California | June 30, 2021
California, Mexico Sign Agreement to Open New Border Crossing by Late 2024
California | June 30, 2021
OTAY MESA, Calif.—The governments of California and Mexico signed an agreement Monday committing to work together to deliver on time a new border crossing at Otay Mesa by late 2024.
Unlike other ports of entry, such as San Ysidro and the one operating in Otay Mesa, this new gate would require a toll fee that would offer an average wait time goal of 20 minutes to cross the border.
Currently, passenger vehicles and commercial trucks crossing the border between Tijuana and San Diego can endure tedious waits, harming business and the environment, officials said.
“This new port of entry will not only spur economic activity, but it will also improve the quality of life for the millions of Californians and Mexicans who frequently cross one of the busiest borders in the world,” said California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis…..
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune)
California | May 24, 2021
The border crisis is not just at the border
California | May 24, 2021
The border crisis is not just at the border.
In Southern California’s high desert, there are thousands of large-scale illegal marijuana grows run by transnational criminal organizations and worked by indentured servants and illegal immigrants. These grows are bad for the environment, wasting natural resources, not regulated or taxed, funneling money to foreign nations, and a threat to citizens’ livelihoods.
Since I was elected to represent California’s 25th District, I have heard horror stories from residents in the Antelope Valley, Acton, and Agua Dulce. People are scared for their lives as they are threatened by these illegal grow owners and workers.
I recently took a helicopter flight above California’s Antelope Valley. As far as the eye could see, there were patches of white from the countless plastic sheets covering the nurseries. We flew for just under an hour and only viewed a small portion of the grows. If you looked closely, you could see a fortress built around each nursery — tall dirt walls that ensured any car driving by would not see what was behind those walls. Each had a single point of entry guarded by an RV and, in some cases, armed personnel…
(Excerpts from Washington Examiner)
California, Texas | May 14, 2021
Biden Admin Stops Flying Migrants to Other Cities for Easier Expulsion
California, Texas | May 14, 2021
The Biden administration discontinued flights carrying migrant children and family units from one part of the border to another in order to expel them to Mexico, CBS News reported Wednesday.
Advocacy groups criticized the administration for flying migrant families and unaccompanied minors who illegally entered the U.S. through the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas to El Paso, Texas, or San Diego, California, for expulsion to Mexico, according to CBS News.
The Mexican government won’t accept Central American migrant families with children in Tamaulipas after U.S. officials encounter them illegally crossing the border…
(Excerpts from The Daily Caller and the Tennessee Star)
California | April 6, 2021
Terrorists on Watchlist Apprehended Crossing the Southern Border
California | April 6, 2021
Two men from Yemen were apprehended and found to be on the FBI’s terrorism watchlist after illegally crossing the southern border in January and March, Customs and Border Protection announced Monday.
Officials found the man listed on the FBI’s Terrorism Screening Database and the no-fly list during processing, according to CBP. The man remains in federal custody pending removal from the U.S.
(Excerpt from The Daily Signal)