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    Immigration Amendment Doesn’t Belong in National Defense Authorization Act
    It’s National Defense Authorization Act time again,  and as usual, Congress is trying to pack the must-pass bill chock-full of provisions and 1,230 amendments, most of which have no place in the bill and, worse,  nothing to do with national defense. This year, special interests are attempting to include dangerous and pricey provisions that would…
    Erin Dwinell | Simon Hankinson
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    Biden and the Left Exploit Child’s Tragedy, Ignore Illegal Alien Who Raped Her
    While the story of the 10-year-old Ohio girl who made national headlines for traveling to Indiana for an abortion after being raped remains in the headlines, the media would rather largely ignore the rest of the story—that the illegal alien suspect in her rape, Gerson Fuentes, has been arrested and charged. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
    Erin Dwinell | Hannah Davis
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    DC’s Solution to Illegal Immigrants Bused From Texas: ‘Put Them on Train to Miami’ 
    Editor’s note July 25: In emails Monday, a D.C. Department of Health spokesperson and FEMA’s press secretary responded to The Daily Signal’s original report published July 22. This developing story has been updated to reflect their comments. After expressing alarm in April about the arrival in the nation’s capital of a bus carrying illegal immigrants…
    Roman Jankowski
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    Supreme Court Unwisely Lets Biden End Program Making Illegal Aliens Remain in Mexico
    As the U.S. southern border is being overrun with record numbers of illegal aliens month after month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Biden administration’s termination of the successful Remain in Mexico program in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and…
    Lora Ries | Hans von Spakovsky
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    White House Rejects Blame for 50 Illegal Immigrants Found Dead in Texas
    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rejected criticism Tuesday from Republicans that the Biden administration is to blame for the human smuggling attempt that left at least 50 migrants dead in Texas, insisting that the southern border is “closed.” At least 50 illegal immigrants are dead after an 18-wheeler smuggling them was found Monday night near San…
    Jennie Taer
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    Terrorists Surf-in Atop Biden Democrats’ Illegal Alien Tsunami
    “The fact is that our borders are not open,” according to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus. You could have fooled me. Notwithstanding this unfounded claim by a member of Team Biden, Border Patrol agents confronted 234,088 illegal aliens in April. This is yet another record shattered by an administration that smashes all the…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Biden Slammed for Providing Baby Formula to Illegal Immigrants Amid Shortage
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd slammed President Joe Biden Thursday for allegedly providing migrants with baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., shared photos on Twitter Wednesday showing stocked shelves of baby formula in one Texas migrant facility. Abbott and Judd said the issue is just another…
    Jennie Taer
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    Biden Administration Sneaks Unlawful Immigration Benefits Into Ukraine Aid Request
    President Joe Biden recently sent an emergency supplemental funding request to Congress for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine. However, the administration used the opportunity to sneak in unlawful immigration benefits for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian, Afghan, and Russian immigrants—paid for by the American people and at the expense of lawful applicants who have…
    Erin Dwinell
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    After Texas National Guardsman Drowns Saving Illegal Aliens at Border, Biden Administration Shirks Responsibility
    Brave Texas Army National Guard member Specialist Bishop E. Evans tragically drowned on April 22 saving the lives of two illegal aliens attempting to cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. Despite creating the very crisis that put Evans there, the Biden administration has shrugged off any and all responsibility for the 22-year-old’s death….
    Erin Dwinell
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    Illegal Immigrants on Run ‘Harass’ Texas Border Farmers
    MISSION, Texas—Many of the illegal immigrants who run through a grapefruit farm in the Rio Grande Valley owned by Sharon and Joe Waite aren’t those who feel secure enough to rely on the U.S. “catch and release” policy—meaning the migrants likely have a criminal record, the couple says.   Their 1,100-acre grapefruit farm and cattle ranch…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Smartphones for Illegal Aliens Shouldn’t Replace Detention  
    The announcement that the Biden administration is giving free smartphones to illegal aliens who recently crossed the border understandably has incensed Americans. It brings back memories of “Obamaphones.” Although the “Bidenphone” has limited functionality and provides better immigration enforcement awareness than none at all, it underscores the better options of preventing illegal immigration and detaining those who…
    Thomas Homan
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    Under Cartel Control: Life on This Stretch of Rio Grande
    HIDALGO, Texas—This seemingly tranquil stretch of the Rio Grande is, in reality, controlled by drug cartels that exploit it for illicit activities. The Daily Signal visited a water treatment facility nestled on the river’s edge in Hidalgo to speak with local stakeholders as well as the Border Patrol. We asked how they’ve been affected by…
    Gloria Taylor | Philip Reynolds
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    Biden’s Radical Open Borders Policies Prompt Pushback
    President Joe Biden is about to blow open the floodgates on illegal immigration at the border, and the governor of Texas is vowing to push back. “To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Texas Governor Pledges to Bus Illegal Immigrants to Nation’s Capital
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will charter buses to send migrants entering his state illegally to Washington, D.C., in response to an expected border surge when the Biden administration ends a public health measure known as Title 42. “To help local officials, whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are…
    Jennie Taer
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    Immigration Experts Back Lawmaker in Decrying Biden’s ‘Reckless’ Plan for Border
    Rep. Andy Biggs, a lawmaker from a border state, got support from former immigration enforcement officials Tuesday in assailing President Joe Biden's border security policies, calling them "reckless" and far from "humane."  Their remarks came at a press conference called to respond to the Biden administration's decision to revoke Title 42, a policy that allows…
    Douglas Blair
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    House Panel Pushes to Further Fragment Our Immigration System by Moving Courts
    In a move that will prove to be all smoke and mirrors, the House Judiciary Committee is set to consider a bill that would displace immigration courts and their parent agency from the Justice Department and create an independent court outside the executive branch. Although touted as a way to cut down on bureaucracy and…
    Joseph Edlow
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    Biden Wants Blank Check to Fund Open Borders Immigration Priorities
    The Biden administration is publicly proud of its open border policies and seeks to “expand on the historic progress” it has made over the past year to spend even more taxpayer money in 2023 to process even more illegal aliens into the country and grant them asylum. In his statement for President Joe Biden’s $97.3…
    Lora Ries
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    Biden Owes Border Patrol Belated Apology Over Phony Charges of ‘Whipping’ Illegal Aliens
    Lest anyone still thinks the Biden administration supports the U.S. Border Patrol, we have now passed the six-month mark since the administration called for an investigation of horse patrol agents engaging with Haitian migrants illegally entering the U.S. near Del Rio, Texas. The administration still hasn’t released the completed investigation report. After clearly making up…
    Thomas Homan
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    Texas Lawmaker Blasts Biden’s Open Borders for Illegal Immigration, Fentanyl Crises
    Americans in every state—not just those in the southwest—should be concerned about President Joe Biden’s lack of border security and the resulting drug crisis, a Texas congressman says. “Every state is a border state now,” said Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas. “I think the government has spent about $350 million this past year on transportation costs…
    Maggie Hroncich
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    Officials Assail Biden Inaction: ‘Mexican Cartels Basically Control Our Border Now’
    As the fentanyl crisis ravages the country, elected officials and former border protection and drug enforcement officers are calling on the Biden administration to take action to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.  “If you look at the age group of people between 18 and 45 over the past year, the leading cause of death is not…
    Maggie Hroncich
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