Border City Overwhelmed

An unprecedented surge of 4,000 migrants streamed across the US border with Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday — forcing the overwhelmed city to declare a state of emergency. Mayor Rolando Salinas said a separate 2,500-person mob crossed the border into the city illegally Monday, on top of approximately 7,200 illegal crossers apprehended in the previous week. … Continued

City Claims Ticketing Homeless not Cruel and Unusual

Grants Pass, Oregon, asked the Supreme Court to hear its legal battle over ticketing homeless people living in public encampments after a federal appeals court blocked the city from issuing the citations, saying it was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction halting … Continued

Bill to Send Child Traffickers to Prison for Life Blocked by Assembly Committee

The California Assembly committee on public safety blocked a bill that would increase the charges for human trafficking. The Golden State lower house committee considered Senate Bill 14, which would make the human trafficking of children a “serious felony.” Serious felony charges under California law currently include murder, rape, and any other crime which may incur the death … Continued

More than 75,000 Homeless in LA

More than 75,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County, California, marking an almost 10% increase in the unhoused population from 2022. In a new annual point-in-time count released Thursday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, it reported that 75,518 people in the county were either living in vehicles, tents, makeshift shelters, or provisional housing. Last year, there were 69,144 … Continued

Massive Increase in Homeless Due to Illegal Immigration

New York City’s homeless shelter system is “buckling” as waves of illegal aliens migrate to the sanctuary city, with local taxpayers left paying the price, a Washington Post report details. Since the spring of last year, close to 100,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have arrived in New York City under Mayor Eric Adams’ watch. Adams has … Continued

Emergency Declared in Chicago Due to “Migrant Inflow”

Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared an emergency on Tuesday as the sanctuary city reaches a breaking point while it struggles to cope with the influx of illegal immigrants bussed from Texas border towns. The emergency declaration comes as the number of individuals and family groups arriving in Chicago surges, the mayor’s office said in … Continued

Teen Migrants Overwhelm Shelters

Hundreds of migrant teenagers have traveled solo to New York City since last July, leaving shelters and volunteers scrambling to help while mixed reactions are coming from city officials about what to do with them. Some of the teens arriving at the Port Authority Bus Terminal alone are as young as 14 years old, arriving … Continued

Texas Baptist Men Travel to Turkey to Build Homes

A heart breaks as naturally as it loves. And traversing Antakya, Turkey, it crumbles like the buildings along the road. This once bustling city of 400,000 people is now post-apocalyptic. What structures weren’t reduced to rubble by a February earthquake are leaning, cracked or both. More than 300,000 people became homeless in less than two … Continued

L.A. Mayor Wants $1.3 Billion for Homeless Crisis

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared on Monday that she will advocate for allocating a record-breaking $1.3 billion in funding for housing and treatment services for the city’s homeless population next year. This comes as Bass was elected in November through her platform of tackling the city’s out of control homelessness epidemic While L.A. … Continued

65+ Tornadoes Reported in Midwest, South

A Kentucky reporter confessed he ‘truly believed’ he was going to die after a monster tornado tossed his truck off the road in Tennessee. The twister was one of 65 reported to have ripped across the midwest and south Friday, killing at least 11 people – with over 55 million people braced for more severe storms today. … Continued

Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundreds

Hurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded. The governor warned that it could take days to get the lights back on. The blow from Fiona was … Continued

New U.S. sanctions on Russia not expected to severely target energy sector

The U.S. and its allies are expected to impose major new sanctions on Russia — punishing Vladimir Putin for ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine but stopping short of targeting some critical sectors of his nation’s economy. Two people familiar with the plans, including a senior administration official, said Russian energy giant Rosneft is not … Continued

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