Category Archives: AZBD News

News about AZBD and AZBD Field Reports from AZBD Members in the field, primarily the Search and Rescue Team.

District Court: D.C. Judge Rejects House Attempt to Block Border Wall Emergency

PUBLISHED:  Tue, JUN 4th2019 @ 1:16 pm EDT Today, D.C. based District Court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out a lawsuit filed by House Democrats seeking an injunction against President Trump’s emergency reallocation of funds…

Trump Admin. Vows Increase in Deportations

PUBLISHED: Wed,JUN 5th 2019 @ 2:55 pm EDT Mark Morgan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement outlined ICE’s new strategy to reduce illegal immigration at the southern border. During a press conference…

Border Patrol Apprehends 132,887 Illegal Border Crossers in May

PUBLISHED:  Wed,JUN 5th 2019 @ 6:07 pm EDT   The number of illegal border crossers arrested at the southern border soared to nearly 133,000 in May of this year, according to Customs and Border…

Something Big Just Happened On Mexico’s Southern Border

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 10:31 am on June 6, 2019 While the President is overseas honoring D-Day, the cable news talking heads back home have been busy critiquing his recently announced…

Judge Rejects House Democrats’ Attempt To Block Border Wall Spending

JOHN SEXTON Posted at 9:21 pm on June 3, 2019 In April, House Democrats sued the Trump administration claiming the President was violating Congress’ constitutional authority to appropriate funds by re-allocating…

“We Build The Wall” Actually Builds… Some Wall

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 10:31 am on May 28, 2019 When we were discussing this a couple of weeks ago, I’ll confess that I was still remaining at least somewhat skeptical (hey… I’m…

Massachusetts Judge Charged With Obstructing Justice For Helping Twice-Deported Illegal Immigrant Avoid ICE

JOHN SEXTON Posted at 2:41 pm on April 25, 2019 Massachusetts judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and her court officer Wesley MacGregor are being charged with obstruction of justice for allowing…

Don’t Look Now, But Mexico Just Busted A Migrant Caravan

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 2:31 pm on April 23, 2019 Less than a week ago, President Trump issued a stern warning to the government of Mexico. They would need to step up their…

Showdown: Barr Halts Bail For Asylum Seekers

ED MORRISSEY Posted at 2:41 pm on April 17, 2019 That’s one way to end catch-and-release — in theory. In practice, William Barr’s decision to end bail for asylum seekers might turn the…

No, Trump Wasn’t Kidding About Shipping Illegals To Sanctuary Cities

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 8:01 am on April 16, 2019 Cher might not be ready for an influx of illegals into her state, but she might want to come up with a plan…

“Hostile… Aggressive” Migrants Breach Mexico’s Southern Border, Join Caravan

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 9:31 am on April 14, 2019 Just in case you were worried that we might run out of illegal aliens that the President could ship to sanctuary cities,…

The Worsening Border Crisis

PUBLISHED:  Thu, MAR 21st 2019 @ 10:03 am EDT  by  Chris Chmielenski From time to time, our NumbersUSA activists share with us the letters they receive from Members of Congress in response to a message they sent from their…

Two Caravans A Week: 70,000 Detained Along The Southern Border In February

JOHN SEXTON Posted at 5:21 pm on March 4, 2019 The Washington Post reports the number of migrants detained after entering the United States along the southern border was up sharply…

Arizona Town Demands More Open Borders

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 9:21 am on February 7, 2019 The old and tired liberal talking point is Don’t Build the Wall. The new hotness is apparently Tear Down the Wall….

A Shift In Troop Deployments To The Southern Border

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 8:01 am on February 4, 2019 If you were expecting the President to pull back on his decision to deploy the military to the southern border, prepare…

Is It Time To Address Birth Tourism?

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 8:01 am on February 1, 2019 A series of federal arrests in California last month has brought the issue of what’s known as birth tourism back into…

The Next Migrant Caravan Is On The Move

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 9:21 am on January 16, 2019 AZBD Comment:  Do you see any women and children in this march? Last week we discussed the news that another large group of…

Tear Gas Deployed To Stave Off Caravan Migrants Again

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 9:41 am on January 2, 2019 The new year started with a bang down on the Mexican-American border near Tijuana. Unfortunately, the “bang” in question was the…

The Perverse Incentives Of ‘Catch-And-Release’ At The Southern Border

JOHN SEXTON Posted at 4:01 pm on December 28, 2018 Felipe Gomez Alonzo is the 8-year-old boy who died in U.S. custody on Christmas Eve. Yesterday a New Mexico medical examiner…

CBP Nabs Convicted Sex Offenders And More MS-13 Members At Border

JAZZ SHAW  Posted at 11:01 am on December 23, 2018 Our standoff at the southern border has calmed down a bit since Mexico recently agreed to keep the caravan members on…