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Dr. Oz Reveals Plan to Cut Illegal Immigrants From Taxpayer-Funded Health Care
The nation’s top Medicaid official said he is upgrading the government’s technology to stop illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid. “We now can do it a very straightforward way for the 44 states that don’t have state-based Medicaid plans for us to be able to audit it,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet… -
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Fake Gay? Mauritanian Arrested After Getting Asylum Under False Pretenses
Federal authorities are seeking to deport an illegal alien from Mauritania who allegedly secured asylum in the United States under false pretenses, claiming he was gay before later marrying an American woman. The U.S. offers asylum to applicants who can demonstrate a reasonable fear of persecution in their home countries, and the northwest African country… -
Hit-and-Run, Homicide, Assault, Robbery: Congress Probes Effects of California Sanctuary Policies
Pointing to rising crime rates and a crash that killed an 11-year-old boy last December, leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked law enforcement leaders in two major California cities to provide information on sanctuary policies they say shield criminal illegal aliens. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and two subcommittee chairmen—Republican Reps…. -
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DOJ Says ‘Discriminatory and Obstructionist Policies’ in These Blue States Endanger ICE Agents
Four blue states are putting federal agents in danger in an effort to hinder immigration enforcement, a Justice Department action contends. On Monday, days after a Justice Department lawsuit, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, ordered state agencies to continue denying undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. This marks one of the… -
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Victims Demand Inquiry Into Sanctuary Policies in Virginia and Illinois
A republic is not ordinarily undone by a single dramatic stroke. Instead, it is softened by evasions—failures to comply with rules and failures by officials to do their duties. And so, the present controversies in Fairfax County, Virginia, and in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois, are not merely another quarrel over immigration policy. They are… -
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Michigan Voters Say They’re Sick of Mass Muslim Migration
When polled, Michigan voters express their disapproval of the masses of Third World migrants in the United States. In fact, by a stunning 6-to-1 margin, Michigan voters believe the state welcomes too many Islamic immigrants. For decades, ever since the disastrous Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965, America has invited in masses of migrants from the Third World, mostly based simply on family ties rather… -
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New Jersey Governor Blames Out-Of-State Agitators for Inflaming Newark ICE Detention Protests
NEWARK, New Jersey, May 31 (Reuters) – Out-of-state agitators have escalated tensions at protests outside a Newark immigrant detention center, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said on Saturday, as the city imposed an overnight curfew around the embattled Delaney Hall facility. Sherrill, who had ordered state police to take control outside the facility, said five… -
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Is the Government Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex? Trump Wants Answers
Is the federal government still funneling taxpayer dollars to some of the leftist activist groups that called the shots during President Joe Biden’s administration? The Trump White House is asking federal agencies to investigate past and potentially continuing funding for a host of nonprofits, many of which are associated with aggressive promotion of leftist causes…. -
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Anti-ICE Protesters Just Exposed the Democrats’ Working-Class Problem
Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst for the Daily Signal, said that recent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in New Jersey are part of a broader pattern of organized agitation aimed at undermining law enforcement and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Appearing Thursday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Cooke responded to video of… -
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Irate Truck Driver Tells Off Anti-ICE Rioters at New Jersey Facility
An ongoing protest outside a New Jersey Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility again turned violent as activists clashed with federal authorities Wednesday. Protesters surrounded the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, late Wednesday night and Thursday morning as agents deployed pepper spray and batons. Members of the crowd, many of whom were wearing… -
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America Must Learn From Britain’s Mass Migration Disaster
As America approaches the 250th anniversary of its divorce from England, Nick Freitas joins the “Signal Sitdown” podcast to discuss the state of the United Kingdom. This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: You were just in the United Kingdom. Nick Freitas: Yes, I was. Devlin: On our 250th birthday, you were… -
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Britain’s 7-Step Program to Ruin
Out of about 5,000 seats up for vote in Britain’s recent local council elections, the ruling Labour Party lost 1,100 in its worst-ever result, while the new Reform UK Party gained 1,300. A major factor was migration. Here are seven steps successive governments took that led to that being such an issue. 1. Let mass… -
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Trump Team to Restore ‘Integrity and Safety’ for American Truckers
Legislation that would bar illegal immigrants and non-English speakers from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses is advancing in the U.S. House after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy renewed his push for the measure this week. “Dalilah’s Law would have revoked this illegal trucker’s license,” Duffy wrote on X, responding to reports that an illegal immigrant truck driver… -
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DIGNIDAD Act Co-Sponsor Makes a Telling Admission
“If we agree as a country that we want 20 million people deported … I will support that decision,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., who is co-sponsoring the DIGNIDAD Act, told the Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett on Tuesday in an extremely awkward interview. Stutzman must have forgotten the 2024 election. Mass deportations, reminiscent of President Dwight… -
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Where Does Sherrod Brown Stand on ICE?
As he seeks a comeback, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, spoke with CNN about what another term of his would look like, sparking chatter about his stance on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. During the interview, CNN’s Manu Raju asked about the leftward shift of his party. “Since you left Washington, there are some issues in… -
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Thune Stalls DHS Funding Bill Again, Sending Congress Home
The long-stalled Department of Homeland Security immigration funding bill unexpectedly stalled again Thursday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader John Thune delayed the vote until after the long weekend and the even longer recess, missing President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline. On Tuesday, Thune told the press that senators were going to vote this week on the… -
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GOP Congress Goes After the ‘Ethnic Scam’ Crippling America
Republicans are discovering billions of taxpayers’ dollars going to waste, being spent fraudulently, and abused by American bureaucracy systems, specifically the welfare state. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is leading the fraud investigations, rooted in immigration policy issues, in Congress. “A lot of this is being done by foreigners,” Gill said at a Republican Study Committee… -
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Georgia Candidates Claim Parties’ Support
Georgia voters on Tuesday cast their ballots to choose their parties’ nominees for U.S. Senate, governor, and lieutenant governor. Aside from incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff, the Peach State has new nominees to represent voters in the November general election. Governor’s Race Georgia’s top two candidates for both parties will head to their state’s runoff… -
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Hawley, Tim Tebow Win Child Protection in Senate DHS Funding Bill, Reconciliation 2.0
The Senate GOP is taking the next steps to pass legislation to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security this week. Thanks to pro-family GOP senators, key legislation to protect children will be included in the long-awaited Reconciliation 2.0. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Secure America Act will “hopefully” be voted on… -
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Federal Fentanyl Crackdown Drops Overdose Deaths to Record Low
As fentanyl overdose deaths fall to levels not seen since 2019, Republicans in both the executive and legislative branches say they intend to push those numbers even lower. State-level data reinforces the trend. In Pennsylvania, a state with a higher average rate of overdose deaths than most states, overdose deaths dropped by 60% in 2025,…