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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club on September 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Mayorkas spoke about a range of issues, including domestic extremism, Afghan refugees and the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Alejandro Mayorkas Announces 600,000 Illegal ‘Gotaways’ Crossed Border Into U.S. In 2023

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that more than 600,000 people illegally crossed into the United States without being arrested by border security during the 2023 fiscal year.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 09: A migrant couple from Venezuela and their 15-month-old son rest in the lobby of a police station where they have been staying with other migrant families since their arrival to the city on May 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a state of emergency on Tuesday amid a surge in migrant arrivals which began in August 2022 when the first group of immigrants were bused from Texas to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. According to Lightfoot's office, more than 8,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since last year, with the city currently reaching "a breaking point." About 500 migrants have reportedly been living in the lobbies of police precincts around the city where they sleep on the floors and rely on food donations. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago Gives Extra $9K In Rental Assistance To Immigrants In Need Of Housing, On Top Of $60M For Staffing

Chicago is providing an additional $9,000 in rental assistance to immigrants in need of housing accommodations, having just paid a medical company an astounding $7.2 million for staffing local shelters for one week, according to official documents released to the press.

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Elon Musk Supports Border Wall, Says Migrants Should Have ‘Evidence’ They Need Asylum

Elon Musk asserted that he is in support of a Mexico-United States border wall and says migrants need to show evidence in order to receive asylum.

Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migrants are transferred by agents of the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, US to ask for political asylum on December 27, 2022. - The US government's two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 stemmed off a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands waited at the southern border in expectation the policy was about to end. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal Judge Blocks Biden Asylum Policy

A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s policy for asylum seekers that went into effect after Title 42 was lifted.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 17: New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at the NYPD 40th Precinct on July 17, 2023 in New York City. Mayor Adams announced the appointment of First Deputy Commissioner Edward A. Caban as his new NYPD Commissioner at the precinct where his career first began making him the city's first Latino commissioner. Adams also appointed Tania Kinsella as the new first deputy police commissioner, the first woman of color to hold the position. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

NYC Mayor Announces New 60-Day Limit For Migrants, City Shelters Reach Max Capacity

During a Wednesday meeting, New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams said that NYC shelters have seen an overwhelming influx of more than 90,000 migrants since April 2022.

Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois, speaks to the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, July 14, 2021, after meeting with US President Joe Biden about the administration's infrastructure plan. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Illinois to force landlords to accept illegal immigrants as tenants

A new Illinois law will require landlords to rent or sell property to undocumented migrants, adding immigration status to the list of protected classes in the Illinois Human Rights Act.