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    California Democrat Wants DeSantis Investigated for ‘Trafficking’ Illegal Aliens
    A California state lawmaker is calling for an investigation of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the “illegal trafficking of migrants.”  DeSantis “illegally trafficked vulnerable migrants across state lines” and transported illegal aliens “unknowingly” to California to score “cheap political points,” California Assemblyman Evan Low, a Democrat, said Tuesday in a written statement.  DeSantis, a Republican,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Biden’s Misguided Priorities: Ukraine, Illegal Aliens vs. Hawaii
    Hawaii, once a symbol of nature’s grace, now lies devastated, a chilling semblance of a war zone. At least 100 lives have been lost to the flames of a devastating wildfire, with hundreds of homes obliterated and families shattered. But in the face of this profound tragedy, President Joe Biden has responded with a suggestion…
    Armstrong Williams
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    8 Democrats Who Have Declared States of Emergency Over Border Crisis
    Most elected Democrats across the country have either been silent about or openly promoted the Biden administration’s border policies. But once the effects of those policies were felt at home, putting thousands of illegal aliens in their own backyards, several Democrats have acknowledged there is a problem. Democratic leaders in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Mexican Cartels’ Wristbands Underscore Mayorkas’ Willful Blindness on Border
    In a heated exchange with Sen. Ted Cruz in late March, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he had no knowledge of the use of wristbands by Mexican cartels at the Texas-Mexico border. Texas lawmakers, including Cruz, aren’t buying it. Mayorkas’ widely reported interaction with Cruz, a Republican, only invited more questions as to the…
    Kim Lain
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    Open Borders Creating Bidenvilles of Homelessness. Who Saw That Coming?
    A year ago, I wrote about the obvious connection between illegal immigration and homelessness in U.S. cities. Since then, encounters with inadmissible aliens at the border have remained at more than 150,000 a month, often over 200,000. Of these, perhaps half are being released into the country, either under the charade of a “removal process”…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Democratic Leaders Tell Biden NYC at ‘Breaking Point’ After Receiving More Than 90,000 Illegal Aliens
    New York City is “at a breaking point” after more than 90,000 illegal aliens have arrived in the city since last spring, according to city leadership.   A group of 54 NYC Democratic elected officials, including state senators and assembly members, sent a letter to President Joe Biden Wednesday asking him for “help.”   “Our City…
    Virginia Allen
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    Irony at Tex-Mex Border
    The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Texas’ Republican governor, Greg Abbott, for using floating barriers in the Rio Grande river to stop migrants who are breaking U.S. law by illegally crossing the southern border. For this the word “irony” was created. Defined, it means “the use of words to convey a meaning…
    Cal Thomas
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    Mayorkas Dodges Questions During Judiciary Hearing on Failure to Secure America’s Borders
    House Republicans pressed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on his failure to secure the U.S.-Mexico border during a roughly four-hour hearing Wednesday. The Biden administration “violates the law under the guise of instituting safe, orderly, and humane policies,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said at the start of the House Judiciary Committee hearing. Lawmakers pressed Mayorkas…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘America’s New Slave Trade’ Is Here at Hands of Mexican Cartels, Border Expert Tells Lawmakers
    Jaeson Jones held up a handful of colored wristbands during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday.   “What I’m holding in my hand before you today, I want to be very clear, this is America’s new slave trade,” Jones, a former captain for intelligence and counterterrorism at the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified…
    Virginia Allen
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    Left ‘Undermines Americans’ With Its Open Border Policy, Ken Cuccinelli Says
    “The radical Left thinks” that viewing immigration from a pro-American standpoint is “selfish, as if we owe the world welfare.” In reality, if America doesn’t protect and secure her borders, “you really don’t have a nation,” former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts during Roberts’ weekly podcast show.  Cuccinelli,…
    Gigi De La Torre
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    Billionaire Businessman, Grandson of Immigrants, Calls on Americans to ‘Stand Up’ for Their Nation
    If America doesn’t solve its “economic crisis,” self-described billionaire John Catsimatidis warned a Capitol Hill audience, the American dream is in grave danger.  Catsimatidis, a businessman descended from Greek immigrants who says he achieved that dream, spoke about the state of the nation while promoting his new book Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation. Catsimatidis is…
    Gigi De La Torre
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    Liberals’ ‘Solutions’ for Illegal Immigration, Shoplifting Only Make Matters Worse
    Samuel Johnson, father of the dictionary, called second marriages “the triumph of hope over experience.” That sounds like “progressive” policy on immigration and crime—and they get both wrong. The Biden administration wants increased and easier immigration. While most Americans support reasonable legal immigration, they reject unlimited numbers via open borders. Last year, a majority of…
    Simon Hankinson
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    ‘Unacceptable and Irresponsible’: GOP Congresswoman Raps NYC Mayor’s Plan to House Illegal Aliens in Schools
    New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under fire after announcing tentative plans to house illegal aliens in public schools over the summer.   “Our schools and educational resources should be dedicated to our children, not diverted to support unvetted migrants who are entering our country illegally,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal….
    Virginia Allen
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    With Morale in ‘Tank,’ New Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens Has Work Cut Out for Him
    Jason Owens’ greatest challenge as new chief of the U.S. Border Patrol is improving agents’ morale, immigration experts say.  Border Patrol agents are “overwhelmed,” Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Daily Signal.  “Improving morale amongst Border Patrol agents” will be Owens "biggest challenge," Arthur…
    Virginia Allen
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    1 Step Forward and 1 Step Back in Immigration Enforcement
    When it comes to our immigration laws, the Supreme Court issued two important decisions on Friday, one that benefits the enforcement of the law and one that, unfortunately, does not but instead will allow the Biden administration to continue to endanger public safety due to, as Justice Samuel Alito said in his dissent, its “federal…
    Hans von Spakovsky | Thomas Jipping
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    Increased Illegal Immigration Brings Increased Crime: Almost 2/3 of Federal Arrests Involve Noncitizens
    Customs and Border Protection encountered over 275,000 illegal aliens crossing our borders nationwide in April alone, setting a distressing precedent for increased illegal entries under the Biden administration. While the majority of illegal aliens seek a better life, the undeniable link between increasing illegal immigration and crime poses a significant threat to American communities. President…
    Hannah Davis
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    Fact Check: Biden Admin Says Encounters With Illegal Aliens Are Way Down at Border. Is It True?
    The Biden administration is celebrating a dramatic decrease of 70% in the official number of encounters with illegal aliens in the past month at the nation's southwest border.   “As a result of planning and execution—which combined stiffer consequences for unlawful entry with a historic expansion of lawful pathways and processes—unlawful entries between ports of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Rep. Andy Biggs Asks If Mayorkas Violated Border Security Law. ‘Yes,’ Expert Answers.
    The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security is violating U.S. immigration law, border security and immigration experts say.   “The U.S. Constitution requires the administration to ‘take care that the immigration and border security laws be faithfully executed.’ It is clear to me, and to millions of Americans, that the Biden administration has failed to do…
    Virginia Allen
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    Leftist Hypocrisy: Failing to Criticize Environmental Disaster of Biden’s Open Border
    Today is World Environment Day, the U.N.’s “Day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.” Trees will be planted, oceans will be filtered of plastics, many will choose to ride their bikes rather than drive their cars, and streaming platforms will suggest climate-related documentaries. However, none of these things addresses a truly…
    Hannah Davis
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    DC Mayor Sought Control of National Guard Months Before Migrant Crisis
    D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser attempted to take control of the District of Columbia National Guard last year, with the stated goal of addressing a surge in illegal immigrants from Texas and Arizona, by pressuring the White House. However, Bowser and the city government left leaders of the D.C. National Guard in the dark about the…
    Fred Lucas
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