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EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuit Aims to Force Veterans Affairs to Disclose Information Related to Diverting Resources to Illegal Aliens Under Biden
The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a lawsuit after failing to disclose information related to the department’s alleged improper use of medical resources during the Biden administration to benefit illegal immigrants. Following a Daily Signal report in August 2024, a policy organization in Washington asked the VA for more information related to its reputed… -
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Shutdown Exposes Democrats’ True Love: Illegal Aliens
It’s hard to believe, but true: Democrats love illegal aliens more than Big Government itself. The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a “clean” continuing resolution on Sept. 19 on a vote of 217-212. It would have kept the federal government open through Nov. 21, well past fiscal year 2025’s conclusion on Sept. 30. Republicans performed their responsibility to finance Uncle Sam’s activities, from Social Security to… -
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Gangs, Cartels, and Terrorists Place Bounties on ICE and Border Patrol Agents
Gangs, cartels, and known terrorist organizations have put bounties on the heads of specific Immigration Customs Enforcement agents and border patrol officers, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed Sunday morning. “It’s about $2,000 to kidnap them and $10,000 to kill them,” Noem explained on “Fox & Friends.” “They’ve released their pictures and sent them between… -
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European Country Taking Conservative Approach to Immigration, Security
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Though a fraction of the size, Sweden has faced issues similar to America’s in recent years, including mass immigration and a wave of violent crime. “In some parts of Sweden, there are routine bombings. There are gang attacks and assassinations on rival groups,” said Wilson Beaver, a senior policy adviser for defense budgeting… -
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Talking Point vs. Truth
On X, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted, “Let me be perfectly clear: Undocumented people CANNOT AND WILL NOT receive ACA premium tax credits BY LAW. PERIOD. This is a LIE from Republicans to divert attention from their shutdown. Republicans are refusing to lower healthcare costs for the American people.” The capitalization was his. It… -
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White House Takes Issue With Pope’s Comments on Immigration
The White House is disputing Pope Leo XIV’s characterization this week of what he regards as the “inhuman treatment” of immigrants by the Trump administration. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in response to a question… -
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What Happens to Trump’s Border Wall Construction During Government Shutdown?
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Construction of President Donald Trump’s southern border wall is moving full-speed ahead during the government shutdown. Though 40% of the federal workforce is on unpaid leave due to the government shutdown, border wall construction isn’t taking a break. “Even during a government shutdown, the work to strengthen our defenses moves forward,”… -
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Democrats Take Heat Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens
As the government appears to be barreling toward a shutdown, which will begin at midnight, Democrats are facing criticism over their alleged support for health care subsidies to noncitizens residing in the United States. The Democrat continuing resolution bill would revoke Subtitle B in Title VII of the One Big Beautiful Act, effectively restoring accessibility… -
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Illegal Migrant Arrested by ICE Was Registered Democrat Voter in Maryland, Records Show
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Records indicate that an illegal migrant with a criminal rap sheet was a registered Democrat voter before being apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national living unlawfully in the U.S., was caught with a loaded handgun and thousands of dollars in cash at the time of his apprehension… -
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How Can We Expect Immigrants to Embrace American Values If We Don’t?
In addition to demonstrating a basic handling of speaking, reading, and writing in English, federal immigration law requires prospective citizens to understand “the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States.” Do they? According to studies, over 40% of new immigrants aren’t proficient in even the most… -
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California Has 30 Days to Fix ‘Egregious’ System of Letting Illegal Immigrants Drive Commercial Trucks
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced a plan Friday to prevent illegal aliens from driving commercial trucks in the United States. “The process for issuing [commercial driver’s licenses] is absolutely 100% broken,” Duffy said at a press conference. “It has become a threat to public safety, and it is a national emergency that requires action… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Release Latest Results of Trump’s ‘Whole of Government’ Border Crackdown
The Trump administration removed as many of 1,500 illegal aliens from the U.S. every day during the month of August, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security’s latest fact sheet. The 85% decrease in encounters with illegal aliens at U.S. borders, when compared to August 2024, is a testament to the Trump administration’s… -
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‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’: Trump Calls Out UN for ‘Top Political Issue of Our Time’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed the United Nations for creating problems instead of solving them. While addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Trump said the U.N. is responsible for creating the “No. 1 political issue of our time, the crisis of uncontrolled migration.” Trump painted a bleak picture resulting from… -
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Whistleblower: Gangs Sought to Sponsor Child Migrants During Biden Administration
Aaron Stevenson began to notice a disturbing trend early on in the Biden administration. As an intelligence analyst for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, it was his job to identify bad guys as well as emerging and novel threats to the U.S. In February 2021, a profile of an alien from Honduras with ties to… -
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Clergy Reveal Tensions in Catholic Church’s Stance on Illegal Immigration
A recent event featuring prominent Catholic bishops underscored the tension between the enforcement of American immigration law and the priorities of some leaders of the Catholic Church. At a panel discussion on Sept. 11 at Georgetown University, Catholic clergy sounded off on the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportations. “We can say that, really, the… -
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Border Patrol Chief Savors Recruitment Boom, Soaring Agent Morale
Retired Border Patrol agents are returning to the agency amid soaring morale levels, according to U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. “I’m signing off on stacks and stacks” of applications of retired agents who want to return to the Border Patrol, Banks said. The chief, speaking at an event in Washington, D.C., on… -
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Cornyn Grills Ex-HHS Official on Missing Migrant Children
Sen. John Cornyn pressed a former Department of Health and Human Services official on why the department failed to vet all members of a household before placing an unaccompanied alien child in that home. “Senator, first of all, many of the allegations about improper vetting … actually occurred before I got to HHS,” Mary… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Unveils Changes to US Citizenship Test
The Trump administration is making changes to the U.S. citizenship test and reimplementing updates made to the test during the president’s first term, but which the Biden administration scrapped. The changes “to naturalization civics test better assess applicants’ knowledge of U.S. history and government,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday. The 2025 test… -
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Trump’s Reforms to Asylum System Need to Be Codified Into Law, Immigration Experts Say
The Trump administration has made major changes to the U.S. asylum system, but a future administration could immediately reverse those reforms, cautions immigration expert Lora Ries. Even if the Trump administration issued a rule to change the way asylum claims are processed, “a future administration can overdo a rule, and so what’s really needed… -
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Trump Blames Biden Admin Open Borders for Texas Beheading
WARNING: This article contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers. Amid a discussion of crime and heinous acts of violence, Republicans are blaming a beheading committed last week in Dallas, Texas, on the lax border enforcement of the Biden administration. On Sept. 10, Chandra Nagamallaiah, a 50-year-old motel manager in Dallas, was…