Border Patrol arrests tick up for first time since height of crisis last year

US Border Patrol arrests on the southern border increased for the first time since last May, the height of the migration crisis on the US-Mexico border, according to data obtained by CNN.

The agency apprehended 30,068 migrants illegally crossing into the US from Mexico in February, up from around 29,200 in January, the unofficial data and last month's reported numbers show.

However, the numbers are far below last year. Last February, 66,883 people were arrested on the southwest border.

The uptick comes days after a federal appeals court dealt a major blow to the administration's immigration agenda, blocking a policy to send migrants to wait in Mexico for their US court dates. US officials have touted this program for helping reduce the number of people illegally crossing the border.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/politics/border-patrol-increase-february/index.html

AP Exclusive: Gun found inside Epstein jail during lockdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators found a loaded gun Thursday that had been smuggled into the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself last summer, following a weeklong lockdown that turned up other contraband and led to a criminal probe into guard misconduct, the federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press.

The handgun was located by Bureau of Prisons officers inside a housing unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, prison officials said in a statement to the AP. It marked a massive breach of protocol and raised serious questions about the security practices in place at the Bureau of Prisons, which is responsible for more than 175,000

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/ap-exclusive-gun-found-inside-epstein-jail-during-lockdown/2020/03/05/51cf3338-5f46-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html

Trump's Super Tuesday results: Broad appeal beyond a united GOP

While some in the media spent much of Super Tuesday reveling in Joe Biden’s awakening from political death, they entirely missed the untold story of Super Tuesday: President Donald Trump’s record-breaking vote counts and turnout.

Despite being an uncontested incumbent, President Trump managed to break several turnout and vote-count records in blue states and key swing states.

https://www.wnd.com/2020/03/trumps-super-tuesday-results-broad-appeal-beyond-united-gop/