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    Former Border Patrol, ICE Officials Refute Biden’s Claim He Doesn’t Have ‘Power’ to Secure Border
    President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that he doesn’t have the “power” to fix the crisis at the southern border, but four former federal border and immigration enforcement officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he in fact does have the power to fix it. Most of what Biden needs to do is reverse his…
    Jennie Taer
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    Massive Trucker Convoys Heading South for ‘Take Our Border Back’ Rallies
    Trucker convoys that could total as many as 700,000 vehicles are headed south to demand a secure border this weekend.  “We have a trucker convoy coming down to the border,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said in an interview with Fox Business Network, adding: “The American people have had enough. We’re demanding that the Biden administration do…
    Mary Elise Cosgray
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    ‘Grave Day’: House Republicans Take Big Step on Border Crisis
    Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cannot “remain in office any longer,” Rep. Mark Green says.   Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, oversaw the markup of two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on Tuesday and into early Wednesday morning.   “Today is a grave day,” Green said at the start of the…
    Virginia Allen
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    No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: The Cost of Unchecked Illegal Immigration on Americans—The BorderLine
    The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” used to…
    Simon Hankinson
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    EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Roger Marshall Tracks Serious Crimes Committed by Illegal Aliens During Biden Presidency
    The body of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez was found wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed in a laundry basket under her bed last summer. Police report that Maria was sexually assaulted and murdered while her father was at work, according to KHOU 11.   Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, is facing murder…
    Virginia Allen
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    Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
    President Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal…
    Deroy Murdock
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    GOP Lawmakers Call for Mayorkas Impeachment After Mother Claims His Border Policies ‘Partially Responsible’ for Daughter’s Death
    All 18 Republicans on a key House committee support the impeachment and removal of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, an announcement that directly followed a hearing Thursday in which two mothers laid the blame for the deaths of their daughters at the feet of President Joe Biden’s appointee.   “In my humble opinion, Mr. Mayorkas’…
    Virginia Allen
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    Biden’s Border Madness Has Cheapened What It Means to Be an American: The BorderLine
    The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— In just three short years, President Joe Biden’s reckless policies…
    Simon Hankinson
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    GOP Lawmakers Insist on Closing Border or Shutting Down Government
    Republican lawmakers insisted Wednesday that continuing to fund the government without securing the southern border in effect subsidizes modern-day slavery and a national security threat. “Law enforcement officials down on the southern border no longer call this an immigration problem. They call it a slave trade problem,” Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said at a Capitol…
    Fred Lucas
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    Mayorkas Says Over 85% of Illegal Aliens Are Released Into US Interior
    More than 85% of the illegal aliens encountered at the border are released into the interior of the U.S., according to reports. Following a private meeting between Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday, sources in the room told Fox News’ Bill Melugin that “Mayorkas admitted that…
    Virginia Allen
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    The BorderLine: Nazi Name-Calling Is the Last Refuge of the Progressive
    The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel,” said British…
    Simon Hankinson
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    It’s Lunacy to Give ‘Free’ Health Insurance to Illegal Aliens
    Across the globe, millions of people are on the move, defying borders and violating laws to escape poor countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and break into rich countries. The United States is their No. 1 destination. The U.S. needs a strategy to limit the burden on Americans and protect our quality of life….
    Betsy McCaughey
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    Speaker Johnson, 60 House Republicans See Illegal Aliens Approach Texas Border
    A group of illegal aliens attempting to cross the southern border into Texas on Wednesday could be seen just feet away from congressional Republicans discussing the border crisis. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and 60 other House Republicans visited Eagle Pass, Texas, to discuss the worsening border and illegal immigration crisis. During one leg of the visit,…
    Jake Smith
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    With Trip to Border and Looming Impeachment of Mayorkas, House GOP Prioritizing Illegal Immigration Crisis in New Year
    GOP lawmakers are aiming to send a clear message at the start of 2024: The southern border is a leading priority for Republicans.  On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee announced it will formally move forward with impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The committee will hold a hearing on the matter Jan….
    Virginia Allen
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    Illegal Immigrant Arrested at Capitol Carrying Machete Had Been Previously Held, Released
    A man who authorities arrested at the U.S. Capitol in connection with carrying a machete and a knife is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who federal border authorities previously released from custody, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday. Capitol Police first nabbed Jose Leonardo Marquez, 23, after noticing a machete under his clothes, and ICE took…
    Jennie Taer
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    The High Cost of Unlimited Illegal Immigration
    Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has had a change of heart over the immigration crisis on her state’s southern border with Mexico. Hobbs, a Democrat, recently reversed a decision not to deploy the National Guard. She sent over 200 troops from the Tucson sector and committed up to $5 million in Arizona taxpayers’ money to deploy…
    Tom Patterson
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    December Border Encounters Set Record, Could Fill Largest US Football Stadium Nearly 3 Times
    U.S. border agents encountered a record monthly number of illegal aliens on the southern border in December, News Nation reported Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 302,000 illegal immigrants at or between ports of entry during the last month of 2023, enough to fill Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor almost three times….
    Virginia Allen
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    Stop Funding ‘Rights for Migrants’ Legal Scam
    As a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health care, even the right to…
    Betsy McCaughey
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    FBI Has Massive 15-Month Backlog on DNA Testing for Migrants, Unearthed Emails Show
    The FBI has a 15-month backlog on DNA testing for migrants and is running out of money to sustain the program, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security email chain reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Customs and Border Protection uses tests from the FBI, which then analyzes and stores them for federal…
    Jennie Taer
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    The BorderLine: Chicago Mayor Lashes Out as Illegal Aliens Flood His Sanctuary City
    The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to its impact on cities and states throughout America. We also will shed light on other critical border-related issues such as human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. *** Chicago, like New York City, is struggling amid mass arrivals…
    Simon Hankinson
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