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    The Caravan of Migrants Is Not America’s Problem

    Over a thousand migrants from Central America are currently making their way toward the United States southern border. Their goal? By all accounts it is to enter the U.S. illegally and seek asylum. Let’s be clear, while we are certainly sympathetic to the security crisis plaguing many in Honduras, El Salvador, and other parts of…
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    Podcast: Caravans of Migrants Head to US Border

    What should be done about the migrants heading to the U.S.? The Heritage Foundation’s David Inserra joins us to discuss refugees, immigration policy, and border security. Plus: Generation Z is finding out smartphones aren’t a cure-all.
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    Trump Warns of Migrant ‘Caravans’ Heading for US, Criticizes ‘Weak’ Immigration Laws

    President Donald Trump urged Congress late Monday to change immigration laws in order to make it easier for law enforcement officials to deport illegal immigrants. “As ridiculous as it sounds, the laws of our country do not easily allow us to send those crossing our Southern Border back where they came from. A whole big…
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    Congress Must ‘Show Leadership’ in Reforming Immigration, 2 Lawmakers Tell CPAC

    Congress has to deliver on immigration reform, two leaders of the House Freedom Caucus said Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “We’ve got to do what we told the American people we were going to do and what the mandate of the 2016 election was all about,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a former…
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    We Hear You: Amnesty Politics, Improving the Immigration System, and Why America Chose Trump

    Editor's note: Some conservatives saw victory in the Senate's inability to attract 60 votes to advance any of several immigration reform bills before the weekend, including President Donald Trump's preferred solution. The Daily Signal's audience isn't shy about why some liberals favor amnesty and citizenship status for illegal immigrants.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Regarding Dennis…
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    Senate Bill ‘Destroys’ Ability to Enforce Immigration Law, DHS Says

    The Department of Homeland Security came out swinging early Thursday against a Senate bill that it said would grant amnesty to an estimated 10 million illegal immigrants and “destroy” the agency’s ability to remove illegal residents from the country. “It would be the end of immigration enforcement in America and only serve to draw millions…
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    Toddler Dies After Drunk Driving Illegal Immigrant Smashes Into Ambulance

    A 3-year-old boy died after the ambulance he was riding in was struck by a drunken illegal immigrant in North Carolina, police said. Jose Duran Romero, 27, allegedly crashed his Honda Accord into the side of a LifeCare Ambulance in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, early Sunday morning, reports the Charlotte News & Observer. A breathalyzer test administered two…
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    House Conservatives Gear Up to Hold Line on Immigration

    Some conservative lawmakers in the House say they will be uncompromising on legislation to reform the nation’s immigration system, regardless of what more liberal colleagues urge. “The idea that we are just going to do whatever the Senate says is a little too played out, and it’s really especially wearing thin after we didn’t even…
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    Podcast: Liberals’ Immigration Struggle

    Are liberals being torn apart on immigration thanks to the tension between activists and politicians? We discuss with Genevieve Wood. Plus: “The View” mocks Mike Pence’s religious faith, the Olympics are showcasing the power of the American dream, and a former Obama administration adviser turns out to have had a problematic history with women.
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    Amnesty, Border Security on Table as Senate Begins Immigration Debate

    The Senate voted to begin debate Monday evening on President Donald Trump’s framework for immigration reform, which would grant amnesty to 1.8 million illegal immigrants in exchange for new priorities for legal immigration and more border security, including the president’s promised border wall. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reportedly promised senators at least two…
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    Illegal Alien Suspect in DUI Death of Colts Player Charged With Immigration Felony

    The illegal immigrant suspected of killing an Indianapolis Colts player and another man in a drunken roadside crash over the weekend has been charged with a felony immigration violation, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Manuel Orrego-Savala, a 37-year-old Guatemalan national, was charged with illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. He was deported in 2007 and 2009,…
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    Suspect in DUI Death of Colts Player Is Twice-Deported Illegal Immigrant

    The man suspected of killing Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe in a roadside crash is an illegal immigrant who has been deported two times in the past, Indiana State Police said Monday. The driver is 37-year-old Guatemalan national Manuel Orrego-Savala. He gave police the alias Alex Cabrera Gonsales after being arrested…
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    Cartoon: Democrats’ Immigration Plan Exposed

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    Meet the Immigrant Who Was Killed by a ‘Dreamer’ and Friends

    Xinran Ji, 24, had big dreams. But demons demolished them. The bright hopes of young Ji, a University of Southern California engineering student from Inner Mongolia, died in 2014 at the hands of a then-19-year-old “Dreamer” and his thug pals. Mexican illegal alien Jonathan Del Carmen, who first jumped the southern border at age 12,…
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    ‘Americans Are Dreamers Too’: Trump Offers Unapologetic Defense of Immigration Enforcement

    President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, but he let out his inner immigration hawk during his remarks on cracking down on criminal aliens. Touting his administration’s efforts against the transnational gang MS-13, he called on Congress to “close deadly loopholes” in border security by…
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    These 3 Changes Would Drastically Improve Our Immigration System

    During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump brought attention to his forthcoming immigration plan by offering a potential pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients. While conservatives have been rightfully angered by the president’s plan for amnesty, the door for other real reforms to our legal immigration system is now open. If conservatives…
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    How to Decide Which Immigrants to Allow In

    President Donald Trump reportedly asked why the U.S. is “having all these people from s—hole countries come here.” I think he could have used better language, but it’s a question that should be asked and answered. I have a few questions for my fellow Americans to consider. How many Norwegians have illegally entered our nation,…
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    Why the Left Wants More and More Immigrants

    On one thing we can all agree: The left wants more and more immigrants—including immigrants who enter or are in the country illegally—to come to America and become American citizens. The question is, why? The first and most obvious reason is political. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, chain migration, sanctuary cities, and citizenship…
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    Immigration Legislation Should Stress Border Security and Enforcement, Not Incentivize Bad Behavior

    President Donald Trump has kept the promises he made to voters about immigration. At his direction, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have resumed enforcement of our immigration laws. They are going after sanctuary cities that harbor criminal aliens; stepping up removals of illegal aliens; hiring more border agents and immigration judges;…
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    GOP Lawmakers Split Over Trump’s Latest Immigration Plan

    Reaction among conservatives to President Donald Trump’s proposal for amnesty for 1.8 million young illegal immigrants in exchange for increased border security and immigration restrictions is mixed on Capitol Hill, lawmakers say. “The White House framework is something that both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate should be eager to support,” Sen. David…
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