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    Effective Immigration Enforcement Can’t Rely on Honor System
    Despite President Joe Biden’s State of the Union call March 1 to secure our border, his administration continues to keep our border open and further neuter immigration enforcement. It’s become increasingly clear that the Biden administration has a globalist view and is not interested in protecting this country’s borders—or its citizens. Now, it appears the…
    Thomas Homan
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    Arizona AG Mark Brnovich Fights for Trump’s Immigration Rule at Supreme Court
    Illegal immigration is taking the spotlight at the Supreme Court. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich argued Wednesday before the nine justices in favor of former President Donald Trump’s “public charge” rule. That rule, based on a concept that goes back to 1882, would prevent illegal immigrants from gaining citizenship if they use too many social…
    Douglas Blair
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    School Assigns Seventh Graders to Read Novel Glamorizing Illegal Immigration
    A Virginia parent says his seventh grade daughter was assigned to read a book meant to “elicit sympathy” for illegal immigrants.  At the end of January, Michael Erickson’s daughter and her classmates were assigned the 2007 novel “Crossing the Wire” by Will Hobbs.  The novel promotes a “leftist-leaning philosophy that we should just open up…
    Virginia Allen
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    California Provides Millions in Loans for Illegal Alien Business Owners
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, confirmed that his administration is providing economic relief to businesses in his state that do not otherwise qualify for federal aid, including those owned by illegal aliens. “[W]e always consider those that are documented, those that are undocumented, those that are living in mixed-status families,” Newsom said Friday during…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Nonprofit Accused of Breaking Rules Gets $178M Contract to House Migrant Children at Border
    The Biden administration is paying more than $175 million to a nonprofit that has faced allegations of financial mismanagement to house unaccompanied children who illegally crossed the southern border.  The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $178 million contract to Southwest Key Programs, also known as SWK Inc., to house unaccompanied children at…
    Fred Lucas
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    Migrants Are Setting Up Camps Across Mexico, Hoping to Be Allowed Into US
    New migrant campsites have sprung up around Mexico throughout 2021 as migrants have grown uncertain of whether they’ll be able to remain in the U.S., The Associated Press reported Thursday. Camps are full of migrants, including many children and those who can’t apply for asylum in the U.S. because of Title 42 restrictions, who have to…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    White House’s Border Policies Bring Death and Misery
    In the middle of heated political battles in Washington, D.C., it can become easy to forget the real, human toll that America’s porous border takes on United States citizens. The family of Francisco Javier Cuellar, however, is unlikely to ever forget. The 46-year-old Cuellar was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, last month, allegedly murdered by an…
    Dale Wilcox
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    EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Demand Answers From Garland on Reported $450,000 Payments to Illegal Aliens
    Republican lawmakers are demanding answers from President Joe Biden’s administration on reported massive payments to be made to illegal immigrants, a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal shows.  “Recent reports indicate that the Biden administration, as part of negotiations with a left-wing activist group, is considering paying $450,000 per person to aliens who entered…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    How Many More Illegal Immigrants Will Cross Border?
    “They’re Coming to America” – Neil Diamond The numbers are staggering. Should we call them invaders instead of migrants, since that word better describes the hordes of humanity coming across what used to be our southern border, a border that has been effectively erased? In March, the COVID positivity rate for those breaching our border…
    Cal Thomas
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    Biden Administration Blocks This Sheriff From Detaining Illegal Immigrants
    Far from the southern border, Massachusetts is rarely the first place one thinks about regarding illegal immigration. But the pull of generous sanctuary cities and social programs has brought in a significant population, said Sheriff Tom Hodgson of Bristol County, Massachusetts. So a phone call in May about detaining illegal immigrants came as a surprise…
    Fred Lucas
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    Illegal Immigration Could Destroy Our Country
    Britain’s Home Office says more than 12,500 migrants have broken the law to get into the U.K. so far this year. Compare this to the nearly 200,000 migrants who have crossed the nearly nonexistent southern border just in July of this year. The count is estimated by the overwhelmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a…
    Cal Thomas
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    Over 94,000 Illegal Immigrants in Southern Texas Released Into US With Notices to Report, Documents Show
    Just over 94,500 migrants who entered the U.S. illegally were encountered by border officials in southern Texas and released into the country with notices to report, according to data obtained by Fox News on Wednesday. The migrants were encountered in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio sectors since March 20, according to Fox News. Notices to…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    Thousands of Migrants, Most From Haiti, Overwhelm Border Officials in Texas
    Thousands of Haitian migrants are overwhelming border officials in Del Rio, Texas, according to The New York Times. Border officials said that over 9,000 illegal immigrants, mostly from Haiti, were waiting to be processed under the Del Rio International Bridge, the Times reported Thursday. A few hundred of them crossed the shallow section of the…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    Supreme Court Latest to Strike Down Biden’s Immigration Policies
    It was another bad day in court for President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the administration to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols implemented by Biden’s predecessor. Since the day he entered office, Biden has stifled immigration enforcement, resulting in historic numbers of aliens entering the country illegally. States, fed up with the fallout from these negligent policies, have sued to reinstate Trump-era…
    Lora Ries
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    Why Illegal Immigrants Say They’re Crossing Border Now
    McALLEN, Texas—Some illegal immigrants interviewed near the southern border say they were motivated to come to the United States by the Biden administration, while others cite death threats from “narcos” and disaster in their home countries. “Suddenly, the situations during the previous years weren’t like this one. This year was much more difficult,” a Honduran…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    ‘Hands Tied’: Federal Judge Upholds Biden’s New Eviction Moratorium
    A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration could continue to enforce its new moratorium on evictions, but cast doubt on its legality. D.C. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled Friday that the moratorium, which prohibits landlords from evicting low-income tenants who cannot afford their rent, could be enforced since a Supreme Court majority technically…
    Thomas Catenacci
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    EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Amnesty Groups Supplied These 5 Players on Biden’s Immigration Team
    Pro-amnesty nonprofits bankrolled in part by billionaires such as George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg were farm teams for five officials who now run the Biden administration’s immigration policy, The Daily Signal has learned.  In some cases, Biden administration officials were senior staff at those nonprofits, in others they did consulting work for groups advocating a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Eviction Moratorium Leaves Constitution in Cold
    The slogan above The Washington Post’s banner captures the left’s view of the allegedly authoritarian Donald Trump’s presidency: “Democracy dies in darkness.” It’s now time for a new credo, given the recent actions of President Joe Biden and his party: “Democracy dies in broad daylight.” The Democrat Party’s handling of the renters’ eviction moratorium reveals…
    Deroy Murdock
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    How Illegal Immigrants Say They Plan to Support Themselves in America
    McALLEN, Texas—In interviews last weekend, some illegal immigrants said they plan on working when they settle in the interior of the United States. Others said they want to study here first so they can support their families. A migrant from Honduras told The Daily Caller News Foundation that he worked dishwashing and other restaurant jobs in…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    DEA Agents Told to Stop Saying ‘Mexican Cartel’
    Officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have been directed by headquarters to stop using the term “Mexican cartel” when speaking with reporters, according to an email exclusively obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation from a government official. A portion of the email sent in mid-July states: “Also, we need to now avoid saying ‘Mexican…
    Jennie Taer
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