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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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Biden Exempts Some Crimes by Illegal Immigrants as Basis for Deportation
Federal immigration officials no longer will view unlawful entry into the country as the sole basis for detaining and deporting illegal immigrants, under a new Biden administration policy. The policy will limit deportation to what immigraion officials call aggravated felons, such as violent gang members and others who commit violent crimes. Critics of President Joe… -
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Twitter Censors Daily Signal Video About Border Patrol on Horseback
Twitter suppressed a 2017 video by The Daily Signal about Border Patrol horses amid continuing false news reports that mounted agents whipped Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas. Twitter did not allow users to see the 4-minute video sometime after The Daily Signal and its audience began promoting the story again Thursday evening in response… -
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Biden Administration Maligns Border Patrol
Since he took office, President Joe Biden has had a series of flubs that have called into question the basic competence of his administration. Now, he’s punishing his employees who are actually doing their jobs. Biden’s policies have utterly failed at the border, leading to a historic surge in border crossings since he took office… -
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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… -
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Despite Trafficking Crisis, Biden’s Policies Encourage Minors to Cross Southern Border Alone
Customs and Border Protection encountered 212,672 individuals on the southern border in July, the highest number in 21 years and the second-highest number ever recorded. Of those, 18,962 were unaccompanied minors, which is another record. These increases are striking because this is usually a slow time of year due to the intense summer heat. Yet,… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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‘Unsustainable’: Homeland Security Chief Warns System Inadequate in Border Crisis
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that the U.S. immigration system “isn’t built” to handle the border crisis, according to a leaked audio recording of his visit last week with border officials provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Border officials are taking care of families and children who arrived unlawfully instead of patrolling in… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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How the Left Uses Children as Pawns in Immigration Policy
Now that the Senate has passed a $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” framework bill, it will now move on to fill in the details of the spending package. The bill would provide green cards—essentially amnesty—to millions of illegal immigrants, in addition to the “free” community college, subsidized child care, housing,… -
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‘Our Hands Are Completely Tied’: See Border Patrol Union Chief’s Take on Border Crisis
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona—The crisis at the border is unlike anything the country has seen before, the head of the Border Patrol’s labor union tells The Daily Signal. “This surge is bigger than we’ve ever seen before,” Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent who is president of the National Border Patrol Council, serving in that capacity…