Homeland Security Chair blasts Biden as Coast Guard Catches More Migrants (#TheCenterSquare)

thecentersquare.com President Joe Biden is under fire after a new report that the number of illegal immigrants caught by the Coast Guard trying to enter the U.S has doubled in recent years. ::: That data came from Heather MacLeod, director of Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office during a hearing this week. ::: "The Coast Guard interdicted more than 12,000 migrants in both fiscal year 2022 and 2023 ? more than double the fiscal year 2021 total, according to Coast Guard data," MacLeod said in prepared testimony.

LATE DAY PedWest - CBP Busiest Pedestrian Border Crossing - Reopens After Months of Closure

nbcsandiego.com The Pedestrian West facility was closed for the past two months due to hundreds of asylum seekers gathering at the border south of San Diego, which resulted in overcrowding. ::: The southbound crossing facility will reopen with limited hours of operation seven days a week from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. The northbound crossing facility, which reopened on Thursday, will continue operations seven days a week with limited hours of operation from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to CBP officials.

NOTE Other news outlets covered the reopening of the border crossing on Thursday. Here is a link to those stories.

Overseas Migrant Stories from Finland, Morocco & EU state (Finland)

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