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    Biden-Harris Admin Raids FEMA Funds to Resettle Illegal Aliens
    Editor’s note: This commentary originally was published in September 2023. Federal spending is hard enough to keep track of at the best of times, but the Biden-Harris administration is highly adept at hiding how it funds its open-borders agenda. In a cynical budget negotiation tactic, the White House is trying to push through a $40…
    Simon Hankinson
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    ‘The BorderLine’ Anniversary Column: Revisiting Biden’s Border by the Numbers One Year Later
    Welcome to the 52nd edition of “The BorderLine”! For the past year, every week, I have tried to capture the unprecedented nature of the Biden-Harris administration’s migration ideology, which mostly boils down to letting in millions more foreign nationals at the border than Congress has ever authorized while severely limiting enforcement of immigration laws inside…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Millions Are Being Spent on Unused ICE Beds, Even as Hundreds of Thousands of Criminal Migrants Aren’t Being Detained
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent millions on unused bed space while hundreds of thousands of criminal migrants are not being detained by the agency. There are more than 425,000 convicted criminal noncitizens on ICE’s non-detained docket living in the United States as of July 21, according to data released Thursday by ICE acting Director…
    Jason Hopkins
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    New Data on Migrant Crime Rates Raises Eyebrows, Alarms
    The new data on all the criminal noncitizens coming into the U.S. is shocking. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement checks the background of illegal aliens it has in custody. But the ICE administration’s letter to Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, shows that as of July 21, ICE let 435,719 convicted criminals and 226,847 people with pending criminal charges back in…
    John R Lott Jr.
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    ‘Profound Concern’: UN Refugee Agency Claims US Border Rules Are Too Tough
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A United Nations agency expressed “profound concern” on Monday over the Biden administration’s updated asylum restrictions along the U.S-Mexico border. President Joe Biden on Monday updated an executive order that will help keep in place asylum restrictions and control the number of unlawful crossings at the southern border. However, the United Nations…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Why Are Working-Age Men Leaving the Workforce? Immigration Sheds Light on Issue, Expert Says
    The illegal immigration crisis at the southern border has not only created a culture of lawlessness at the Southern border, it has also adversely affected the labor and housing markets. That’s according to the testimony of Center for Immigration Studies director of research Steven Camarota at a hearing of the House Oversight subcommittee on National…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Goya CEO: ‘No,’ Trump’s Pro-Border Security Agenda Won’t Cost Him Hispanic Vote
    Hispanic voters who came to the country legally are “not for people just coming over the border” illegally, Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue says.  “No,” Unanue said, when asked whether former President Donald Trump’s border policies would cost him the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential election.  The CEO is a longtime supporter of Trump…
    Virginia Allen
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    Experts Predict Up to 2.7M Votes Will Be Cast by Illegal Immigrants
    Do you plan to vote this November? You’re not alone. Experts say somewhere between 1.5 million and 2.7 million illegal immigrants are likely to cast a ballot in the 2024 elections, affecting races from dogcatcher to president of the United States. The historic flood of illegal immigrants during the Biden-Harris administration has also padded voter…
    Ben Johnson
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    Kamala Harris Silent on Whether She Still Supports ‘Transgender Operations on Illegal Aliens That Are in Prison’
    At Tuesday night’s debate, former President Donald Trump said his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, supports “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison.” Harris looked on skeptically, suggesting Trump was off his rocker. Yet Harris has indeed supported transgender medical interventions on illegal alien prisoners, and she has not publicly disavowed the claim….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Venezuelan Illegal Alien Gang Activity Wreaking Havoc in US
    A Venezuelan émigré gang is wreaking havoc in U.S. communities. In El Paso, Texas, the Tren de Aragua gang took over a hotel. And in Aurora, Colorado, members of the same Venezuelan gang have been terrorizing residents in rundown apartment complexes.  Tren de Aragua is a “Venezuelan prison gang and … they’ve been wreaking havoc…
    Virginia Allen
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    DOJ Charges Illegal Immigrant With Voting in Multiple Elections
    Amid debate in Congress over requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, federal prosecutors in Alabama charged an illegal immigrant with obtaining a false identity in 2011 and voting unlawfully in multiple elections, including two presidential contests.  The Justice Department announced that the illegal immigrant from Guatemala agreed to a guilty plea after…
    Fred Lucas
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    Fraud Permeates Biden-Harris’ Illegal Alien ‘Sponsorship’ Program: The BorderLine
    In the run-up to November’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris is attempting to rewrite history and absolve herself of her administration’s policy of facilitating mass illegal migration into the U.S. through reckless releases of aliens caught at the border and bogus alien “parole” programs. Against much existing evidence, a new ad her campaign is running…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Despite Tough Talk, Biden-Harris Admin Rolls Out Red Carpet for Illegal Alien Gangs: The BorderLine
    Nothing illustrates the grave price of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policy like the preventable crimes that occur with dismaying frequency across the country. At the border, Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has for nearly four years been catching, then almost immediately releasing into the U.S. interior, thousands of young illegal alien men weekly. It…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Biden Executive Order Enables Illegal Aliens to Vote, Election Expert Says
    A 2021 Biden administration executive order constitutes unlawful and potentially partisan interference in the election process, according to a new report from Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. President Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order 14019 directs executive branch departments and federal employees to use federal resources to get out the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Kamala Harris Used to Think Border Wall Was ‘Un-American.’ Now She Supports It.
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Vice President Kamala Harris has reversed her position on spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build a wall along the southern border, Axios reported Tuesday. Harris is now in favor of building a wall after being attacked repeatedly by former President Donald Trump for presiding over an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration to…
    Nick Pope
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    ‘Large Number’ of Illegal Aliens Will Vote in 2024 Elections, Most Americans Say
    Many on the Left suggest that concerns about illegal aliens casting votes in a presidential election are unfounded. After all, illegal aliens can’t legally vote. Yet a new poll suggests that most Americans expect that illegal aliens will be allowed to vote in the Nov. 5 election. When asked, “How likely is it that a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    California Proposal to Give Home Loans to Illegal Aliens Comes Under Fire
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—California lawmakers are one step closer to making hundreds of millions of taxpayer-funded home loans available to residents living in the country illegally. Democrats on the California Senate Appropriations Committee late last week unanimously approved AB 1840 to move forward, according to an official vote tally for the legislation. The bill has one last…
    Jason Hopkins
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    The ‘Deep State’ Immigration Policy Civil Servants Who Need Ousting
    When a new president is elected, especially when that president is from a different party from the previous administration, personnel changes ensue. But just as important as who a new president should hire for his or her administration is the consideration of who to fire, or at least remove from positions significant influence, according to…
    Virginia Allen
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    How Ruling Elites Continue to Stifle Debate Over Immigration Policy: The BorderLine
    All repressive and authoritarian regimes, from Caracas to Pyongyang, suppress speech. Rulers like Russia’s Vladimir Putin or China’s Xi Jinping cannot tolerate truth, as it can threaten their hold on power. Today, free speech is under attack even in the “free” world, and those attacks are undermining democracy at its core. An informed electorate will…
    Simon Hankinson
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    NYC on Track to Spend $10 Billion on Illegal Aliens Over 3 Years
    New York City plans to spend $4.75 billion on resources for illegal immigrants over the next year, according to the mayor’s office. The city is on track to spend nearly $10 billion on illegal aliens over three years. The Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” laws protect many illegal aliens from deportation, making the city a top destination…
    Virginia Allen
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