Category: National News

One day after US and Mexican negotiators failed to reach a deal to prevent punitive US tariffs from going into effect over border security, Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed into Mexico from Guatemala in a caravan on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the response from Mexico marks a major step in compliance with President Trump’s demands that the country halt the flow of illegal immigration, primarily from Central America, in order to avoid 5% tariffs which are set to begin on Monday.

President Trump has confirmed that he will impose tariffs on Mexico until the illegal immigration problems at the southern US border are fixed.

TransDigm Group Inc. sold the Pentagon “drive pins” for $4,361 each – should only cost $46, a 9,400% gain in excess profits, according to the Inspector General US Department of Defense’s audit labeled “For Official Use Only” obtained by Bloomberg.

Following immense backlash from state lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a plan to send thousands of migrants to South Florida.  But, in addition to the two Florida counties, San Diego will receive hundreds of migrant families from South Texas.  The Border Patrol said that it was also considering distributing apprehended border-crossers to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York.

“Unauthorized border crossings have more than doubled in the past year, and they are on pace to exceed 1 million on an annual basis”