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Sen. Cruz Warns of Long-Term Consequences If Flow of Fentanyl Into US Isn’t Stopped
Sen. Ted Cruz says “a whole lot more Americans dead” will be the No. 1 long-term impact if the flow of the illicit drug fentanyl into the U.S. is not stopped. “You look at last year: We had over 100,000 overdoses last year. That’s the highest rate of overdoses in the history of our nation,”… -
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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,… -
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Fentanyl Production Has Shifted From China to Mexico, House Panel Is Told
The drug cartels in Mexico are operating on an “industrial scale,” according to an official at the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. “Mexican cartels have taken over fentanyl production,” Steven Cagen, an assistant director for countering transnational organized crime at Homeland Security Investigations, told a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Homeland Security… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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Toll of Border Crisis on States, Part 4: New York City
This is part four in a series about the toll that the Biden Administration’s intentional promotion of illegal immigration is taking on the states and the public. [Read Part 1 (national overview); Part 2 (Texas); and Part 3 (Florida).] As the border crisis persists, and illegal aliens disperse into every congressional district in the country, each state is affected by the… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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14 GOP Governors Sending National Guard Troops and Resources to Texas to Secure Southern Border
Republican governors are sending National Guard troops to the southern border. Governors of Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia announced this week they will send troops and resources to Texas to support the work of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Operation Lone Star to secure the… -
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Border Patrol Chief Retires as Reputation ‘Tarnished’ in False ‘Whipping’ Case, Mark Morgan Says
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire at the end of June. Ortiz made the announcement to his staff in an email Tuesday night. “After a 32-year Border Patrol career spanning multiple sectors, HQ tours, and overseas assignments in Afghanistan, I have decided to retire from federal service on June 30th,” Ortiz wrote. “I… -
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House Passes HALT Fentanyl Bill in Bipartisan Vote
The House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, also known as the HALT Fentanyl Act, on Thursday with the backing of both Republicans and Democrats. The legislation, which Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, introduced on Jan. 24, aims “to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect… -
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Tennessee to Send 100 National Guard Troops to Southern Border
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is sending 100 National Guard troops to Texas to help secure the southern border. Lee made the announcement late Wednesday night, two days after he and eight other Republican governors met with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin, Texas, to discuss how states can support Operation Lone Star and work together… -
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‘I Don’t Want Any Other Parent to Live Nightmare That I Am Living,’ Woman Tells House Panel of Daughter, 20, Killed by Illegal Alien
Less than a week after Kayla Hamilton turned 20, she was violently killed by an illegal alien MS-13 gang member in her bedroom, her mother told a House subcommittee Tuesday. The suspect in Hamilton’s slaying is a 17-year-old unaccompanied alien child affiliated with MS-13 in El Salvador, according to Tammy Nobles, Hamilton’s mother. “I don’t… -
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WATCH: Border Patrol Blocks Media From Documenting Illegal Immigrants’ Entry Into US
EL PASO, Texas— At midnight on Thursday evening, the pandemic-era rule allowing authorities to expel illegal immigrants at the southern border expired. A large group of migrants waited outside Gate 42 in El Paso, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico. As reporters at the border in El Paso sought to document the illegal…