108 illegal immigrants released by Border Patrol in Texas test positive for coronavirus, officials say

More than 100 illegal immigrants released by the Border Patrol into Texas since late January have tested positive for the coronavirus following their arrival, officials in a city on the U.S.-Mexico border tell Fox News.

Felipe Romero, a spokesperson for Brownsville, said Wednesday that the 108 positives represent 6.3% of the number of total migrants who have been rapid-tested at the city’s main bus station, where they are being released by the Border Patrol. Rapid testing of the individuals began there on Jan. 25. 

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Migrants wear Biden T-shirts at US-Mexico border, demand clearer policies

Migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday were photographed wearing T-shirts in support of President Biden at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state.

One apparent migrant held up a poster that read, "Biden, please let us in!" 

Prospective U.S. residents and progressive Democrats are hoping the new president will implement more lenient immigration policies than former President Trump, though some politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have expressed concern with Biden's use of migrant holding facilities at the border. 

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Rep. Crenshaw slams Biden's border policy: 'Prioritizing illegal immigrants over US citizens’

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, says he believes the Biden administration’s immigration policies are "prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens."

President Joe Biden yesterday said the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border was not a crisis and that his administration "will be able to handle it." The comments come amid an Axios report citing DHS projections that 117,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the border in 2021 

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Republicans want briefing from Mayorkas after DHS chief claims 'no' border crisis

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans on the Border Security Caucus are requesting a briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the escalating crisis at the southern border and warning that Biden administration policies are fueling it -- days after Mayorkas denied that there was a crisis at all.

Reps. Andy Biggs and Brian Babin, who are the heads of the Congressional Border Security Caucus, wrote to Mayorkas requesting a briefing on the administration’s plans to address what they see as a crisis.

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NTSB, CHP to meet amid human smuggling investigation in mass casualty crash in Imperial County

Holtville, Calif. (KABC) -- Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved when an SUV packed with 25 people slammed into a tractor-trailer in a remote Imperial County desert on Tuesday, killing the driver and 12 passengers near the Mexican border.

The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to meet Wednesday with the California Highway Patrol amid growing evidence that the group was being smuggled into the country. 

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'Mass-casualty' California crash on Mexico border: NTSB, highway investigators to peel through wreckage

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive in Southern California on Wednesday to probe the previous day's fatal crash involving an SUV that was said to be carrying 25 people near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to officials. Thirteen people died in the crash.

The NTSB and the California Highway Patrol will begin their investigation into the Tuesday morning crash near Holtville, California. At least three NTSB agents are expected to scour the scene, with the department’s investigator-in-charge expected to arrive first, the agency said. It was not immediately clear what time they were expected to be on scene. 

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Deadly California crash involving 25 immigrants jammed in SUV probed as human smuggling: ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that agents are conducting a human smuggling investigation and were at the scene of a devastating crash in California that left at least 13 people dead, according to the agency. 

The investigation was announced after human smugglers and 25 illegal immigrants jammed into a single SUV, which collided with a big rig and left bodies scattered across a roadway near the U.S. Mexico border on Tuesday, a Border Patrol source told Fox News. 

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Los Angeles vehicle chase results in death of innocent driver near Farmers Market; suspect arrested: report

A suspect was arrested Tuesday night following a vehicle pursuit that ended in a deadly crash in Los Angeles.

The suspect was wanted for alleged assault with a deadly weapon against a sheriff's deputy, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's West Hollywood Division said, according to KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. 

#BREAKING: A @WHDLASD pursuit ended at 3rd and Fairfax when the suspect slammed into an innocent driver. The suspect vehicle burst into flames and the other driver became trapped in their car when it got wedged between a building and a tree. @RoadSageLA overhead. #CBSLA pic.twitter.com/zIdZqEFLYt

— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersTV) March 3, 2021

The suspect crashed their car into another driver at Third and Fairfax near the historic Original Farmers Market and the famed Grove shopping center. 

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