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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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    Biden’s Failure to Stop Border ‘Invasion’ Is Impeachable Offense, GOP House Member Says
    President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to stop the border crisis is an impeachable offense that eclipses the issues surrounding his ties to his family’s alleged influence peddling, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee says.  “Just on the border alone, we have a commander in chief that is operating in high crimes and misdemeanors because…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Phone Calls and Social Media Posts Drive Record High Illegal Immigration, Top Border Patrol Officials Report
    The modern flow of information is driving illegal immigration, according to multiple Border Patrol sector chiefs. If released into the interior of the U.S., some illegal aliens allegedly share their success on social media, or call home and encourage family or friends to cross the border and join them in America, furthering a cycle of illegal border…
    Virginia Allen
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    The BorderLine: Is There Really a Link Between Climate Change and Mass Migration?
    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. ——————————————————— To avoid admitting that President Joe Biden’s own policies are…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Will We Get a Bad Border Deal for Christmas?
    Don’t hold your breath that some senators will be able to squeeze border sanity out of the White House in exchange for billions more in aid to Ukraine, all before they go home for Christmas. Before discussing the latest effort, it’s worth noting new laws aren’t even needed to fix about 80% of the border…
    Simon Hankinson
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    House Passes Bill Barring Funding to House Illegal Aliens on Federal Land
    The federal government shouldn’t be permitted to use taxpayer funds to house illegal aliens on federal government land, under a bill passed by the House on Thursday.  The legislation was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and specifically prohibits federal funding from being used to provide housing for illegal aliens on land that is under the…
    Virginia Allen
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    The BorderLine: Memo from McAllen—A Look Inside the Mayorkas Migration Machine
    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. ——————————————————— The Biden administration would have you believe that its purportedly…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Mayorkas Set for Return to Hot Seat for Hearing on Threats at Border
    Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to face a barrage of questions regarding the security threats at America’s southern border at another hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.  Mayorkas is set to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.” The homeland security chief recently testified…
    Virginia Allen
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    Migrant Encounters at the Southern Border Remain at Record Levels in October
    Federal authorities recorded 240,988 migrant encounters at the southern border in October, sustaining record highs seen under the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection data released Tuesday. The number of encounters along the southern border in September totaled 269,735, marking the highest month on record. CBP recorded 232,963 and 183,479 encounters in August and July,…
    Jennie Taer
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    SPLC Goes to Extreme Lengths to Brand Speaker Mike Johnson ‘Racist’ on Immigration
    Democrats can celebrate the migrants pouring into America as a hopeful new generation, but the moment a Republican suggests his political opponents see illegal immigrants as a potential new voting bloc, he’s a racist conspiracy theorist. Just ask the Southern Poverty Law Center, which acknowledged Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., winning election to become speaker of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The BorderLine: New York’s ‘Right to Shelter’—Why Are Taxpayers Forced to House Unlimited Illegal Aliens?
    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. ———————————————————- Faced with a flood of caught-and-released illegal…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Cruz Recounts ‘Horrifying’ Scene at Southern Border During Midnight Patrol With Agents
    Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was at the southern border late Thursday night and into Friday and encountered a situation he calls “horrifying.”   While on a midnight patrol with Border Patrol agents, Cruz encountered a group of about 20 illegal aliens in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. They had turned themselves in to Border Patrol, and the…
    Virginia Allen
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    The BorderLine: Cities, States Can’t Continue to Shoulder Costs of Biden’s Deliberate Border Crisis
    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. ———————————————————- “Will we have enough unicorn poop to pay for it,…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Biden Admin Reports Over 3 Million Illegal Aliens on America’s Borders in Single Year
    For the first time ever, U.S. border agents encountered over 3.2 million illegal aliens on America’s borders in a single fiscal year, a number that is greater than the combined population of Hawaii, Alaska, and Vermont.   U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CPB, reported Saturday that agents encountered 3,201,144 illegal immigrants at or between ports…
    Virginia Allen | Ken McIntyre
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    The BorderLine: Revoke the Visas of Students Who Support Terrorists
    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. ———————————————————- The United States is a tolerant society with…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Iranians on America’s Terrorist Watchlist Encountered on Southern Border
    Illegal aliens on America’s terrorist watchlist are crossing America’s southern border, including at least two from Iran so far this month, authorities say.   Since Oct. 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended at least two Iranians at the border who are on the watchlist, officially called the Terrorist Screening Data Base, according to…
    Virginia Allen
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