining just 0.1 percent of the overall illegal alien population.

Meanwhile, as Breitbart News reported, there are now more than 1.2 million fugitive illegal aliens — those with final deportation orders — living across the U.S. who have not been located by ICE agents and have refused to self-deport.

The figure suggests that the number of fugitive illegal aliens with final deportation orders living across the U.S. is more than twice the population of Wyoming.

In total, the number of illegal aliens living in American communities who have either final deportation orders or pending deportation orders reached nearly 4.8 million in Fiscal Year 2022 under Biden, a nearly 100 percent increase since Fiscal Year 2017.

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

Illegal Alien Accused of Setting House on Fire, Trying to Burn Six People Alive

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An illegal alien has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to burn six people alive by trapping them in a Robertsdale, Alabama, house that was on fire.

Marlon Pineda-Enamorado, a 38-year-old illegal alien, was arrested and charged this week with first-degree arson in Baldwin County.

According to the Robertsdale Police Lt. Paul Overstreet, Pineda-Enamorado “used an accelerant, gasoline, to light several mattresses on fire inside his room and causing the entire home to be filled with smoke” while six others were inside.

From there, police claim Pineda-Enamorado used a bungee cord to tie up the residence’s front door to prevent the six people trapped inside from getting out of the burning house. Despite the alleged attempt to burn the six people alive, they were all able to escape after firefighters arrived on the scene.

One of the six, a 73-year-old man, was taken to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation.

When police arrived on the scene of the burning house, they said they found Pineda-Enamorado outside the residence holding a gas can. He remains in Baldwin County Jail with an immigration detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Prosecutors expect to bring attempted murder charges against Pineda-Enamorado.

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

BLACK COP MURDERS UNARMED WHITE WOMAN AND THEN HOWLS ABOUT 'RACISM' - NANCY PELOSI APPLAUDS THE COP'S MURDER OF AN INNOCENT PERSON

 

Tucker Carlson: Lies about Jan. 6 have been relentless

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PELOSI'S LIES!

Remembering that day

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No Police Officers Were Killed on Jan. 6, But Ashlii Babbitt Was Shot by Police and Died

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(CNS News.com) -- Contrary to the claims and inferences by Democrat Party leaders and many people in the left-wing media, not one Capitol Police officer was killed during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. 

However, three Trump supporters at the event died, two by natural causes and one by accident. Also, a fourth Trump supporter, Air Force veteran Ashlii Babbitt, was shot and killed by Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd. 

In a Jan. 6, 2023 tweet, House Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, commented, "Thinking of the families of law enforcement officers we lost that dark day."

On Jan. 5, 2023, President Joe Biden at a public event said, "Jill and I have mourned police officers in this Capitol rotunda not once but twice in the wake of January 6. Once to honor Officer Brian Sicknick, who lost his life the day after the attack. The second time to honor Officer Billy Evans, who lost his life defending the Capitol as well.”

As the autopsy report by the D.C. Chief Medical Examiner documents, Officer Brian Sicknick died of "natural" causes on Jan. 7. He died from "acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute basilar artery thrombosis," states the report. In layman's terms, Officer Sicknick died from strokes. The "manner of death" was officially declared "natural."

Police Officer Billy Evans did not die "defending the Capitol" on Jan. 6, 2021. He was deliberately hit by a car at the Capitol on April 2, 2021; the driver of the vehicle was Noah Green, a "vocal defender of the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan." 

Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He did not die there. Later, on Jan. 15, he committed suicide by shooting himself.

Another Metropolitan Police Officer, Gunther Hashida, was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. On July 29, 2021, nearly eight months after the Capitol riot, Hashida committed suicide. 

Police Officer Howard Liebengood also committed suicide on Jan. 9, 2021.

Speaking on the House floor on Jan. 2, 2023, newly elected Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) stated, "We are gathered here to honor their memory and acknowledge with deep gratitude the tremendous bravery of the hundreds of officers who defended us at this citadel of democracy that fateful day."

"As a result of the events on January 6, the lives of five heroic officers were lost," he added. 

Yet not one police officer was killed (or died) on Jan. 6, 2021.

Commenting on Jeffries remarks, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on his FNC program, Tucker Carlson Tonight, "'Five heroic officers were lost,' he said. It's almost impossible to believe that adults could stand behind him as he said that because everyone in the picture you just saw knows that is not true."

"It's not a stilted interpretation of events," said Carlson. "It's a flat out lie. No police officers were killed on January 6th. Period. Ashli Babbitt was killed on January 6th."

The four Trump supporters who died on Jan. 6, 2021 were Kevin Greenson, Benjamin Phillips, Rosanne Boyland, and Ashlii Babbitt.

Greenson, a 55-year-old from Alabama, “had a history of high blood pressure and suffered a heart attack,” according to family members cited by the Associated Press. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that his manner of death was "natural," and the cause of death “hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.”

Benjamin Phillips, 50, also died a natural death by hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to the report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Roseanne Boyland, 34, died of acute amphetamine intoxication, and her manner of death was classified as an "accident."

Air Force veteran Ashlii Babbitt, 35, was shot in the neck by Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd as she tried to climb through a broken glass door in the Capitol.  Babbitt was unarmed and was petite in stature. 

Commenting on Babbitt's death, Carlson said on Jan. 6, 2023, "Two years ago today, a Capitol Hill police officer called Michael Byrd shot an unarmed woman in the neck. At the time of that killing, Byrd had a documented history of gross negligence with a firearm. He left a loaded Glock pistol in a public men's room at the Capitol, which for a law enforcement official is a firing offense.

"But for some reason, Michael Byrd was still on the force that day. The woman he killed was called Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was a married 14-year veteran of the US military. She ran a pool cleaning company with her husband in San Diego. Physically, she was tiny. She was also unarmed.

"Michael Byrd later admitted he had no indication at all that Babbitt was carrying a weapon. She posed no visible threat. He killed her anyway.

"Under normal circumstances, Byrd would have been fired immediately and charged with murder, which he clearly committed, but that's not what happened.

Air Force veteran Ashlii Babbitt, 1985-2021. (Screenshot, Twitter)

"After doing essentially no investigation into the shooting, Nancy Pelosi's congressional police force declared Byrd a national hero and the media strongly agreed."

In February 2019, Officer Byrd left his gun, a Glock 22, in a bathroom in the U.S. Capitol. It was found later that day in a routine security sweep. Byrd said the incident was a "terrible mistake" and he "was penalized for it."

Byrd's shooting of Babbitt was the first time he had discharged his weapon in 28 years as a policeman. 

JOE BIDEN'S BORDER TO OPEN BORDER INVASION OF 'CHEAP' LABOR - Florida National Park Forced to Shut Down Due to Illegal Immigration Influx

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NARCOMEX ON, OVER AND UNDER AMERICA'S UNDEFENDED BORDERS

Watters: Sinaloa, Mexico, has become a battlefield

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DEPORT MAYORKAS BACK TO CUBA AND DROP OFF JOE AT GITMO!

AZ official's dire prediction on Cartels as border container wall is dismantled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNuKdPy4x0

The omnibus spending bill, which President Biden signed into law as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, designates only $60 million to hire 125 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. But it lavishes $410 million towards border security for Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman. And it appropriates enough money to hire or contract for 87,000 new IRS agents!

Biden's Unconstitutional Border Plan: The Funneling of Illegal Migrants into the US

The Center for Immigration Studies has published multiple analyses of the Biden administration’s latest border “enforcement” plan. The plan, which contains little enforcement, includes minor changes to tactics, but no change to the Biden administration’s long-term open-border strategy. It does include a massive (and illegal) expansion of “parole” that will admit and give work permits to 30,000 aliens from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua every year. Biden Releases Latest Plan to Funnel Illegal Migrants into the United States Biden Proposes a Trump-Era Reform to Deter Illegal Border Crossings – But This Time It’s Not Likely to Work Biden tries to pull the old end run with his latest immigration plan Biden’s Perversion of Parole Is a Constitutional Crisis in the Making “The administration claims that this plan will allow aliens ‘to enter the United States lawfully through’ those ports of entry, but in reality “entering” without a visa through a port of entry is as ‘illegal’ as crossing the border without a visa between the ports of entry, regardless of whether you have an appointment to do so,” writes Andrew Arthur, the Center’s Fellow in Law and Policy. CIS Executive Director Mark Krikorian explains the president’s immigration goal, “This is merely political damage control. The Biden administration continues to push ‘safe, orderly, and humane processing’ of migrants with no right to enter the U.S., instead of deterring them from trying to come in the first place.” President Biden has put forth an immigration scheme that disregards the rule of law and Congress, which specifically enacted legislation to prevent what he’s trying to do. George Fishman, a Senior Legal Fellow at the Center, said, “President Biden is taking his perversion of the immigration ‘parole’ power to a new low. He is literally pushing the Constitution's separation of powers into the gutter by creating a shadow immigration system totally divorced from the will of Congress and the American people. He plans to proudly parole into the U.S. up to 360,000 otherwise illegal aliens a year with no basis in law, and we know that they will never leave.” Biden’s parole scheme does convey huge benefits to him. If aliens enter the United States on parole, they won’t be apprehended and won’t be counted in the Biden administration’s now massive border numbers. Will the Biden plan have an impact on the massive number of aliens entering the country? Elizabeth Jacobs, the Center’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and Policy, writes, “Unless the Biden administration commits to closing loopholes in the asylum system and either reviving the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP, commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” program) or resuming mandatory detention (as is required by law) for aliens who illegally cross the border, its strategy is unlikely to have any of the deterrence effects it’s promising. The near-guarantee of release into the United States has been a primary pull factor for illegal immigration since January 2021 and will continue to be unless the administration makes these necessary changes to its border policies.” Biden on Why He Chose to Finally Visit the Border: ‘Because the Republicans Haven’t Been Serious About This At All’ MELANIE ARTER | JANUARY 5, 2023 | 7:17PM EST Text Audio 00:0000:00 Font Size President Joe Biden, with US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks about border security and enforcement, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - President Biden plans to visit the southern border during the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City next week - something that Biden has been resistant to during his presidency - but when asked why he finally decided now is the right time for a visit, Biden blamed the Republicans. “Mr. President, why did you decide that now is finally the right time to visit the southern border? Republicans have been calling on you to do this since the beginning of your presidency,” a reporter asked Thursday after the president’s remarks on border security and enforcement. BIDEN: Because the Republicans haven’t been serious about this at all. Come on. They haven’t been serious about this at all. I wanted to make sure that I knew what the outcome — at least the near outcome was on Title 42 before I went down. We don’t have that yet, so I had to operate — I don’t like Title 42, but it’s the law now, and I have to operate within it. It’s — my prediction is — it’s not — there’s nothing particularly insightful about this: Title 42 is going to go away before the end of the year, in terms of the Supreme Court, in my prediction. And then we’re going to have to use Title 9 — Title 8. Eight, right? Am I right? Yeah.  Title 8. Eight, nine — and — which is — which we can implement what we’re doing here plus some other things, but so, I wanted to make sure there was a rational way in which we could begin to announce it, but I couldn’t wait once the Supreme Court ruled that they’re not going to make the final decision on Title 42 for some time — you know, for another — who knows?  Probably not until June — in that range, although I don’t know that for a fact — to be able to lay this out, but, look, Mayorkas is waiting to impress you all, all kidding aside. As CNSNews.com reported, Biden’s new plan to limit illegal immigration requires migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti to apply for asylum via the CBP One app outside the United States, and if their application is approved, migrants can “show up at a U.S. airport when and where directed” to travel to the United States. A reporter asked whether Biden is “concerned about the effect that requiring an airline ticket could prejudice or sort of make — lean it toward wealthier migrants and kind of make it harder for poorer migrants?” “Yeah,” Biden said, “but there’s also ways to get to ports of entry along the border as well.”

Illegal Alien Accused of Setting House on Fire, Trying to Burn Six People Alive

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6 Jan 20230

1:35

An illegal alien has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to burn six people alive by trapping them in a Robertsdale, Alabama, house that was on fire.

Marlon Pineda-Enamorado, a 38-year-old illegal alien, was arrested and charged this week with first-degree arson in Baldwin County.

According to the Robertsdale Police Lt. Paul Overstreet, Pineda-Enamorado “used an accelerant, gasoline, to light several mattresses on fire inside his room and causing the entire home to be filled with smoke” while six others were inside.

From there, police claim Pineda-Enamorado used a bungee cord to tie up the residence’s front door to prevent the six people trapped inside from getting out of the burning house. Despite the alleged attempt to burn the six people alive, they were all able to escape after firefighters arrived on the scene.

One of the six, a 73-year-old man, was taken to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation.

When police arrived on the scene of the burning house, they said they found Pineda-Enamorado outside the residence holding a gas can. He remains in Baldwin County Jail with an immigration detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Prosecutors expect to bring attempted murder charges against Pineda-Enamorado.

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

Smuggler Leads Texas Police on Car Chase with Migrant Child in Trunk

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RANDY CLARK

2 Jan 20230

2:25

A human smuggler tried to escape Texas authorities on New Year’s Eve by leading them on a car chase at speeds exceeding 115 miles per hour. After deploying a tire deflation device, officers found two Honduran migrants stowed in the smuggler’s trunk.

The pursuit initially began when a constable noticed a vehicle traveling 45 miles north of Eagle Pass. When a Zavala County constable attempted a traffic stop, the vehicle failed to yield. The vehicle fled for more than 30 miles before Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol troopers could successfully deploy a tire deflation device.

The driver, who remains unidentified, was charged with evading arrest and smuggling of persons, a 2nd degree felony in Texas. According to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Department, the holiday season did not slow smuggling activity on local highways. Five migrant smuggling cases were interdicted on local highways near La Pryor, Texas, during the period.

Three of the cases involved smugglers who failed to yield to police attempts to stop their vehicles. The drivers in each of those were detained and charged with smuggling of persons.

The first case of human smuggling for the Zavala County Sheriff’s deputies occurred before noon on New Year’s Day when authorities were again led on a high-speed pursuit that ended when the vehicle abruptly stopped and multiple suspected migrants fled.

Two migrants and two human smugglers were apprehended at the scene. Several other people managed to elude capture. The vehicle pursuits have proven deadly in recent months as border crossings surge in the area. Earlier in December, four migrants and a human smuggler died  in nearby Kinney County.

Zavala County, which is part of the Del Rio Sector of the Border Patrol, routinely encounters human smugglers on local highways. In November, nearly 48,000 migrants were apprehended in the sector.

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. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.

DeSantis activates state guard as migrants flow into Florida

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has mobilized the state national guard to help local officials respond to a large influx of Cuban migrants landing in the Florida Keys

DeSantis activates state guard as migrants flow into FloridaBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRREAssociated PressThe Associated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday mobilized the state national guard to help local officials respond to a large influx of Cuban migrants landing in the Florida Keys.

DeSantis, a Republican, activated the Florida National Guard and directed state law agencies to assist in the Keys through an executive order in response to the arrival of more than 700 mostly Cuban migrants over the New Year’s weekend alone.

In a statement, the governor criticized Democratic President Joe Biden and the federal government’s immigration policies and response to the migrants landing in the Keys.

The governor’s statement made no mention of the Biden administration’s announcement Thursday of a new policy to start turning back Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans at the Texas border, along with Venezuelans, who arrive illegally. The administration also said it would offer humanitarian parole for up 30,000 people a month from those four countries if they apply online, pay their airfare and find a financial sponsor.

Some migrants advocates said that new policy could worsen the situation in Florida. Ramón Raul Sanchez with the Cuban American group Movimiento Democracia said even more Cubans may risk their lives by taking to the sea to reach the U.S. instead of flying to Central America and coming to the Texas border by land.

Blas Nuñez Neto, acting Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy in the Department for Homeland Security, said the new program could incentivize Cubans not to come illegally by sea.

He said Cubans would be better off applying under the new parole program announced Thursday because that would give them a potential path to residency that they might not otherwise have.

“Do not risk your life at sea” because there are “much better options” under the new program, he said.

DeSantis said Florida will deploy airplanes, helicopter and marine patrols to the area “to support water interdictions and ensure the safety of migrants attempting to reach Florida through the Florida Straits.”

More than 4,400 migrants, mostly Cubans with some Haitians, have arrived by boat in Florida since August as those two countries face deepening and compounding political and economic crises. Because Washington and Havana don’t have diplomatic relations, it is problematic for the U.S. government to send Cubans back once they arrive in Florida.

Those who are stopped at sea are already taken back, since Cuba will accept those people. Almost 8,000 Cubans and Haitians have been intercepted since August — about 50 per day compared with 17 per day in the 2021-22 fiscal year and just two per day during the 2020-21 fiscal year. Officials said at least 65 migrants have died at sea since August.

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AP reporter Gisela Salomon contributed from Miami.

Florida National Park Forced to Shut Down Due to Illegal Immigration Influx

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JOHN BINDER

6 Jan 20230

1:54

An influx of illegal immigration has forced the United States National Park Service to close Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys.

As Breitbart News reported, nearly 1,400 illegal aliens were apprehended at sea and along the Florida Keys over the New Year’s holiday weekend. More than 360 illegal aliens, specifically, arrived on boats at Dry Tortugas National Park.

The illegal aliens were bused from Dry Tortugas National Park to Key West.

Officials with the National Park Service told the media that “the closure, which is expected to last several days, is necessary for the safety of visitors and staff because of the resources and space needed to attend to the migrants.”

Such attending to the illegal aliens includes providing food, water, and medical services while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) either gives the arrivals parole to be released into the U.S. interior or has them removed and sent back to their native countries.

“What about tending to the American citizens who pay for the national park and may like to visit the national park over Christmas vacation? What about their interests — like the people of this country, the citizens, the taxpayers?” Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said this week of the park’s closure.

“Well, [Americans are] not as important as the illegal aliens whom the national park service is spending its time ‘attending to.’ They’re ahead of you in line,” Carlson continued. “If you resent that, you should resent that. That’s a complete outrage. And to accept it as normal or compassionate, which is not, is a big mistake.”

A boat that was left along the shoreline after it was used recently to transport Cuban migrants from the island nation to America on January 06, 2023 in Key West, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A group of people speaking Creole depart the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Dania Beach Border Patrol Station, as families await the arrival of Cuban migrants in Dania Florida on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

People look over a boat that was left along the shoreline after it was used to transport Cuban migrants from the island nation on January 05, 2023 in Marathon, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Migrants from Cuba line up to board a bus to be driven to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection station as they are processed on January 05, 2023 in Marathon, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Migrants from Cuba wait to be processed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Marathon Border Patrol Station on January 05, 2023 in Marathon, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Members of two groups of Cuban migrants from Matanzas — one with 19 people, the other with 12 — stand in the sun on the side of the U.S. in the Middle Keys island of Duck Key Monday morning. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Migrants from Cuba line up to board a bus to be driven to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection station as they are processed on January 05, 2023 in Marathon, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cuban migrants sit on the floor while waiting to be processed. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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

1400 Migrants Captured at Sea, Along Florida Coast over New Year’s Weekend

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6:38

Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast law enforcement partners interdicted multiple sea-based human smuggling incidents leading to the capture of more than nearly 1,400 migrants over the New Year’s Weekend. The migrant arrests took place at sea and along the coast in the Florida Keys.

Law enforcement partners assigned to the Homeland Security Task Force — Southeast spent the New Year’s weekend apprehending nearly 1,400 migrants at sea and along the islands and coastal areas of the Florida Keys, according to a tweet from the agency. Many of these smuggling interdictions took place on heavily overloaded boats.

Between Fri. Dec. 30, 2022 to Mon. Jan. 1, 2023, HSTF-SE interdicted/encountered:
• 606 migrants at sea;
• 59 migrants on Marquesas;
• 364 migrants on @DryTortugasNPS;
• 326 migrants in Florida Keys;
• 27 migrants on Isla Monito b/t Dom. Rep. & Puerto Rico;
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— Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) (@HSTF_Southeast) January 5, 2023

“Illegal maritime voyages in the Caribbean are always dangerous and very often deadly,” Rear Admiral Brendan C. McPherson, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District and Director, HSTF-SE said in a written statement. “Smugglers routinely exploit vulnerable migrants for profit while putting their lives at risk aboard overloaded and un-seaworthy vessels. These dangerous voyages must not be attempted. Safe, legal, and orderly migration saves lives.”

The tweet above reports 364 migrants apprehended in a single incident at the Dry Tortugas National Park. By the conclusion of the incident, the count rose to 427 migrants removed from the island by U.S. Coast Guardsmen.

#BreakingNews @USCGSoutheast reports that all remaining migrants on @DryTortugasNPS, an #updated total of 337 migrants (not including the 90 migrants previously removed by @USCG), were removed from the island & are onboard a @USCG cutter for transfer to Key West, tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/2t8c0Mu4XU

— Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) (@HSTF_Southeast) January 5, 2023

U.S. Border Patrol Miami Sector Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar tweeted a video showing an overloaded sailing vessel with more than 130 migrants onboard off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Smugglers packed many of the migrants below deck placing them in life-threatening conditions.

#Update: Yesterday, #BorderPatrol agents with support from @HSTF_Southeast encountered over 130 #Haitian migrants in Key Largo #Florida. The migrants arrived on an overloaded sailing vessel and were packed in the lower deck. These voyages are dangerous and potentially deadly. pic.twitter.com/cmAI7f5GTq

— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) January 4, 2023

Since the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2022, the Miami Sector experienced a 400 percent increase in migrant encounters, officials said in a written statement. Since August, the HSTF-SE interdicted 7,784 migrants at sea and 4,401 migrants who managed to land of Florida beaches. In addition, officials recovered the bodies of 65 migrants during all of FY22.

Human smugglers continue to use makeshift or homemade vessels to move migrants across the Caribbean Sea to the Florida coast.

During the first two months of the new Fiscal Year 23, Miami Sector agents apprehended 2,048 migrants. This is more than half of the total apprehensions for all of FY22 when agents took 4,009 migrants into custody, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nationwide Encounters report.

During the first two months of the previous year, agents only apprehended 336 migrants compared to the 2.048 in the same period this year — a 510 percent increase in this single sector. From the tweets above, it appears the official December numbers will greatly exceed those apprehended in November (1,122).

Between August and November 2022, Miami Sector agents apprehended 3,558 migrants. During the entire Fiscal Years 20 and 21 combined, these agents apprehended only 2,333 migrants.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: 220K Migrants Apprehended in December Along SW Border

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BOB PRICE and RANDY CLARK

2 Jan 20230

3:35

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 220,000 migrants who crossed the southwest border in December. The number of apprehended migrants sets a record for December and is the second-largest month since the Clinton administration. This brings the total apprehensions for the first quarter of FY23 to more than 631,000.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the nine southwest border sectors apprehended well over 220,000 migrants in December, according to unofficial numbers in a Border Patrol report reviewed by Breitbart Texas. This represents an increase of nearly 30 percent over the more than 170,000 migrants apprehended in December 2021. It also represents a 210 percent increase over December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office.

Randy Clark

The report reviewed by Breitbart Texas shows December as the fourth straight record-setting month for apprehensions and the largest month for the new fiscal year. During the first quarter of FY23, which began on October 1, 2022, Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 632,000 migrants.

The 632,000 first-quarter apprehensions represent an increase of nearly 60 percent over the entire Fiscal Year 2020 when agents apprehended only 441,000 migrants — President Trump’s last full year in office.

Of the more than 220,000 migrants apprehended in December, only 46,000 were removed from the United States under the Title 42 program.

The El Paso Sector continues to lead the nation in migrant apprehensions. During the month of December, agents took nearly 56,000 migrants into custody. This brings the first-quarter apprehensions for this sector to 162,000 migrants.

Del Rio Sector agents apprehended more than 51,000 migrants in December — mostly in the Eagle Pass area of operations. This represents an increase of nearly 54 percent over the previous December. During the first quarter of FY23, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended more than 111,000 migrants.

Eagle Pass Border Patrol agents prepare to process a large group of more than 700 migrants on December 8, 2022. (Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)

Agents in these two sectors apprehended more than 273,000 migrants during the first quarter of the new fiscal year.

Yuma and Tucson Sector agents apprehended 31,000 and 22,000 migrants respectively bringing their total apprehensions for the first quarter to more than 149,000 migrants.

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.

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. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.

Editor’s Note: The statistics cited above for December 2022 migrant apprehensions are gathered from an unofficial Border Patrol report reviewed by Breitbart Texas. Historical numbers come from official U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest Land Border Encounters reports.