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This past Saturday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott made an appearance in Houston where he address Operation Lone Star. The operation passed its second year anniversary to deter migrants from entering Texas. Abbott was the keynote speaker for the 2023 National Border Patrol Council.

With the recent trip of the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada talked about the migrant crisis last week, a city in New York may feel the after-effects of this deal.

President Joe Biden visited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and came to an agreement to reduce the number of migrants crossing the northern border. They agreed to close down a popular crossing point that migrants have used.

A recent report came out and stated Americans are paying $150 billion to support illegal aliens that come to the country. The report came from the Fiscal Bureau of Illegal Immigration dated 2023.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott began laying concertina wire along the Texas-Mexican border to prevent migrants from entering the State. He is getting pushback from numerous citizens.

Immigrants who arrived in Washington, D.C. are furious about a new law that helps recently arrived migrants. Several local immigrants in the Capital express their views. Several believe this is unfair.

In October last year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was looking for a place to house migrants that mainly arrived from Texas courtesy of Governor Greg Abbott and El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser. He mentioned using cruise ships and it wasn’t long before this plan failed.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has an important role for migrants in New York. With about 40,000 migrants who arrived, many will not get seen by ICE until October 2032.

The Red Cross has been known worldwide to help people in cases of disaster relief, food, supplies, health services, and mental health support. Now, the Red Cross is actually helping migrants get to the United States.

It has been almost a month since 500 migrants tried to cross the Texas-Mexican border. Those migrants tried to cross because of a bad rumor they heard that the immigration policy changed. As soon as they tried to cross, they were immediately turned away.

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs lists that all New Yorkers including migrants are eligible to attend college. Recently, Mayor Eric Adams announced he will send migrants to college for free.

As 35 migrants were arrested in West El Paso by Artcraft Road on Thursday by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, a second migrant center opened. Of those migrants apprehended, they were from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

San Antonio has spent about $13 million supporting migrants. The City has requested more funding and waiting to get reimbursed for other expenses. According to KENS 5, San Antonio has received $4.7 million of the $13 million they have already spent.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has been quiet lately on the migrant crisis in the City. On March 7, he gave his blueprint for the crisis. Adams outlined what New York City will do to handle this.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs recently made her second trip to visit the Arizona-Mexico border. She visited on February 27 and continues to see the border issues up close. The governor visited Yuma, San Luis, and Somerton and met with Customs and Border Police, local government officials, farmers, and healthcare providers.

As Operation Lone Star continues to capture migrants and drug smugglers carrying fentanyl, this has created a sharp divide in Texas. Some Texas residents support Governor Greg Abbott while others believe he is wasting taxpayer money. Over the weekend in Austin, hundreds protested Operation Lone Star.

Last month in February, Vice President Harris announced $950 million would be used to support migrants. Well, the money is going into use starting this month. Since President Joe Biden came into office, the administration has spent $4.2 billion since May 2021. By comparison, President Trump spent about $15 billion on the border wall during his four years in office. When Biden came into office, he stopped construction of the border wall which left $350 million of unused wall stacked on the ground - he did initiate new construction of the wall in Arizona recently which you can read here.

A Gallup poll conducted in January showed many people, including Democrats were unsatisfied with how President Joe Biden was handling immigration. Some even compared his policies similar to previous President Donald Trump.

Last August, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began bussing migrants to New York City. Shortly after, El Paso, Texas Mayor Oscar Leeser bused migrants to the City. Though the number of migrants arriving from Texas has slowed down, this is causing New York City a financial strain that continues to increase.

For close to two years, President Joe Biden didn’t provide States with many resources and options when it came to handling migrants who crossed the southern border. As Biden heads into his third year in office, he rolled out several policy initiatives dealing with immigrants and migrants.